How Do I Make Changes to Multiple Lots at Once?

BidWrangler's bulk item action feature allows multiple lots to be changed at once. To do so, navigate to the Administer Items page (Auctions > Items). Once there, select the desired auction from the Filter By Recent Auction dropdown:

From here, click the 'Filtered Items' tab in the top right of the screen and select 'Update Items':

Note: You can also select specific items by checking the checkbox to the left of the item. You'll then need to hit the 'Selected Items' dropdown and select 'Update Items' instead of the 'Filtered Items' dropdown.

Hitting 'Update Items' from either menu will take you to the Bulk Item Update page for these items. The 'Field to update' dropdown offers many different bulk update options:

  • Auction Position - This will make bulk changes to the order in which the selected lots appear.
  • Lot ID - This will make bulk changes to the lot numbers of the selected lots.
  • Name - This will add, remove, or change text in the name of all selected lots.
  • Description - This will add, remove, or change text in the description of all selected lots.
  • Simple Description - This will add, remove, or change text in the simple description of all selected lots.
  • Quantity - This will set the quantity of all selected lots to the same value.
  • Starting Bid - This will set the starting bid of all selected lots to the same value. Can also be used to remove the starting bid from all selected items.
  • Reserve - This will set the reserve of all selected lots to the same value. Can also be used to remove the reserve from all selected items.
  • Main Category - This will assign all selected items to one category.
  • Sub Category - This will assign all selected items to one subcategory.
  • Seller - This will assign all selected items to one seller by seller ID number. Can also be used to remove seller ID number from all selected items. 

After selecting the desired field to update, you'll be asked to select an update strategy (remove a value, add a new value, etc. An in depth explanation of resequencing strategies can be found here.)

Once you've selected a strategy, you can hit 'Execute', then 'Confirm', which will begin the update process. You'll be able to see when updating is complete in the Administer Bulk Item Action Log screen (Auctions > Bulk Item Action Logs).