All Settings
All of your event settings in one place.
🌐 Getting Where You Need To Be
From your Auctria dashboard, scroll to and click Settings in the left sidebar (Set Up).
This opens the main Settings page.
⚙️ About the Settings Page
The Settings page gathers all available event settings into one searchable interface.
Use the 🔍 search bar at the top to instantly find the exact setting you need.
You can click the ✏️ pencil icon on the right of each section to edit the fields. Click the ✅ checkmark icon to save your changes.
Click the ❓ icon next to a field to see its tooltip for further help.
⚠️ The sections available on the Settings page may change based on your event and organization configuration.
⭐ Popular Settings in the Sidebar
In addition to the full searchable list, the left sidebar of the Settings page offers quick access to popular settings areas:
- Event Settings
- Check-in Settings
- Credit Card Settings
- Online Bidding Settings
- Registration/Checkout Settings
- Sponsorship Settings
- Ticket Settings
- Website Settings
- Organization Settings
- Users Settings
- Online Availability Settings
- Online Visibility Settings
These shortcuts open their respective settings directly, perfect for frequently used features.
📂 Settings Page Sections
Settings are grouped into sections for easier navigation.
The following settings sections are available:
- Bid Extension Settings
- Bid extension trigger
- Bid extension duration
- Maximum bid extension
- Check-in Requirements Settings
- Require email
- Require credit card
- Require address
- Require phone number
- Require paddle number
- Check-in Settings
- Show the guest their paddle#
- Show the guest their table
- Send email on check-in
- Send text on check-in
- Check-in text content
- Additional participant fields to show in check-in list
- Checkout Settings
- External payment options listed at checkout
- Send statement when payment made
- Default payment method
- Credit Card (Current Event) Settings
- Credit card processing mode
- Allow missing CCVs
- Suppress card address checks
- Credit card fees handling
- Ask participants if they will cover future credit card fees during registration
- Dessert Dash Settings
- Dessert dash fundraising target
- Enable dessert dash
- Event Archiving Settings
- Archive Date
- Redirect Url
- Redirect Label
- Show Auto Redirect Banner
- Event Settings
- Event location
- Event latitude
- Event longitude
- Show in event directory
- Event Name
- Notes
- Event Date
- Fundraiing Target
- Paddle# template
- Item# template
- Next assigned paddle#
- Next assigned item#
- Automatically assign paddle#'s
- Meal Choice Settings
- Reqiure meal choice
- Meal choice
- Allow participants to specify dietary restrictions
- Meal change cut-off
- Mobile Wallet Settings
- Show purchased item title
- Notifications Settings
- Send won item emails/texts
- Include payment link in won item notifications
- Send high bid emails
- Send raised bid emails
- Send out bid emails
- Send participant activity notifications
- Send bid activity notifications
- Show on-site notifications of bids to bidders
- Online Bidding Settings
- Show the new style 'maximum bid' UI rather than 'proxy bidding'
- Online bidding starts at
- Online bidding ends at
- Require registered card to bid
- Only ticket holders can bid
- Only checked-in bidders can bid
- Max outstanding balance to allow to bidders when bidding
- Allow unconfirmed participants
- Show high bidder information
- Enable maximum (proxy) bidding
- Bidding must be multiple of bid increment
- Online Catalog Settings
- Include item values
- Include starting bids & bid increments
- Show sold prices for online items
- Online Checkout Settings
- Allow participants to enter comments during checkout/registration
- Comments during online checkout/registration
- Online Donations Settings
- Online donations start at
- Online donations end at
- Online Payments Settings
- Allow participants to save credit cards
- Require card to be registered during registration
- Text to show for saving cards
- Offer 'pay later' as an online checkout option
- Choices to offer during a 'pay later' checkout
- Allow credit cards as an online checkout option (if enabled)
- Allow participants to remove unpaid for donations
- Online Purchases Settings
- Online purchases start at, Online purchases end at
- Online Settings
- Show the participant their paddle#
- Require recaptcha validation
- Show bidding historu online
- Show donation activity online
- Online Ticket Sale Settings
- Ask if a ticket purchaser will be attending with their partner when mutlitple tickets are purchased
- Ticket quantity at which to ask if they are buying on behalf of a company
- Online Visibility Settings
- Bidding items visible online from
- Bidding items visible online until
- For-sale items visible online from
- For-sale items visible online unitl
- Donation items visible online from
- Donation items visibke online until
- Paddle Raise Settings
- Levels defined in the paddle raise
- Allow an 'other' option in the paddle raise
- Paddle raise fundraising target
- Public Event Listing Settings
- Event description
- Event promo image
- Event venue
- Venue: Address 1
- Venue: Address 2
- Venue: City
- Venue: State
- Venue: Zip/Postal Code
- Venue: Country
- Event Type: Gala
- Event Type: Online
- Event Type: Other
- Registration Contact Settings
- Ask for participant's seating preference
- Require guests' name
- Require guests' email
- Require guests' address
- Require guests' phone#
- Registration Settings
- Allow participant registration without a purchase/donation
- Prompt participants to set up accounts
- Ask for participants' address
- Ask for participants' phone#
- Ask for participants' website
- Ask for participants' company
- Ask for reference number from participant
- Require email to match existing participant record
- Valid participant email domains
- Additional text for the required terms of use partiipants must agree to checkout/register
- Text to show participants to ask them for an 'opt-in' permission
- Send a welcome text on a successful registration
- Reports Settings
- Format for datetime columns
- Round timestamps to nearest day
- Extra fields for item activity export
- Extra fields for participant activity export
- Sales Tax Settings
- Sales Tax Mode
- Shipping Settings
- Default shipping cost for items
- Maximum shipping cost a bidder can pay
- Shipping Policy
- Options to provide bidders for fulfillment
- Solicited Items Settings
- Require an item description
- Require an item value
- Solicited Item Fulfillment Options
- Send donor receipt when a solicited item is accepted
- Statements Settings
- Include item description
- Include item terms and conditions
- Include Item images (printed only)
- Include item values
- Include item locations
- Include donors
- Include donors contact details
- Show tax deductible
- Include payment link (requires event website)
- Tables Settings
- Default seating per table
- Texting Settings
- Allow text message registrations
- Allow participants to associate cell phone by text
- Allow implicit text message registrations
- Assume participant phone# is text capable
- Default donation item for 'donate'
- Include a website link in register/claim response
- Include payment link in donation response
- Donation response message
- Purchase response message
- Ticket Theme Settings
- Ticket Theme
- Background Color
- Foreground Color
- Label Color
- Button Color
- Button Text Color
- Tickets Settings
- Send e-tickets when tickets are sold
- Email a ticket statement when selling tickets from the dashboard
- Create 'guest' participants to represent all sold tickets
- Maximum number of tickets that can be sold
- Minimum tickets required to claim admission tickets
- Tickets transfer cut-off
- Website Analytics Settings
- Enable Website Analytics
- Website Settings
- Website Address
- Preferred domain
Last reviewed: August 2025