--- title: Adding Custom Questions to Bidder Registration description: Learn how to add custom questions to your bidder registration form in ClickBid. This guide walks you through setup, previewing, and exporting responses to gather important event details from your guests. --- [Skip to content](https://support.cbo.io/-setting-up-custom-bidder-registration-questions#main-content) ![clickbid\_logo\_22\_left\_0\_margin](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/clickbid_logo_22_left_0_margin.png?width=200&height=59&name=clickbid_logo_22_left_0_margin.png) - [Blog](https://blog.cbo.io/) - [ClickBid Admin](https://cbo.io/admin/login.php) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Blog](https://blog.cbo.io/) - [ClickBid Admin](https://cbo.io/admin/login.php) - [View our Training Videos](https://training.clickbidonline.com/all-courses/) [View our Training Videos](https://training.clickbidonline.com/all-courses/) Welcome to ClickBid's Knowledge Base - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [ClickBid How To Articles](https://support.cbo.io/?hsLang=en) 2. [Bidders](https://support.cbo.io/bidders?hsLang=en) 3. [Bidder Registration Custom Questions](https://support.cbo.io/bidders?hsLang=en#bidder-registration-custom-questions) # Adding Custom Questions to Bidder Registration When people sign up to become bidders, custom questions can be used to capture additional information, like meal preferences, tee times, or how they heard about your event. **Bidder Registration Custom Questions** allow you to easily add these to the registration form and collect all of the information you need.  --- ### Create Your Custom Questions 1. Go to **Bidders** \> **Manage Bidders**. 2. Scroll down until you see the section labeled **Custom Questions – New Bidder Registration**. ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-24-41-5255-PM.png?width=670&height=273&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-24-41-5255-PM.png) 1. From here, you can: - **Create new questions** - Toggle them **Active** or **Inactive** - Choose the **Response Type**: **Text** or **Dropdown** - Mark questions as **Required** or optional ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-26-55-9809-PM.png?width=670&height=204&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-26-55-9809-PM.png) --- ### Preview Your Custom Questions See what bidders will experience 1. Go to **Event Central** \> **Landing Page**. 2. Click **Sign In / Sign Up**. ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-27-54-9798-PM.png?width=670&height=319&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-27-54-9798-PM.png) 1. *Enter your phone number or email address to continue.* *![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-29-18-4740-PM.png?width=670&height=205&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-29-18-4740-PM.png)* 1. You’ll see your custom questions displayed during sign-up. ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-30-11-0607-PM.png?width=670&height=369&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-30-11-0607-PM.png) --- ### View Bidder Responses There are two options for viewing and exporting responses to bidder custom questions.  **Manage Bidders Report** 1. Go to **Bidders** \> **Manage Bidders**. 2. Click the **Blue CSV** button to download your bidder list in Excel format. ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-32-39-8234-PM.png?width=670&height=396&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-32-39-8234-PM.png) 1. On the right-hand side of the downloaded spreadsheet, you’ll see the **custom questions and responses**. Questions/responses begin in column Q. ![](https://support.cbo.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-41-03-8105-PM.png?width=1697&height=447&name=image-png-Aug-28-2026-06-41-03-8105-PM.png) **Custom Questions Report** 1. Go to Reports \> Custom Questions 2. Filter the report to select which questions you'd like to download - *in this case, select Bidder Registrations.* 3. 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