WooCommerce Simple Auctions

WooCommerce Simple Auctions is a dynamic extension for WooCommerce that introduces full-featured auction capabilities to your WordPress site. This plugin allows you to effortlessly create and manage various types of auctions, including regular, reverse, and sealed auctions, similar to popular platforms like eBay. Designed for simplicity, WooCommerce Simple Auctions enables you to set up and launch auctions within 30 minutes, provided you have a payment processor in place. The plugin integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce, adding a new product type specifically for auctions, making it an excellent choice for both casual users and developers creating auction themes for marketplaces like Envato.

Compatibility and Integration:

• Supports WordPress 4.9+ and WooCommerce 2.6+ & 3.2+
• Easily integrates with WooCommerce using its hooks

Auction Types:

• Normal, reverse, and sealed (silent) auctions
• Proxy/auto bidding options

Auction Setup:

• Define start price, price increment, reserve price, and buy-it-now price
• Set auction start and end times

Display Options:

• Show auctions alongside other products or on dedicated pages
• Auction icon and winning badge on product thumbnails
• “Auction History” tab on product single pages

Widgets and Shortcodes:

• Widgets for ending soon, future, latest, featured, recently viewed, my auctions, and random auctions
• Comprehensive shortcode support

Email Notifications:

• Customizable templates for notifications such as outbid, auction won, payment reminders, auction fail, etc.

User Interaction:

• “My Auctions” section for tracking active and won auctions
• Auction filtering and sorting options in the admin panel
• Frontend sorting by current bid, date, buy now price, activity, ending date, and start date
• Ajax live updates for current bids and auction history

Auction Management:

• Create auctions from virtual or downloadable products
• Manually delete bids and relist auctions if needed
• Options for manual or automatic relisting of auctions

Translation and Compatibility:

• WPML compatibility with PO file available for translations

User Submissions:

• Allow users to create and submit their own auctions with site owner fee options (using third-party plugins)

Additional Features:

• Auction status icons in the admin panel
• Cron jobs for specific functions

What’s New (Changelog) in WooCommerce Simple Auctions v3.0.1

– Fix: db optimization (indexing)
– Fix: removed obsolete code
– Fix: autoNumeric.js decimals fix
– Add: show additional content in HTML emails
– Add: always use default datepicker JS
– Add: added template for shortcode [my_auctions_activity]

Sales Page and Live Demo of WooCommerce Simple Auctions Plugin