We have less than 28 hours left of Auction Week, and bids are coming in fast. With the clock ticking down, we want to help bidders strategize for the final day.
If you can’t afford the auctions you want or you have a tight budget, here are three ways that you can still get or stay involved as a bidder:
Look at our golden needle auctions, many of which have affordable minimum bids. We have only 14 remaining, down from 37 in just two days. That’s amazing!
Use our "current bid: low to high" sorting feature on our Auction Listings page. You can access it by clicking the dropdown menu and narrow down your search even more by going through individual filter categories on that page. Doing this makes it easier to see auctions you're interested in that are within your budget and is extremely useful for smaller categories such as podfics and digital works.
Join a pod bid. For more information on how to start or get involved in a pod bid, click here. Many bidders have pooled their funds together to win a specific auction, and several creators have announced that they’re open to receiving pod bid requests for a variety of prompts.
If you haven’t done so already, come join our Discord server, where creators can promote their auctions and match with interested bidders and bidders can share ideas and check out auctions. Our Discord has been busy all week, and we know it’ll be a lot of (crazy) fun once we get into the final hours of bidding!
Forgot that you have plans during the last few hours of the auction? Enlist a proxy bidder!
Ask mutuals or friends who don’t mind helping you bid to bid on your behalf (keep in mind that the auction ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on October 28 (what time is that for me?). MTH mods will not proxy bid for anyone, but if you can’t find someone to help you, feel free to mention that you’re looking for a proxy bidder on our Discord server.
You can’t take back a bid once it’s placed and should you win the auction, you must donate the winning bid amount, so try to find someone you can trust as your proxy. Once you do, let your proxy know the highest amount you’re willing to bid on each auction.
To have someone bid on your behalf, you can use one of these methods:
Give your proxy your marveltrumpshate.com account login info, so they can bid under your name.
Have your proxy create their own account (e.g., “proxyforyournamehere”) to help you place bids.
Let your proxy bid on your behalf on their account.
Keep in mind that when you make an account, you'll get an email asking you to verify your account in order to access it. If you're making a new account for your proxy, you may wish to use your proxy’s email address instead of yours. This means the winner emails will go to your proxy, who'll need to forward them to you once the auction is over. You’ll then need to email us with your donation receipt and details on your proxy bid so that we’ll be able to put you in contact with your creator(s).
If your proxy already has an account and would rather use their own account to help you place bids, they must be very careful in keeping track of which bids they place for you and which bids are their own. Your proxy will need to forward winner emails to you if they use their own email, just like they would if they created a new account.
Good luck with bidding, everyone! Keep an eye on our countdown clock, figure out your bidding strategy, and be ready for the madness tomorrow. We hope you’ll win your favorite auctions!
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Read our daily update posts for more information:
Day 1 - Viewing Tumblr posts on mobile, using our auction watchlist feature, and changing your Discord DM settings
Day 2 - Bidder–creator matchmaking and group/pod bids
Day 3 - Commissioning gifts on a friend’s behalf (fanworks are great holiday gifts!)
Day 4 - Golden needle auctions
Day 5 - Creator auction promo tips
Beta services and other fan labor
Digital and podfic auctions
