RT Auction Product for WooCommerce – Online Auction & Bidding

Want to sell products to the highest bidder? RT Auction Product for WooCommerce lets you run online auctions right inside your existing WooCommerce store. No new website, no extra software, and no coding needed.

Add an “Auction” product just like any other product. Choose when it starts, when it ends, and the starting price. Your customers place bids, watch the countdown, and the winner pays through your normal WooCommerce checkout.

It works for collectibles, art, antiques, used equipment, charity fundraisers, limited-edition items, clearance stock, and anything else you want to sell to the highest bidder.

Why store owners love it

• Easy to set up. Create an auction in about a minute from the product page.
• Feels live. Prices, bids and the countdown timer update on the page by themselves. Customers never need to refresh.
• Fair for everyone. Two people bidding at the same moment never causes mix-ups.
• Less chasing. The winner is emailed automatically and pays through your normal checkout.
• Works with your theme and payment methods. Winners pay with the same payment options you already use.

Everything you need to run great auctions

Ways to sell

• Standard auctions. Everyone sees the current price and bids openly.
• Automatic bidding (proxy bidding). A bidder enters the most they will pay. The plugin bids for them, one small step at a time, only as much as needed to stay in front. Their top amount stays private.
• Sealed-bid auctions. Nobody can see the bids until the auction ends. The highest bid wins.
• Buy It Now. Let shoppers skip the bidding and buy straight away at a fixed price. You can switch it off as soon as the first bid comes in.

Protect your price

• Reserve price. Set a secret minimum. If bidding ends below it, you are not forced to sell. Bidders only see “reserve met” or “reserve not met”.
• Starting price. Choose where the bidding begins.
• Bid steps. Choose how much each new bid must go up by, or set different steps for different price levels (for example, steps of 1 up to 100, then steps of 5).
• Last-minute protection. If someone bids right before the end, the auction is extended a few minutes so others get a fair chance to respond.
• Buyer’s fee. Add a percentage fee for the winner, the way traditional auction houses do.

Save yourself time

• Automatic relisting. Unsold items can go back up for auction by themselves, as many times as you choose.
• Second chance offers. If the winner never pays, offer the item to the next-highest bidder with one click.
• Payment deadline. Winners get a set number of days to pay. After that, you are told so you can act.
• One-click relist and end early. Start over or finish an auction whenever you like.

Keep bidders coming back

• Watchlist. Shoppers save auctions they like and get a reminder before they end.
• Email alerts. Bidders are told when they are outbid, when they win, and when an auction they follow is about to end.
• “People watching” counter. Show how much interest an item has.
• My Account page. Customers see their active bids, their wins and their watchlist in one place.
• Auction lists on any page. Show live, upcoming or ended auctions anywhere with a simple shortcode.

Stay in control

• Dashboard. See live auctions, total bids, sales and revenue, a chart of recent bidding activity, auctions ending soon, and anything that needs your attention.
• Auction list. Search and filter all your auctions, see who is winning, and manage each one.
• Bidder management. See who is bidding and block anyone who causes problems.
• Spam protection. Keep brand-new accounts from bidding until they are a few days old.
• Privacy for bidders. Hide full names in the public bid list (for example “j***n”).
• Bid records. Review every bid and download them as a spreadsheet file.
• Email alerts for you. Get notified when an auction ends, when a winner pays, and, if you like, when each bid comes in.

Simple shortcode

Show your auctions anywhere with:

[rtapw_auctions status="live" limit="12" columns="3"]

Use status="upcoming" or status="ended" for other lists. Sort by ending time, newest, or price.

Great for

• Online auctions for art, antiques and collectibles
• Charity and fundraising auctions
• Selling used or refurbished goods to the highest bidder
• Limited-edition and rare product drops
• Clearing out surplus stock