If you’ve recently visited our IronPlanet, TruckPlanet or GovPlanet websites, you may have noticed that we’ve made a few exciting updates. The new features and functionality are designed to make your equipment buying and selling experiences even easier.
The homepage allows you to view the full upcoming auction schedule, auction results and more.
The homepage now allows you to:
- View the full upcoming auction schedule in one easy-to-find location. From there, you can look at inspected items and place PriorityBids two weeks ahead of auctions or consign equipment for an upcoming sale
- View auction results by equipment category and type to determine the final selling price of any item from our weekly auction
- See the most browsed categories by all users
- Review recommendations based on your recent browsing behavior
- Find a list of the equipment you’ve previously viewed so you can quickly access these items again
- Find the latest IronPlanet news
Item pages provide detailed information including make and model, year of manufacture, location, auction date and starting bid, as well as images and support.
We’ve also improved the look and organization of our item pages to streamline your equipment searches. These pages provide you with detailed information such as the equipment make and model, year of manufacture, location, auction date and starting bid. On each item page, you can easily:
- Browse a gallery of photos for the item you’ve selected
- View the guaranteed inspection report backed by our IronClad Assurance®
- Add an item to your Watch List
- Find guidance on payment, financing and shipping
- Email, print or share the item information with your social network
The map view allows you to see where items are located.Lastly, we’ve upgraded our search results page so that you can see equipment in grid, list and now map view. Map view allows you to:
- Get a visual breakdown of the locations of your search term
- Zoom in and out to view different areas
- Click specific locations to get more details about the items in that vicinity
- Filter equipment by category, location, make, model, year and price on the left to make it even easier to find the equipment you want
We understand that equipment buying and selling needs to be convenient and efficient. Our new website features were developed to simplify these processes, and we look forward to helping you meet your inventory management needs in 2015.
