Feature Catalog

Every shipped feature, grouped by surface. Click through for the full reference page.

Single auction page — the surface most of these features end up on, in a real Standard auction with bid form, Buy Now and Proxy Bidding

Auction types

Type	What it does
Standard (Forward)	Highest-bidder-wins. The classic format.
Reverse	Lowest bid wins. For procurement / contractor markets.
Sealed / Blind	Bids hidden until the auction closes.
Proxy / Auto-Bid	User sets a max; system bids on their behalf in increments.
Silent	All-pay style with bid amounts shown publicly only at close.
Charity	Issues tax-deductible receipts; donor wall.
Penny	Pay-per-bid model with bid packs.
Dutch	Descending price; first to accept wins.
Seated	Live auctioneer-led with paddle/seat assignments.
Unique-Bid	Lowest unique bid wins.

Bidding engine

Real-time AJAX live bidding with adaptive polling (5–10 s normal → 2–3 s last 2 min)
Soft-close anti-sniping with configurable window, extension, max-extension cap
Server-locked bid placement — two simultaneous bidders can never both win the same price
Hash-chain bid audit ledger — tamper-evident
Bid queue for high-traffic auctions
Proxy / auto-bidding
Bid retraction window
Bid cooldown, max bids per user, per-auction caps
Quick-bid buttons, one-click rebid
Anonymous bidding, masked names
Absentee / pre-bidding before auction starts

Customer experience

My Auctions — active bids, won, lost, watchlist tabs
My Wallet — top up, transfer, ledger
Withdrawal — bank / PayPal / custom payout methods
Watchlist, favorites, saved searches
Auction comparison (up to 3 lots side-by-side)
Shipping estimator
Contact-seller messaging
Social sharing
Print auction details

Admin

15 dedicated pages — Admin Overview →

Page	Purpose
Dashboard	KPIs, charts, activity feed
All Auctions	List, filter, bulk actions
Add / Edit Auction	Auction form
Bids	Bid moderation
Reports	Revenue, bidder reports, CSV
Events	Multi-lot events / auctions days
Wallet	Customer wallet operations
Disputes	Dispute resolution + CSV
Blocked Users	Block list
Fraud Detection	Velocity, IP, rules
Tools	Import / export / CSV
Settings	All 132 options
Design Studio	Live brand preview
Pending Review	Lot moderation queue
Audit Log	Hash-chain bid trail

Wallet & payments

Wallet system — top-up, transfer, ledger, OTP
Auto-charge winner on auction close
Stripe Connect for marketplace payouts
Monetization — listing fees, buyer's premium, late penalty, featured boost, bid fee

Multi-vendor

Native compatibility with:

WCFM
Dokan
WC Vendors
YITH Multi-Vendor

The plugin defers vendor onboarding, dashboards, and payouts to your active multi-vendor plugin and surfaces auction-specific UI inside it.

Premium features

Smart features — hot/trending detection, recommendations, auction-of-the-day
Psychology triggers — watchers count, urgency, scarcity, masked-name engagement
Gamification — points, badges, leaderboards, achievements
Fraud detection — bid rate limit, IP rules, email verify, SSL gate
Compliance — KYC, age gate, terms acceptance, donor wall, tax receipts, GDPR
Social sharing — Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Pinterest, LinkedIn
Email digest, auto-relist

Notifications

21 transactional emails, all editable from WooCommerce → Settings → Emails:

Bid placed, outbid, auction starting, started, ending soon, won, lost, payment reminder, payment confirmation, payment overdue, auction failed, auction relisted, watchlist activity, registration, new-auction-from-seller, lot approved, lot rejected, seller application received / approved / rejected.

Integrations

Channel	Reference
SMS	Twilio
Push	Firebase
Auth	Two-Factor, Social Login, Subscription Gate
Bot defense	Captcha (Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha)
Page builders	Elementor, Gutenberg
Messaging	Customer ↔ seller messaging

Developer

Internationalization

Translation-ready (auctions-for-woocommerce text domain, /languages/ directory)
Right-to-left (RTL) styles bundled
Currency-aware formatting via WooCommerce locale