By default, Maxanet uses a 10% bid increment — if the current bid is $10, the next required bid is $11. You can override this with a custom tiered increment schedule per auction (for example, $1 increments up to $50, then $5 increments up to $500, then $25 increments above that), and use the Clone feature to reuse a schedule across future auctions without rebuilding it every time.

From your Maxanet Admin panel, click the auction title to enter the auction dashboard, then click Increment Schedule. This page shows the current schedule (or the default 10% if no custom one is set).

Click the green Add button to open the increment editor. Click the grey +Add More button to add rows to the tier list. Each row has an Up To amount and an Increment value. Fill in the tiers in ascending order — for example: up to $50 = $1 increment, up to $500 = $5 increment, up to $5000 = $25 increment. Click Add to save and close. Use the Actions menu on each row to edit or delete existing tiers.

Maxanet's Clone feature copies an entire auction (including its increment schedule) into a new auction. Many clients create hidden template auctions with all their defaults filled in — terms, location, fees, increments — and then clone the template every time they need a new auction. You clone via the auction Actions menu. After cloning, edit the new auction's title and dates while keeping the increments intact.

10% of the current bid. Custom schedules override this per auction.

Yes. The tiered schedule lets you set different increments for different bid ranges — for example, smaller increments on low-value items and larger ones above certain thresholds.

No. Use the Clone feature to copy an existing auction's settings (including increments) into a new one. Or rely on the 10% default and skip custom increments entirely.

Yes. Max bids follow the same tier rules — when an item's current bid reaches a new tier, the max bid increment shifts to the new tier's value automatically.