Guide For Multivendor Marketplace-Product Auction for Shopify

Product Auction Integration with Multi-vendor Marketplace App for Shopify
Keeping product up for auction entices a large number of customers towards that product.

And it is something that every store owner needs to rev up his/her sales in the eCommerce business.

Considering these traits, Webkul has come up with the most awaited feature app named “Product Auction for Seller” in Multivendor Marketplace app.

You might have used the Product Auction app on your Shopify Store earlier but this time you will have this featured app available for your marketplace.

Using Multivendor Marketplace Product Auction for Seller feature app, You as an admin can enable your sellers to add auction on products and thus, customers will bid on the product of their choice.

Note:- This feature app is free of cost but to use the feature app, you need to install the product auction app on your store i.e. $30 per month over and above your currently Multivendor plan.

Suppose you opt for $60 USD per month plan, then, you will be charged $60+$30=$90 per month.

NOTE:- It is mandatory to install the Product Auction App first on your Store to make this Feature App work for your Sellers.

Visit the Feature App section and enable this feature to allow sellers to create auctions on Products.

• Auction products are now compatible on the seller profile pages i.e, the auction related details will be visible on the auctioned products listed on seller profile pages.

If the auction details are not appearing on your seller’s profile pages, please regenerate the seller profile page from the “storefront configuration” section on the Multi-vendor admin panel.

Also, if you have your seller pages customized, please reach us at support@webkul.com to make the auctioned products compatible on seller pages.

Workflow

In this way, the store owner can allow his/her registered sellers to add auction on products and thus, Your customers can bid on the product of your store.

Once your sellers add auction on products from the Seller Panel of the Multivendor app, Customers can view the auction running on that product in an auction window visible on the frontend.

Now, customers can bid on the products and become the winner also.

Here comes the Integration of Product Auction & Global Product feature app:-

You can now allow sellers to add auctions to global products of your store.

For this, the seller needs to visit the seller panel>>Go to Global Products section>Select the product and click Create Auction in Action menu.

Further, the “Add Auction” form will remain the same as that of normal products. The seller needs to enter auction details for that global product and start auction.

Similarly, you can also add auction to global products from the admin panel of the Multi-vendor app as shown below:

This is all about the Product Auction for Sellers feature of the Multivendor App.

Now, if the admin wants then he can restrict the seller from using auto payment settings, proxy bidding, & popcorn bidding features.

Even, the admin can restrict the seller to change the duration and price of the auction.

To restrict sellers for Autopay, proxy bidding, and popcorn bidding.

As we know, when the seller is adding an auction product from their marketplace seller panel then they can enable AUTO PAY, PROXY BIDDING, and POPCORN BIDDING for auction products.

But if the admin wants then he can restrict the seller to use these three features.

Go to product auction from Shopify store >> Click on “Configuration” >> now, click on three dots >> seller restrictions

Now suppose, the admin has enabled the “Proxy bidding setting” from here.

Then proxy bidding option will not be shown to the seller while creating the auction product from seller panel >> product >> product listing

To restrict sellers to change the duration and price of the auction.

As we know, when the seller is adding an auction product from their marketplace seller panel then they can enter the time duration and price for their auction product.

But if the admin wants then he can restrict the seller to fill and update the duration and price for auction products.

Then admin can find these options in the “Configuration” section >> now, click on three dots >> seller restrictions.

Auction Settings Configuration Example

Once the admin enables the following settings from the Auction Configuration section and clicks the Save button:

Auction Duration Setting

• Default Start Time: 4 days from the current date/time.
• Default End Time: 4 days after the auction starts.

Pricing Setting

• Base Price: 100
• Reserve Price: 20,000

These saved values will now act as default settings for any new auction created by the sellers from their respective seller panels.

Effect on Seller Panel

When a seller adds an auction on a product:

• The start time and end time fields will automatically be pre-filled using the admin-defined values.
• The base price and reserve price will also be auto-filled using the values set by the admin (100 and 20,000 respectively).
• The seller can choose to keep these values or edit them while creating the auction.

This helps maintain consistency across all auctions and saves time for sellers by pre-filling the most common auction details.

Then the auction product time and the price will be auto-filled while creating the auction product from seller panel >> product >> product listing.

And the seller can’t change this time duration and price.

CREATE YOUR OWN AUCTION MARKETPLACE

Product Auction Integration Demo

Want to see the Product Auction for Sellers feature in action?

Check out the live demo of the Multi-vendor Marketplace: Product Auction Integration here:
View Demo

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Support

We hope you found this blog helpful.

For any questions or support related to this feature or other modules, feel free to reach out to us:

Email: support@webkul.com
Helpdesk: Webkul UV Desk

Stay connected with us for more feature updates and documentation.

Thank you for reading.