Maxanet tracks which inventory items belong to which consignor so you can generate settlement reports at the end of the auction. Important: if you end an auction before assigning items to consignors, the assignment cannot be added afterward — you must assign consignors before clicking End Auction. You can assign items three different ways: in bulk from the Items tab with Group Actions, one at a time from the Edit Item page, or via the Excel bulk upload template (column L).

Critical: if you do not assign items to consignors before you click End Auction, the assignment cannot be added retroactively, and settlement reports for those items will not be generated. Double-check all consignor assignments are in place during the auction, especially before ending.

Before you can assign items to a consignor, that consignor must already exist as a user in your Maxanet site. See the Add a new Consignor article for how to create a consignor user account.

From your Maxanet Admin panel, click the auction title to enter the auction dashboard, then click the Items tab. Check the boxes next to the items you want to assign to a specific consignor. Click the orange Group Actions button and select Assign Consignor from the dropdown. A pop-up window appears — type or search for the consignor user number, then click Add to save. Maxanet assigns every checked item to that consignor in one operation. The Items tab shows a Consignor column displaying each item's assigned consignor user number and name.

For individual item assignment, open the auction dashboard, click Items, then either click Add for a new item or the Actions menu → Edit for an existing item. On the item form, find the Consignor field and select an existing consignor. Save the item. This is useful when only a handful of items need their consignor adjusted.

This is the fastest way to assign consignors across hundreds or thousands of items at once.

No. Consignor assignment must happen before you click End Auction. Items without an assigned consignor will not generate settlement reports, and there is no way to add the assignment retroactively.

Those items will not appear on any settlement report and their sale proceeds will not be attributed to a consignor. Check item assignments carefully before ending the auction.

Yes. Assign different items to different consignors. Maxanet generates separate settlement reports per consignor automatically.

Column L. The consignor must already exist as a user in your Maxanet site — Excel upload does not create new users.

Either re-download the Excel with updates in column L and re-upload, or use Method 1 (Group Actions → Assign Consignor) to bulk-update items after creation.