Automatic Remote Bidding

Although the auction allocation process runs continuously, there is no need to be directly involved at all times. Your Buyer agent bids automatically for you, after you configure it with a profile of the value you place on bandwidth.

You indicate your budget limits, bandwidth desires, and bidding strategy on the Valuation and Strategy windows in the Merkato user interface.

Once you configure your agent you can either bid from your PC using a Java-based application or communicate remotely with your agent. If you operate your agent remotely, it bids on a server co-located with the Resource agent. This location is referred to as the garage.  

Bidding from your PC and operating a remote agent each has advantages. On your PC, the Merkato desktop display gives you real-time information about the auction and its participants. If you are not interacting with the agent, you can configure it and upload it to the garage. It will continue to run, and you avoid the chance of ceasing to bid if your PC crashes or you have network connectivity problems.

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