Advanced auctions for WooCommerce
Ultimate Auction Pro Plugin is designed for adding auction functionality to an existing WordPress or WooCommerce website. It extends a WooCommerce store with tools for running different auction formats, managing bids, collecting payments, and controlling what happens before and after an auction ends.
The plugin is suitable for stores and websites that need more than a standard auction setup. Its paid capabilities support automatic bidding, scheduled auctions, silent auctions, reverse bidding, buyer premiums, and live bid updates without requiring visitors to refresh the page.
Paid auction capabilities
- Automatic or proxy bidding: Allow the bidding system to manage bids on a user’s behalf.
- Credit card collection: Collect credit card details and automatically debit the winning amount.
- Soft-close bidding: Extend the auction time to help address last-second bidding through an anti-sniping feature.
- Timed and future auctions: Schedule auctions for future dates and manage timed auction activity.
- Silent auctions: Create auctions where bids can be handled through a silent auction format.
- Variable increments: Set different bid increment values for auction products.
- Buyer’s premium: Add a buyer’s premium to the auction workflow.
- Reverse bidding: Use the reverse bidding engine for auction scenarios where lower bids are preferred.
- Live bidding: Display new bidding activity without a page refresh.
- Relisting: Relist expired auctions automatically or manually.
Marketplace and product support
Users can add auctions through WCFM Marketplace, making the plugin useful for websites where marketplace participants need to submit auction listings. The plugin also supports virtual products, allowing auction workflows to be used for products that are not physical goods.
Bulk import can help bring multiple auction entries into the site, while options for deleting user bids provide additional administrative control. Widgets for expired and future auctions can help present relevant auction activity in site areas that support widgets.
Notifications and site management
SMS notifications can keep users informed during the auction process. Custom emails allow site owners to adjust auction-related messages, and many shortcodes and filters provide additional ways to place or adapt auction content across the website.
The plugin is compatible with WPML and LocoTranslate, supporting multilingual site workflows where those translation tools are used.
Practical use cases
Use the plugin to add auctions to an existing WooCommerce catalog, run scheduled sales, manage auctions with competitive bidding, or support marketplace sellers who need to create their own listings. Silent auctions, reverse bidding, buyer premiums, and virtual products provide options for different selling models.
Installation and setup
Install the Pro plugin on an existing WordPress or WooCommerce website, then configure the auction options that match your selling workflow. Add or import auction products, set bid increments and dates, choose the required bidding format, and configure payment, notification, relisting, and display options before publishing the auction.
