For those who are new to BWE, this is a quick guide to BWE Auctions and BWE’s philosophy for pricing your horses.
BWE is different from other breedables on the grid. We believe our website pricing will help keep the market stable without those wild fluctuations in prices.
A nice feature of the website is instead of teleporting from sim to sim to check prices, you can check the most recent auctions or bid boards for a horse similar to your horse or pony on this website and MyBWE. This will ensure you don’t over or under price your horse or pony. Visit MyBWE once logged in hover over Auctions and you can pick Check Past Bid Board and Auctions for current sale prices.
So, you just got an AMAZING horse or pony that you want to sell at auction. Here are the basic steps and some tips:
☼FIRST Price your horse. Go to MyBWE to the Auction tab. Look under Check Horse Auction Sales, Check Pony Auction Sales. You can also check the bid board sales as well.
☼SECOND Register your horse at MyBWE/Auction Tab/Register. Put in your horse or pony ID number and it will bring up all the auctions that are available for the next week. Pick an auction and enter your starting or reserve bid.
☼THIRD Go to the auction house location. Auction houses are scattered all over Second Life. Simply click HERE, find the auction your registered for and click the logo, each auction house page has a direct teleport provided.
☼FOURTH Rez out your horse/pony and pay the stall fee. Each auction house is independently owned so stall fees may vary.
Please remember:
⊱ Please register at least 2 hours prior to the auction. Once your horse is registered, others can view your entry on the BWE website prior to the auction.
⊱ Your horse needs to be at least 3 days old or foals (under 3 days old) must have a nursing kit provided by the Seller (if it sells). The Mare does not go with the foal as part of the sale.
⊱ You may register a Mare that is pregnant or has a foal under 3 days old. The selling price should only reflect the value of the mare. The foal can go with the mother, but is not part of the sale.
⊱ Bring your BEST horses and ponies to auction.
⊱ You may register 2 horses/ponies per individual auction. One horse/pony per stall. Please visit each Auction House page to see the houses required minimum bid. Most minimums are 500 to 1k L’s.
⊱ If you have a RL emergency you may use a proxy to sell your horse and most auctioneers will do this for you. This use of a proxy should be rare. Abuse of this courtesy can lead to loss of auction privileges.
⊱ Please file a ticket to have your horse removed from an auction or if you need to change your start bid.
⊱ Do not sell your horse privately prior to the auction.
⊱ If you sell your horse at auction, 10% of the sales price is paid to the auction house. Tips are optional. (Please Note: The 10% fee is for the auction house and does not go to BWE)
⊱ Auctions are fun and a great source for information about breeding, stats and general information!
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If you go to the Auction Schedule & Results page you will see a logo for each auction house. Click on a logo and you can see what is registered for that auction house and what the sales were for the previous auctions.
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Horse Ancestry – On MyBWE->Auction->Auction Houses choose an auction house and click on a horse ID number, you will bring up information about parents, grandparents, children etc. You can look into to as many generations as are possible for that horse by clicking on the horse ID number.
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What is reserve pricing?
Reserve pricing is the amount you want for your horse and no less. If you believe your horse is worth at least 10,000 L’s, put this amount as a reserve bid. The auctioneer may start the bidding at 5,000 L’s and work up to the reserve or even higher! A reserve bid is a way to sell your horse without the initial sticker shock of a starting bid of 10,000 L’s. You are allowed to bid against yourself if you are bidding on a horse/pony and no one else is bidding.
