Cart-Power Add-On: Auction

Dear Friends!

We would like to introduce you the Cart-Power add-on: Auction.


The Auction add-on allows you to run auctions in your store. The auction details are displayed on the product page. Customers can see Auction products on the Auction page, on categories (if chosen) and search pages.

The Auction add-on allows you to run public (available to everyone) and private (available via a direct link to users from the list) auctions in your online store. You decide whether to display the auction in product lists or not. All settings of the auction are flexibly configured, after setting the auction iе runs automatically. Auction participants, subscribers and the administrator receive appropriate notifications, the entire history of the auction is saved.

How Does the Auction Add-on Works:

The product page displays the following auction information:

  • Current bid
  • Buy now price
  • End time
  • Min bid
  • Reserve price
  • Number of bids:
  • Number of followers:
  • Auction history

If there is no field for entering a bid (set by the administrator in the general settings of the auction), then the client can place a bid by clicking on the "Bid" button. In this case, he makes the minimum bid, the amount of which is displayed on the page.

If there is a field for entering a bid, then the client can choose the amount of the bid, but this amount should not be less than the minimum bid. Otherwise, a warning will appear that the bid is less and it will not be accepted.

The auction ends when the time expires or when the administrator ends the auction manually in the admin panel.

The winner is the user who offered the highest price at that moment or bought the lot for the “Buy Now” price.

He receives an email notification with a unique link to pay for the lot. In addition, won auctions and the link to buy the lot are available in the winner's personal account.

Other bidders will see that the auction ended on the product detail page and in the list of their auctions in their personal accounts. There they can print the auction report.

Notices For Administrators/Vendors:

- Auction finished

- The auction ends and cannot be extended

Notices For Users

- Warranty paid

- Auction starts soon

- User made a did

- Another bidder placed a bid

- Auction finished

- Auction Winning notification

- The auction you are following is starting soon

- The auction you are following has been changed

Auction History

The full history of the auction is available to the administrator. The log records the end date of the auction, the winner of the auction, the price (the price offered by the buyer or the reserve price if there were no offers from customers), actions (finished by the administrator, bought through the Buy Now button, the auction finished), history of changes in the auction, if there were any.

Private And Public Auctions

The add-on allows you to create both public (available to everyone) and private (accessible by direct link to users from the list) auctions.

Add-on Features:

  • Allows you to auction any item that exists in the store, or create a separate auction item;
  • The ability to create both public (available to everyone) and private (accessible by direct link to users from the list) auctions;
  • The administrator can set the amount of the warranty payment for participation in the auction, the starting price, the reserve price, and the “Buy Now” price to buy the lot immediately;
  • The ability to set the start and end time of the auction;
  • The ability of automatic extension of the auction if the bid is made right before its end;
  • Countdown timer on the page with a detailed description of the product and on the product lists;
  • Customers can buy a product without participating in the auction by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The Buy Now price is displayed on the page with a detailed description of the product;
  • Registered users can follow auctions by subscribing to them and receive email notifications. If a customer places a bid, he automatically subscribes to email notifications;
  • The administrator can view the history of the auction;
  • The administrator can stop the auction manually;
  • The ability to automatically restart the auction if there were no bids;
  • Clients can enter the bid amount themselves in a special field or click on the "Bid" button to make a standard bid (if the bid input field is disabled by the administrator in the general auction settings). The bid amount is determined by the administrator in the auction settings and displayed on the product page;
  • The ability to hide products without an auction in the product lists;
  • The ability to hide lots in the catalog immediately after the end of the auction;
  • The ability to restrict deleting an auction within a specified period after its completion;
  • The ability to set the buyout period for the lot;
  • The ability to set the minimum and maximum duration of auctions in the add-on settings;
  • The ability to print the auction report is available to all auction participants.
  • Privileges to manage auctions for administrators.

Additionally, we can integrate the auction with the native CS-Cart mobile application. The cost of the integration is $500.

What features of the application will be available:

  • Push notifications about the bids;
  • Push notifications that the auction will start soon;
  • Ability to subscribe to an auction in the application;
  • List of auctions to which the user is subscribed;
  • Updating data on bids, time to finish and the current price in real time;
  • Purchase of the auction through the application.
  • Push notifications will be sent via Firebase, you will need a connected account.

Support

Learn more in add-on documentation.

Need modifications or any assistance? Please, feel free to contact us via HelpDesk system.


Upgrades

6 months of the free upgrade period included.


Works correctly with the popular themes YOUPI and UniTheme.

Compatibility:

  • CS-Cart: 4.13.x - 4.15.x;
  • Multi-Vendor: 4.13.x - 4.15.x.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

Add-on official page.

Thank you for your time.

Very interesting.

What are the business rules surrounding payment? Is there a reserve authentication amount or other means to ensure that when someone bids up an item, that they actually purchase it?

[quote name='tbirnseth' timestamp='1402803708' post='185742']

What are the business rules surrounding payment? Is there a reserve authentication amount or other means to ensure that when someone bids up an item, that they actually purchase it?

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As soon as auction is finished, participants of auctions get email. Winner of auction gets link to the payment.



There is no guaranty that winner will buy product in current version. We will consider idea about taking payment for each bid. If anybody thinks that it is needed functionality, please, write about it.

