Everyone knows Ebay is raking in the big bucks. Peer to peer networking is where it's at, and auctions can make some serious money. While finding items to sell and attracting people to your auction is up to you, this article will show you how to build an auction that actually works.
Introduction Online auctions are marvelous things; bringing people together from all over the world, to sell things amongst themselves, and take a cut off the top. Everyone has something that someone else wants, so this idea is golden - and we all know how well Ebay is doing.
So now you want to build an auction, but don't know where to start? There is a lot of thought and engineering that goes into such a development, so you'll need to start out on the right foot. We'll show you the underlying database structures and how to make things work for a peer to peer auction.
This article will assume you have a good understanding of Active Server Pages and VBScript, and database methods.
Contents: How do I start? The Auction Database The Logic Managing Bids Resolving Bids Determining A Winner Considerations Conclusions
