Here's an easy way to implement auctions on your store!

How You Can Benefit from SBL Auctions:

You will enjoy the convenience of making bids no matter your location 24/7.
You will usually receive instant feedback. As the bid price increases, you will be able to see and adjust your own bids.
You save precious time and money without having to travel to purchase items.
You can attract customers who usually take part in auctions to get products at advantageous prices.
You will sell unique and refined products without diminishing their market value by setting a minimum starting price to increase your profit margin.
You will take advantage of the scarcity and competition principles to offer auction products such as a custom or out-of-stock item, that your customers will perceive as unmissable.

Seller can:

Create unlimited auction products for the shop:
- Create standard auctions
- Create reversed auctions
- Create sealed auctions
- Create auctions with a fee that user has to pay before he can bid
- Create auctions with ‘buy now’ option
- Create auctions with a reserved price
See all auction products in a separate ‘auction list’ section
Export a CSV file of the complete ‘auction list’
See auction status labels on auction list for current, ended, not started auctions
Set a start price for the auction
Set the reserve price for the product: no one will win the auction below the specified amount
Set the start/end date and time for the auction
Change the date and time format for auction products
Add a countdown for each auction product on loop
Change the countdown style on the product pages for all auctions
Decide to show/hide several options on the auction product page
Enable automatic bidding when another user places a higher bid
Let users end the auction by purchasing the product via the ‘buy now’ option
Hide “buy now” button when a bid exceeds the auction reserve price
Hide “buy now” button after the first bid is placed on auction product
Override several general options on product level
Encrypt or show usernames when they make a bid on the product
Enable a pop-up to ask the user to confirm the bid before it is placed
Show a different badge for the highest bidder and/or winner
Enable showing a custom message for the winner on the product page
Enable a watchlist so users can add the product they are interested in to this list
Show watchlist, current, past, future- auctions in the sidebar using the widgets
Ban users from bidding
Automatically reschedule an auction when product doesn’t have any bids
Automatically reschedule an auction when bids don’t exceed the reserve price
Automatically reschedule an auction when the winner did not pay for the product
Choose to show or hide the auction products on your shop
Hide ended-/not started auction products on shop page
Extend the expiration date of an auction if a bid is placed a few minutes before its end
Show the complete list of auction products on any page of the site using the shortcode
Check all bids placed on a certain product from its product editing page
Update the auction page and ‘my auctions’ page automatically with Ajax to show new bids in real time
Send an automatic email to the user when:
- the auction is closed
- he/she won the auction
- he/she lost the auction
- he/she successfully placed a bid
- his/her bid has been exceeded
- his/her highest bid didn’t reach the reserve price
- his/her bid has been deleted
- he/she is not the winner of the auction
- he/she won the auction, but hasn’t paid yet
Receive an automatic email when:
- the auction expired and the product has no bids
- the auction expired and the reserve price hasn’t been reached
- the auction expired and has a winner
- a customer successfully places a bid
- a bid has been removed
- a product was rescheduled automatically
Daily Cron Job to resend failed emails to winners

User can:

Make one or more bids for the product
Raise his/her bid automatically based on the increase amount set by the administrator
Check the complete list of placed bids directly from the “My auctions” page
Purchase the product at a fixed price using the “Buy now” button
Customer can add auction products to their watchlist

Sell your products by managing online auctions – the business model which users can’t resist.

Do you know what an online auction is? I assume you do, and perhaps you’ve already thought of selling products through online auctions. People interested in auctions like the chance to get items at low prices and are encouraged to place a bid which usually results in an immediate price rise as soon as they are outbid. Auctions are actually very simple. Anyone can place a bid for a certain product and if no one outbids the previous one, then they win. It’s a win-win situation. Buyers can get products at the best price and sellers gain profit – sometimes more than expected.

Set a starting price, a reservice price and a “buy now” price

In every auction, you can specify a start price, a reserve price (minimum price you are willing to accept for the item), and the selling price to allow users to buy the item immediately, without joining the auction.

