Onboarding Tour

A guided walkthrough for new admins — written in the order you'd actually click.

What you'll see on the very first click — the Auctions dashboard with KPIs, charts and the live activity feed

Open the dashboard

WP Admin → WooCommerce → Webkul Addons → Auctions Dashboard

You'll land on the analytics shell. On a fresh install everything reads zero — that's expected.

The header shows three range buttons: 7 D / 30 D / 90 D. They re-query the dashboard data for that window. Default is 30 days.

Tour the dashboard

The dashboard has four rows.

Row 1 — KPI cards

CardWhat it counts
Total AuctionsEvery auction in the database, regardless of status
Bids TodayBids placed since 00:00 in your site timezone
Live Bid PoolSum of current_price across active + scheduled lots
Settled RevenuePlatform revenue from completed auction-flagged orders

Row 2 — Charts

ChartWhat it shows
Revenue & Bid ActivityDual-axis line: revenue (gold) and bid count (emerald) per day
Auction StatusDonut: active / scheduled / ended / paid / failed / paused / cancelled

Row 3 — More charts

ChartWhat it shows
Top 5 Auctions by BidsHorizontal bar — most-contested lots in the range
Bids by Hour of DayHeat-bar of bid traffic by hour, last 7 days

Row 4 — Lists

ListWhat it shows
Top Bidders5 most active users in the range
Recent ActivityLast 10 entries from the auction log table

Full Dashboard reference →

Open Settings

Auctions → Settings

Settings has 8+ tabs. The order to explore them on day one:

  1. General — poll interval, anti-snipe defaults, currency display
  2. Bidding — increment defaults, retraction, cooldown
  3. Auction Types — enable / disable formats you'll offer
  4. Notifications — email triggers
  5. Wallet — top-up product, min/max
  6. Compliance — age, KYC, terms
  7. Fraud — rate limits, IP rules
  8. Integrations — Stripe, Twilio, Firebase, Klaviyo, etc.

Settings reference →

Create your first auction

Auctions → Add Auction

The form is one screen, top-to-bottom:

  1. Product — link to existing or create new
  2. Auction Type — Standard for first try
  3. Start Price / Reserve / Buy Now
  4. Bid Increment — fixed or variable
  5. Schedule — start / end date, anti-snipe window, max-extension cap
  6. Item Condition — new / used / refurbished / for-parts
  7. Images — pulled from the linked product
  8. Publish

Add Auction reference →

Watch a bid land

After your auction is live, place a bid as a customer in another browser. Then:

  • Auctions → All Auctions — bid_count and current_price updated
  • Auctions → Bids — your test bid appears with IP / user agent
  • Auctions → Audit Log — hash-chain entry recorded
  • Customer's email inbox — bid-placed confirmation
  • Bidder's My Auctions tab — auction shown under Active Bids

If any of these don't happen, see Troubleshooting.

Brand it

Auctions → Design Studio

Live iframe preview on the right; controls on the left. Tweak:

  • Bid form colors / spacing / button shape
  • Countdown timer color stops
  • Badge style on shop pages

Click Save. Changes propagate site-wide.

Design Studio →

Where to go next

You want to...Read
Configure every optionSettings
Pay vendors / run a marketplaceMulti-Vendor
Take feesMonetization
Build a custom integrationREST API, Hooks & Filters
Run an event with multiple lotsEvents
Detect fraud automaticallyFraud Detection