This is a pretty cool add on. Very unique. Trying to figure out myself if, and how we might be able to use it. I'd have to agree with tbirnseth that it probably would be important on the payment side to at least be able to allow merchants to get an “authorization” but if you add it I would hope you would keep this functionality as an option. So if someone wanted to run it like you have now, then can.

[quote name='clips' timestamp='1402838351' post='185758']

This is a pretty cool add on. Very unique. Trying to figure out myself if, and how we might be able to use it. I'd have to agree with tbirnseth that it probably would be important on the payment side to at least be able to allow merchants to get an “authorization” but if you add it I would hope you would keep this functionality as an option. So if someone wanted to run it like you have now, then can.

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Now, customer can't bid while he does not signed in. Is this functionality enough?

Would this also work with more than 1 product? This way you could do something like: 10 available - and sell them to the highest 10 bidders.

[quote name='Flow' timestamp='1402856774' post='185772']

Would this also work with more than 1 product? This way you could do something like: 10 available - and sell them to the highest 10 bidders.

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Unfortunately, at this moment only one customer can win auction. What about auction for more one product, it works right now. You can check it on demo.

Any plans to add proxy bidding?



Prevent bid sniping? I would like to see an option to auto-extend the ending time to prevent bid sniping. While buyers like sniping, sellers might now. Perhaps extend the end time by 5 minutes if someone puts a bid in during the last 5 minutes.

[quote name='sculptingstudio' timestamp='1403627284' post='186354']

Any plans to add proxy bidding?



Prevent bid sniping? I would like to see an option to auto-extend the ending time to prevent bid sniping. While buyers like sniping, sellers might now. Perhaps extend the end time by 5 minutes if someone puts a bid in during the last 5 minutes.

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Good notice. We will think about adding this feature in the next release.

hi, this is COOL!

but the auction addon not safe user's maximum bid! Rather, it will placed in “last price” only!



bid maximum vacancies in this add-on is felt.

[quote name='beta' timestamp='1407192081' post='188816']

hi, this is COOL!

but the auction addon not safe user's maximum bid! Rather, it will placed in “last price” only!



bid maximum vacancies in this add-on is felt.

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Sorry for the delay with answer. What do you mean “Maximum bid”? Last price is the last offered product cost and it is maximum bid as well. Could you please describe what do you mean more detailed?



Thank you.

Is there any upgrade available for the Auction Bid Add on? I might be interested.

[quote name='Goodies' timestamp='1409489739' post='191159']

Is there any upgrade available for the Auction Bid Add on? I might be interested.

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Hello,



Thank you for the interest to our product. Yes, we have developed much new features for this add-on and we plan to release it in 1-2 days. We will post new message here with new features.

Dear Goodies,



Here is full list of last changes of Auction add-on.[list]

[]new page “all actions by auction products” are added

[
]history page was updated. You can spy any actions of all auctions

[]new page was added for customer. Custom can see all him auctions

[
]auto-restart of auction functionality were added. If product in stock, you can configure automatically restart

[]messages system was updated

[
]many bugs where fixed

[/list]



Unfortunately, we did not update demo for a while. We will prepare updated demo during 2-3 days.



Please, feel free to ask any questions.



Thank you.

I have just purchased this great addon from Cart-Power and I must say that I am very impressed with it. It is brilliant and will add a new dimension to my store…thanks Cart-Power



I also purchased their Latest Xenforo Threads addon and will down the track some time get him to develop a single login system joining both my CS-Cart Store and my Xenforo Forums so as to provide a total solution for my customers.



If I may make a suggestion for further enhancements to the Auction addon, of which I would pay another $99 for, would be the ability for customers to create their own auctions from which I could charge a % fee for successful sales. This would provide the best of both worlds for my customers.



Another enhancement would be an Auction Block that could be added to the store's homepage listing the auctions by order of those ending from the soonest to the latest including the countdown timer being shown under the product in the block. Would be a great way to promote auctions on your site.



Anyway, just some ideas and I can't wait to open my new store and see the Auction addon getting used, thanks again Cart-Power

Dear Ibaker,



Thank you for your encouraging testimonial. We highly appreciate your suggestions and they are really significant! We are eager to meet all the requirements to better facilitate your busyness.



To proceed the modifications you mentioned let us negotiate all the details using personal messenger or skype (cartpower).

Here is a “mock up” of a block that would be good to be able to have on the store home page with auctions displayed in order from the soonest ending time:

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(looking at it now perhaps the count down numbers could be displayed a bit smaller to make it look better)

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Dear Friends,



We are happy to inform you that we prepared a brief Video tutorial for our Auction add-on.

We hope it will help you understand the add-on functionality swiftly and easily and you will enjoy your Auctions as many our clients already do!



Sincere regards,

Cart Power

[quote][color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=4]Here is a “mock up” of a block that would be good to be able to have on the store home page with auctions displayed in order from the soonest ending time:[/size][/font][/color]





[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=4](looking at it now perhaps the count down numbers could be displayed a bit smaller to make it look better) [/size][/font][/color][/quote]



Dear Ian,



Thanks for your ideas! We will take them into consideration and possibly they will be included in one of the later versions.