Choose to set the auction with manual or automatic bids.

You can decide if users have to place their bids manually… Or if they can enter the maximum price, they’re willing to pay in order to let the system raise bids automatically until reaching the specified limit.

Make a standard auction or a reverse auction where the winner is the user who made the lowest bid

In a standard auction, the one with the highest bid wins, whereas, in the reverse auction, the lowest one wins.

Set secret auctions to hide bids

You can set an auction as “secret” to hide the bids made by other users.

Specify a “fee” to sign-up and take part in the auction

You can set a fee that users need to pay before placing their bid. For payments, they will be redirected to the checkout.

Select from four different countdown layouts (or show the auction duration only)

We offer 4 modern and attractive countdown designs to show users when the auction ends. You can select the style that matches your theme, customize colors, or even disable the counter to show only the auction’s end date.

Determine whether to enable the “Watchlist” to allow users to keep track of the auction they are interested in or not

Allow your users choose from signing-up to the auction and receive email notifications, or adding the auction to a “watchlist” which they can monitor through the related widget or on their account.

Choose how to manage auctions not paid for or those that haven’t reached the reserve price

If the auction winner doesn’t pay the item, choose whether to send the notification to the second-highest bidder or reschedule the auction and publish it again automatically.

Ask users to register or log in and specify a valid credit card to be able to bid

Improve your auction site safety by asking users to insert a valid credit card in order to make a bid.

Request confirmation from users before publishing their bid

Prevent having unwanted bids – those made only out of curiosity or without real interest. Do this by asking a confirmation from users before publishing their bids and informing them of their responsibilities if they win.

Update your users with a variety of notifications

You can send notification emails to users who keep track of the auction and to all bidders when there is a new bid, when the auction is about to end, when someone outbids them (encouraging them to place another bid) and when the auction has ended.

Here's an easy way to implement auctions on your store!

How You Can Benefit from SBL Auctions:

Seller can:

User can:

Sell your products by managing online auctions – the business model which users can’t resist.

Set a starting price, a reservice price and a “buy now” price

Choose to set the auction with manual or automatic bids.

Make a standard auction or a reverse auction where the winner is the user who made the lowest bid

Set secret auctions to hide bids

Specify a “fee” to sign-up and take part in the auction

Select from four different countdown layouts (or show the auction duration only)

Determine whether to enable the “Watchlist” to allow users to keep track of the auction they are interested in or not

Choose how to manage auctions not paid for or those that haven’t reached the reserve price

Ask users to register or log in and specify a valid credit card to be able to bid

Request confirmation from users before publishing their bid

Update your users with a variety of notifications

Apply and GROW YOUR BUSINESS
internationally today.

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Here's an easy way to implement auctions on your store!

How You Can Benefit from SBL Auctions:

Seller can:

User can:

Sell your products by managing online auctions – the business model which users can’t resist.

Set a starting price, a reservice price and a “buy now” price

Choose to set the auction with manual or automatic bids.

Make a standard auction or a reverse auction where the winner is the user who made the lowest bid

Set secret auctions to hide bids

Specify a “fee” to sign-up and take part in the auction

Select from four different countdown layouts (or show the auction duration only)

Determine whether to enable the “Watchlist” to allow users to keep track of the auction they are interested in or not

Choose how to manage auctions not paid for or those that haven’t reached the reserve price

Ask users to register or log in and specify a valid credit card to be able to bid

Request confirmation from users before publishing their bid

Update your users with a variety of notifications

Apply and GROW YOUR BUSINESS internationally today.​

ShopByLocals Newsletter

Social Enterprise Platform

Easy 14 days refund

International Warranty

Safe & Anti-Fraud Setup

Protecting your Data

Your Zone

Support

About Us

Be the first to know (newsletter)

Download the new ShopByLocals App

Apply and GROW YOUR BUSINESS
internationally today.