Welcome to Ugly Monkey Auctions!

You can search for items on the Ugly Monkey Auctions™ Home Page or browse items by category using the "Browse Button." To place a bid or sell an item you must register for an account. To register, click "Register" link at top of Home Page. Registration is FREE and does not require a credit card. Please be sure to click the box "Southern Highland Craft Guild Juried Member" if you are a guild member. You must be a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild to sell on this site.    

Classified Ad - Unlike traditional text only classified ads, our Free Classified Ads allow image uploads and dynamic communication between Members. Classified Ads are only available to members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and are only to be used for advertising classes, workshops, shows, open studio tours, studio hours or demonstrations. Prohibited listings would include studio equipment, display stands, new or used vehicles, farm animals, etc.

Auction - A Traditional Auction listing allows you to sell items to the highest bidder. You specify the start price, and people bid against each other in specified bid increments. Traditional Auctions allow the Seller to set both a Reserve and Buy Now price. When listing a Traditional Auction, the quantity of goods is equal to one.

Fixed Price - A Fixed Price listing does not allow bidding. The seller specifies the only acceptable price for the item(s). You can sell one item or multiple identical items with one Fixed price listing. Because there is no bidding on fixed priced listings, all items are Buy Now.

Buy Now - When listing an item, you may have the option of setting a Buy Now price. The Buy Now feature allows instant purchasing.  
 

• Traditional Auction
• All Fixed Price listings - The Fixed Price is automatically the Buy Now price.  

Reserve - The Reserve price is the absolute minimum dollar amount the Seller will accept for an item. Buyers are notified after placing their bid if it is below the Reserve price.If a Buyer's maximum bid is greater than the Reserve price, the Reserve is automatically met and that user is the high bidder. The ability to set a Reserve price is only available to Traditional Auctions .

Searching - There are two ways to seach for items, Basic Search and Advanced Search.

Basic Search - Accessible from both the Home Page and Browse.

• Enter Keywords, Item #, or Username

• Select appropriate search parameter

  • Title & Description

  • Item #

  • User

• Click "Search" button

Advanced Search - Accessible by clicking the "Advanced Search" button on the Home Page

The following options are available for the Advanced Search:

• Load Saved Search - Use a previously saved search.

• Category - Select a specific item category or "All Categories."

• Search - Enter Keywords or Item #. To search Title & Descriptions check the appropriate box.
  The following options are available for keyword search:

  • All of these words

  • Any of these words

  • Exactly these words

• Item Options - Used to search custom fields.

             Optional checkboxes for the following categories can be used in an Advanced Search:

             Clay

             Fiber

             Glass

             Jewelry

             Leather

             Manmade Materials

             Metal

             Paper

             *There is also an optional Keyword search field                                  

• Refine Your Search - Narrow the search. Reduce the number of search results by setting specific searchable properties.

  • Price Range

  • Start Date

  • End Date

  • Words to Exclude

  • Listing type

    • Classified

    • Fixed Price

    • Auction

    • Reverse Auction

    • Trade

  • Listing Options

    • Completed

    • Buy Now! only

    • No Reserve only

    • With Pictures only

• Display Format - How to organize the items your search returns.

  • Items Ending First - Items with the least ammount of time left first.

  • Items Ending Last - Items with the longest ammount of time left first.

  • Newest Items First - Items with the most recent start date.

  • Oldest Items First - items with the oldest start date.

  • Lowest Price First

  • Highest Price First

  • Most Bids First

  • Least Bids First

  • Alphabetically

  • Reverse Alphabetically

Press "GO" to activate Advanced Search.