Creating an Auction
Auction Plus provides three different methods to create your auction: from a new product, existing products, or an entire collection.
Getting Started
Navigate to the Auctions page in your Auction Plus dashboard.
Click Create Auction.
Choose one of the three creation methods below.
Method 1: New Product
Use this method when the item you want to auction is not yet in your Shopify store.
Select New product and enter a title for the product.
Optionally add an image and description.
A new product will be created in your Shopify store automatically.
Configure auction settings on the right side of the page (start price, bid increment, dates, etc.).
Method 2: Existing Products
Use this method to create auctions for products already in your store.
Select Existing products and browse or search your product catalog.
Choose one or more products.
An auction is created for each selected product.
Configure shared auction settings that apply to all selected products, and optionally set individual prices per product.
Method 3: Collection
Use this method to create auctions in bulk from an existing Shopify collection.
Select Collection and choose a collection from your store.
An auction is created for each product in the collection (up to 500 products).
This method requires an Auction Event. See Auction Events for details on creating one.
The Selected Products Table
Products you select appear in a Selected Products table showing each product's image, name, current product price, start price, and reserve price.
From this table you can:
Edit prices per listing by clicking a Start Price or Reserve Price cell. See Setting Individual Prices per Listing.
Reorder listings by dragging the handle on the left of each row.
Remove a product with the X at the end of its row.
Add more products with the Add Another Product button.
Setting Individual Prices per Listing
The start price and reserve price configured in the auction settings apply to all listings by default. Each row in the Selected Products table is pre-filled with these shared prices. When using a percentage of the product price, the pre-filled amount is calculated from each product's own price.
To give a listing its own price, click its Start Price or Reserve Price cell and type a new amount:
Custom prices are shown in bold with a reset icon next to them. Click the icon to revert the listing back to the shared default.
The table footer shows a count of how many custom prices are set.
Note: Reserve Price is available on select plans. See Auction Listing Settings.
For large batches, consider uploading items via CSV. Refer to CSV Import & Export for details.
Important Notes
One live auction per product at a time. You cannot have multiple active auctions for the same product. If you need to relist a product, cancel the existing auction first. See Relisting Auctions for more details.
Only the first variant is used. If your product has multiple variants, Auction Plus uses the first variant for the auction.
Auction settings such as start price, bid increment, start/end dates, and more are applied to each listing. See Auction Settings for a full breakdown of each setting.
What Happens Next
Once you click Create, your auction is either:
Scheduled if you set a future start date.
Active immediately if the start date is the current time or in the past.
Your product page in your Shopify store will display the auction widget, allowing customers to place bids.
Note: Configured Default Auction Settings pre-fill when creating a new auction, and you can override them for any individual listing. To save the current settings as your defaults, check Save as default in the Default settings section before creating.
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