Auctions for WooCommerce 3.6.2

Overview

Auctions for WooCommerce is a powerful and professional auction plugin designed to seamlessly extend your WooCommerce store by adding a versatile auction product type. Whether you're looking to boost engagement, create competitive bidding environments, or transform your online store into an auction marketplace, this plugin offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution. It supports multiple auction formats including normal, reverse, silent, and proxy auctions, giving you complete flexibility to tailor auctions that drive sales and excitement.

What sets Auctions for WooCommerce apart is its deep integration with WooCommerce and compatibility with popular extensions like Product Vendors, allowing you to create a dynamic eBay-style marketplace where users can auction off their own items. The plugin’s advanced features such as anti-sniping to prevent last-second bidding advantages, variable bid increments, live AJAX bid refreshing, and browser notifications ensure a smooth and engaging user experience for both administrators and bidders. Fully customizable and translation-ready with WPML support, Auctions for WooCommerce empowers store owners worldwide to run successful online auctions with ease and confidence.

Key Features

• Supports multiple auction types including normal, reverse, silent, and proxy auctions to suit any bidding style and strategy.
• Seated auctions feature where bidders purchase a seat to participate, adding exclusivity and control over auction access.
• Auto charge capability for won auctions using Stripe, streamlining payment collection and improving conversion rates.
• Comprehensive auction settings including starting bid, bid increments, reserve price, “buy it now” price, schedule, and item condition for full auction customization.
• Anti-sniping (soft close) functionality to extend auction duration when last-minute bids are placed, ensuring fair bidding for all participants.
• Variable bid increments adjustable by value or percentage for a dynamic and strategic bidding experience.
• Integration with Elementor and other visual builders via shortcodes, allowing custom auction page designs without coding.
• Bidders can manage their auctions with features like watchlists, a personalized My Auctions page, and real-time live bid updates via AJAX.
• Flexible display options to show auctions alongside regular products, on auction-only pages, and control visibility of upcoming or completed auctions.
• Multiple widgets for enhancing user engagement such as ending soon, featured auctions, recent auctions, watchlists, and auction search tools.
• Automated and fully customizable email notifications keep bidders informed about bids, auction status, and outcomes to maintain high engagement.
• Browser notifications for live bidding events, new auction starts, and auction closures to instantly attract attention.
• Admin tools in WordPress backend for easy auction management—filter auctions by status, create auctions from any product type, manually manage bids, and relist auctions automatically or manually.
• Fully WPML compatible for multilingual auction sites, ensuring global reach and accessibility (note: multiple currency support is limited).
• Support for WooCommerce HPOS and REST API, enabling advanced integration possibilities and scalability.