Prestashop Module Auction

Simple and robust auction for the most common functionality with appealing front office and back office design.

Auction Main Features

Administrator:

Create / Edit auctions:

• Select product category
• Select product
• Select auction completion condition (either auction finishes on end time or(and) when max. price is reached)
• Indicate whether auction is active
• Set auction start date and time
• Set auction end date and time
• You may also add taxes to starting bid and max. price
• Set auction starting bid
• Set auction max. price
• Set auction min. offer step
• Set minimal time interval between bids

When editing auctions you may also:

• View auction status
• View winning bidder and his email address
• View auction current price
• View auction "Buy Now" price
• Use "view auction" button to view auction in FrontOffice
• Use "Open/Close auction" buttons to close or start auctions manually
• Use "Restart auction" button to restart auction from it's starting bid again
• Use "Delete auction" button to delete auction
• View/Manage auction payment history (date, customer, email, product, price, status, delete, clear history)
• View/Manage auction bidding history (ID, customer, IP address, price, date, ban user, activate/deactivate bid, delete bid, winner, delete all bids)

   

View auctions list:

• ID, Product name, Bids count, Winning bidder, Auction start time, Auction end time, Starting bid, Current price
• Enable/Disable auctions
• Edit auctions
• Delete auctions
• View auctions in FrontOffice
• View auction status icon (in progress, has not strated yet, disabled, finished)

 

Manage settings:

• Enable/Disable "Buy now" button
• Set auctions updating time
• Set bidder name appearence (Full name, First name and first letter of last name, First name, First letters of first and last names)
• Indicate whether guests can report reviews
• Enable/Disable nicknames
• Set number of emails to be sent at once
• Enable/Disable auctions winners emailing
• Enable/Disable autoclosing finished auctions

 

View notifications about unpaid auctions and unprocessed payments directly on BackOffice starting page

 

Customer:

 

• View auctions in product-list or(and) homefeatured module (auction current price, time counter)
• View auctions (time counter, auction ending date, winning bidder, current price, starting bid, bids count, min. bidding step)
• Edit nickname (must be signed in)
• View auction bidding history
• Auction updates price, winning bidder, bids count in administrator defined period of time (default: 30s.)
• Buy now button and buy noew price
• Offer bid (value is checked for validity)
• Warning message is displayed if price has been outbidded
• Auction finishes as soon as time expires or max. price is reached

   

"My auctions" page in "My account" section (unpayed auctions count is displayed in brackets):

• My current activity page - list of auctions, that user has participated in recently (product, my price, current price, winning bidder, bids history)
• My payment history page - list of auctions, that user had won (product, price, date, status):

* View order status if item was paid for
* View order details if item was paid for
* "Pay now" button if item is still not paid for

• Options page - edit nickname

 

• Creates competition among buyers--auction price can exceed the price of a negotiated sale!
• An auction generates excitement and heightens buyer interest.
• Reduces the time product is on the market
• Auction brings buyers to a decision point--they most act now or loose an opportunity to purchase (No cooling off period).
• Seller knows when the property will sell.
• Placing buyers into an open competitive situation will usually achieve the best results.
• The absence of a set price attracts buyers from all price ranges, with each having a different opinion as to what they would pay for your property.
• Higher level of buyer activity

• Purchase the product at fair market value
• Eliminates long negotiation periods.
• Buyer knows that sellers are selling at the lowest price possible.
• Reduce time to buy product
• Generates customers excitement and heightens