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Soon after purchasing ReadySetAuction, the Administrator of your Control Center should complete the following tasks to lay the groundwork for your use of ReadySetAuction and your event.
- Add additional staff members (Admin > Event Staff > Add Staff Member — be sure to set at least one permission level to ‘view’ or ‘modify’).
- Invite additional staff members (Admin > Event Staff > Actions on Staff Members pull down menu). Don’t forget to communicate to them your Access Code (Admin > Event Settings > Event Details) so they can register successfully.
- If you purchased via your Persistent Staff Member Account, transfer the Admin role to yourself or another registered staff member (Admin > Event Staff > Actions on Staff Members pull down menu).
- ReadySetAuction will periodically send reminder email messages to the Administrator’s email address, as shown on your staff roster. Confirm that your Administrator can receive email messages from ReadySetAuction.
- Contact ReadySetAuction’s merchant account partners to set up a ReadySetAuction compatible merchant account. If you plan to use a merchant account that your organization set up for your last event, contact your merchant account provider to confirm that your account is still active.
- Enable and test the connection between your merchant account and ReadySetAuction (Admin > Organization Settings > Merchant Account).
- Select payment methods that your organization is set up to accept (Admin > Event Settings > Payment Methods). Don’t enable a payment method that your merchant account is not configured for. Contact your merchant account provider if you are unsure.
- Establish your event goals (Setup > Goals).
- Establish the admission ticket types that you’ll be selling (Setup > Admission Tickets).
- Establish the sponsorship levels that you’ll be selling (Setup > Sponsorship Levels).
- Establish meal choices, tables, venue details, and policies (Setup tab).
- Recruit a Technology Person, the person in charge of assessing the Internet connection at the venue and setting up the computers and printers for check-in, bid recording and checkout.
Select and Complete Plan Users
- Confirm that the email address listed on the Admin > Organization Settings > Organization Details page is how visitors to your Event Website can contact you.
- Complete your Event Website Address (Admin > Event Settings > Event Details).
- Enable you Event Website (Admin > Event Settings > Event Details).
- Assign whether access to your event website will be public, by request or private (Admin > Event Settings > Event Details). If you have questions about what the differences are among Public, Private and By Request, read the Tool Tip (circle “?” icon) next to each.
- Customize your event website's landing page with a banner image, intro message, closing message and background color (Setup > Event Website). For instructions on how to add your sponsors’ logos, read the Help Center FAQ: How to Recognize Sponsors in the eCatalog.
Complete Plan Users
- Inform your Technology Person that (s)he is also in charge of setting up the Shared Bidding Stations and assessing WiFi availability at the venue.
