How To Work Auction in AmazCart

3rd May, 2023

An eAuction is a transaction between sellers and bidders on goods or services online in an AmazCart marketplace. Bidders compete against one another, and the highest bidder receives the items for sale. Businesses may use this procurement method to purchase raw materials or components for their supply chain.


Auction List:

In an auction model, sellers offer products in an online auction and buyers bid on what they want to buy. The buyer with the highest bid wins the product. Auction sites make their money by taking a percentage of the selling price.


Short Direction: {AmazCart> Dashboard> Auction List> Auction Product List> Add Auction Product> SL> Auction Title> Product Name> Owner> Bid Starting Amount> Start Date> End Date> Total Bids> Status> Action> Select.} 


If you want to check the regular auction bid customer then go to the amazcart dashboard to find the auction module.

1- Auction List

2- Auction Product List

3- Add Auction Product

4- SL means the serial number

5- Auction Title

6- Product Name

7- Owner

8- Bid Starting Amount

9- Start Date

10- End Date

11- Total Bids

12- Status

13- Action

14- Select for Settings, View, Edit, View all bids & delete.


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Add New Auction:

Allowing people to bid and sell to the highest bidder. The bidders compete against each other, with each subsequent bid being higher than the previous bid. 


Short Direction: {AmazCart> Dashboard> Add New Auction> Create New Auction> Auction Status> Title> Products> Quantity> Auction Date Range> Auction Bidding Price> Auction Description> Save.}


If you want to set the auction quantity, starting & end price then click on the add new auction. 

1- Add New Auction

2- Create New Auction

3- Auction Status can be manually active or inactive.

4- Title

5- Products

6- Quantity

7- Auction Date Range

8- Auction Bidding Price

9- Auction Description

10- Save it.


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Auction Configuration:

Each user has its own crontab file in Linux. Crontab files can be found in /var/spool folder with file names as usernames. crontab command is used to add, edit, install, uninstall or list cron jobs. So to create or edit a cron job enter the following command. 


Short Direction: {AmazCart> Dashboard> Auction Configuration> Auction End Check CornJob URL> Setting> Award Auction Bidder> End Date> Save> Auction will End> Starting Bid & Hight Bid> Place Bid> Bid Amount> Close or Save.}


If you want to set the Auction configuration then change Award Auction Bidder Settings, place bid or Bid Amount.

1- Auction Configuration

2- Auction End Check CornJob URL

3- Setting

4- Award Auction Bidder

5- End Date

6- Save

7- Auction will End

8- Starting Bid & Hight Bid

9- Place Bid

10-  Bid Amount

11- Close or Save it.        


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Award Auction Bidder Settings:

If you want to go to this setting then follow the instructions- (Auction list> Select> Setting). 


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Place BID:

Go to the customer homepage to click on the Auction product that already running on the marketplace. If you want to bid ayn of an auction product then click on the Place Bid. 


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Bid Amount:

Click on the Place bid option to bid on your selected product. 


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