Auctions

Starting with MarketKing 1.5, we are introducing the Auctions feature. This is an integration with the 'WooCommerce Simple Auctions' plugin, which is required for this feature to work.

This module allows each vendor to set up their own auctions, configuring a starting price, bid increments, buy-now price, etc.

To use this module, it must first be enabled in MarketKing -> Modules:

Once a vendor has created an auction, it will be visible on the frontend, with its appearance depending on the site's theme. For example, here's what it looks like with the Storefront theme:

Each vendor can configure auctions from the vendor dashboard, as a product.

Since auctions are products, you as the marketplace admin can require manual approval before an auction is published. That way, you can review it before it appears on your site.

Vendors can also view an "auction activity" table, as well as set up automatic relisting of the auction after it expires:

Necessary Settings

In WooCommerce -> Settings -> Auctions, the setting "Do not show auctions on shop page" must be disabled:

If enabled, this setting will prevent auctions from appearing on the vendor dashboard products page.

Alternatively, if you need to keep this setting enabled,

you can add this code snippet to your site:

add_filter('option_simple_auctions_dont_mix_shop', function($val){
    // if vendor dashboard
    if (marketking()->is_vendor(get_current_user_id())){
        $val = 'no';
    } else {
     	$val = 'yes';
  	}
    return $val;
}, 10, 1);

This snippet disables the setting only for vendors, so they will be able to edit auction products.