Multi-Lingual | Your auction can be international and in different languages! Choose from German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Hebrew and Swedish. Coming soon: Chinese and Russian! |
Auction Notifier | Silanta Technologies' new Version 5.0 can send notices to buyers and sellers about auction activity via phone, cell phone, fax, and ICQ. It will then give them the options -- to bid higher, for example. (ask for details on rates) |
Vertical Market Software | Silanta Technologies offers cutting-edge Vertical Market Software. Its special features include allowing the client to host multiple simultaneous auctions. Moreover, the multiple community can be viewed as a separate auction so that an Internet integrator can host its own auction service or establish its own virtual marketplace. |
Direct Link Software | Silanta Technologies offers its proprietary Direct Link Software. Its special features include the ability to place multiple search engines on another site. This feature will allow someone to search a particular seller's items. |
Reverse Auction | We offer four styles of Reverse Auctions: TRADITIONAL (The bidder chooses the winner); BLIND (Keeps anonymity of the buyer and seller); LOWEST BID WINS and FIRST BID WINS. Other styles are on the way. |
B2B Auctions | Establish a larger internet presence for your business. Make new contacts in your industry. Sell your surplus merchandise and turn assets into capital. Bring your goods to market before your competition. |
Haggler Auction | Gives multiple buyers and sellers the ability to haggle in real-time over the same item simultaneously. The seller does not have to be present. |
Buy Now Feature | Gives the buyer the option to bid on the item that is listed or choose to buy now. |
Credit Card Processing Solutions | Silanta Technologies offers the following seven solutions to process your credit cards real-time, V-terminal, Payflow Link, Linkpoint International, ComBill, Weblink, Authorized.net, Cyber Cash and more on the way. |
V-Terminal™ Silanta's Credit Card Processing Solution | Unlike other auction software packages and e-commerce solutions that utilize costly real-time methods, we at The Silanta Technologies have developed our own Real-time Credit Card module. It has been certified with 18 different major processing houses including: GPS, Nova, Equifax, and American Express. |
Bidder/Seller Verification | The administrator can set up the auction so that bidders and sellers can not immediately bid and sell. This flexibility is extremely useful for auctions that are selling high priced merchandise or restricted materials (such as minerals, flammable materials, etc.). |
Seller Restrictions | Some of our new seller restrictions include the ability to change or not change the profile of an item after it is entered or its auction starts, as set by the administrator. This function can be turned on and off on a individual seller level by the administrator like most of our features. |
The Shill Blocker™ | Silanta Technologies offers it's innovative Shill Blocker™ a feature that hinders a user from bidding on their own items. This feature will deter a user who tries to drive the bidding as high as he can, without having the final bid, to increase his profits. |
Single Log-in | Recognizes the buyers and sellers without multiple logins. Unlike cookies that sometimes have to go through or get stopped by the firewalls, the software recognizes your browser. |
Start Auction on First Bid | Individual items can have their auction started when the first bid is received. |
Auto-Extend Auction Time | When the auction is in its final few minutes, and the bidding is getting intense, the auction can be set to automatically increment the auctions time until the bidding stops! This function can increase your bottom line for you and your sellers. |
Sandboxing | The administrator can place restrictions on specific categories and allow only specific consignors to input items. (Example: sell exclusively or semi-exclusively on a category.) This function can be turned on and off on an individual seller level by the administrator like most of our features. |
Image Viewers | Enable the administrator to see the images he or she has uploaded to the photo folder. If your company chooses to use the Vertical Market Software, this feature is also available for your users. |
Multi-File Uploader | Allows the administrator to upload multiple files at once without the need for FTP or the use of an ADL account. This feature is also available to sellers who are using the Vertical Market Software. |
Express Item Input Utility | Gives both the administrator and sellers the ability to upload a large amount of inventory. |
Customizable Item Entry Forms | Customizable input forms on a category level. (For example, you can have two Categories; one asking, "What is the Gem Cut" and the other asking, "What is the shoe style."). |
Customizable Full Detail Sections | These sections are based on the questions you ask on the customized input form. In addition, the look and feel can be customized. |
Global Changes | You can make global changes on many of the features in our software. The Global Change Feature is integrated in our Auction Control Center to simplify the task of making multiple changes throughout the auction software. |
Fees you can Charge | Silanta Technologies can charge Buyer membership, Seller membership, bidding fees, selling fees, buyer premium fees and much, much more. |
Integrated Upload Feature | This new function gives the administrator and sellers the ability to upload images (ex. gifs and jpegs) to the software without using FTP. This function can be turned on or off on an individual seller level by the administrator like most of our features. |
Multiple search Engines | Choose from a variety of searches! Search by lot number, minimum and maximum price, new today, ending today, key words and more! |
Static Countdown Clock | Depending upon the layout you choose, you can have a display showing the time left on each item. |
Reserve Color Change | Color of price can be changed when reserve is met. You may choose any color for this feature. |
Countdown Flash | If there is less than one hour remaining on an item, the time can start flashing. |
Auction Control Center™ | Use your imagination to make your auction look and feel how you want by choosing from our many customizable layouts. Remember that The Silanta Technologies is not just an auction software package, it is a tool to develop the look and feel that you want in your auction. |
Geographic Regions and Sub-Regions | In addition to Categories and Sub-categories, we have Geographic Regions and Sub-regions. This further enhances categories and sub-categories to help narrow a search. An example of a different use for this feature could be if you were selling automobiles. The region could be vehicle type such as car, truck, van, SUV, etc and the sub-region could be 4 wheel drive, front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, etc. |
Tell a Friend Feature | If a person knows of someone who is interested in a certain product, he can click on the Tell a Friend icon and email the item information to that person. |
Multi-level Buyers Club | Allows administrator to set up private groups of buyers who are the only
bidders to see items within that club. |
Remote Data Transfer | The ability to allow users to remotely register simultaneously from another site and allows them to log in remotely. Allows user to bulk upload a flat file. |
Image Resizer | How big is a small photo and how small is a big
photo on the screen?
The administrator can size both small photos and big photos to any desired size using Silantas' Image Resizer. |
Custom Logging | A reporting feature that displays user activity within the auction. |
Bidder/ Seller verification | A security measure to only allow registered users with a proper User
Name and Password to bid or sell with multilevel security. |
Custom Exporting Capabilities | Allows the administrator to export data to html, comma delimited or Excel
spreadsheets. |
Opt-in Mailing List | Registered users are placed on a mailing list. The registered user can manually remove themselves from this list. This tool assists you in driving existing customers to revisit over and over again. |
Tag Technology | Silanta's new tag based markup language allows you to have more control over the look and feel of your site. These extensive application-side tags give you more control to give your users the format they need or want. |
Full Featured-Detailed Re-lister | The ability to manage multiple item listings and re-list just what you
want. Example: Admin can provide sellers 3 free re-listings and then
charge a fee for any additional re-listing. |
Live Changes | Capability to make live software changes. This feature allows you to make changes to the auction while it is in use and running. |
Full Featured Administrator | Highly, detailed, back-end, administrator function. A must see! |
Silanta Unbranded
Generic Auction Solutions ™ | Our copyright only appears in our source code and our back-end administrator. If something more extensive is needed please consult a sales representative. |
Silanta Branded | Auction Broker Software logos and copyright info is displayed in areas of the software visible to auction users. |
