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The Knowband PrestaShop Auction Module (also called AuctionX) allow store owners to run live auctions on products and on individual product variants. This manual walks store admins through installing the PrestaShop auction extension, setting it up, creating auctions, and handling live bidding through to the winner’s order.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Introduction to the PrestaShop Auction Module<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n

The PrestaShop Auction Module is a product bidding system for PrestaShop. With it you can run timed auctions, accept customer bids, keep a bid history, and move the winning bid into a normal order.<\/span><\/p>\n

It includes a back office auction dashboard, a storefront auction listing, live countdown timers, customer bid history, an optional watchlist, winner selection, and auction email notifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

How the PrestaShop Bidding System Works<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. The admin creates an auction for a product or a product combination, sets the bidding rules and dates, and publishes it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Customers open the auction, place bids while it is running, and track results from their account.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. When the auction closes, the module picks the winners automatically, or the admin picks them by hand.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. A winner places the order at the winning amount before the set deadline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. Key Features of the PrestaShop Auction Addon<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

    These are the main features of the module. Together they let a merchant run controlled online auctions in PrestaShop, manage who takes part, choose winners, and finish the sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Product Auctions and Variant Bidding<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Create an auction for any active product and, if needed, for one specific combination. The form covers starting price, bid increment, optional maximum bid, reserve price, waiting time between bids, visibility options, scheduling, and closing rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Live Bidding on the Product Page<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Logged in customers bid straight from the product page. The module checks the minimum amount, bid increment, maximum bid, bidder status, stock, and the minimum time between bids. The live view updates through polling, shows a countdown, and displays the statistics the admin has chosen.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Auction Scheduling and Auto Extension<\/b><\/h3>\n

    An auction can stay in Draft or be published to start at a later time. With Auto Extension on, a bid placed within the trigger period pushes the end time back.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Winner Selection and Order Completion<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Winner Selection Mode can be Auto or Manual. In Auto mode the module ranks each bidder by their highest bid, leaves out blocked bidders, applies the reserve price, and settles ties in favor of whoever reached the amount first. In Manual mode the admin chooses winners from Live View once bidding has ended. Each winner gets an order deadline and a private order link under My Bids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Watchlists and Auction Announcements<\/b><\/h3>\n

    With the watchlist turned on, customers can save auctions to My Watchlist. Watchers can be emailed when other users bid and when an auction starts, as long as the matching email template is enabled.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Dashboard and Email Notifications<\/b><\/h3>\n

    The dashboard has configurable KPI widgets, charts, and tables of recent activity. The Email Templates page holds subjects and bodies in several languages for bid confirmations, winning bids, auction announcements, order events, bidder blocks, cancellations, and other events.<\/span><\/p>\n

    3. Installing the PrestaShop Auction Module<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Install and activate the module in the PrestaShop back office before you create any auction. Follow these steps in order.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Sign in to the PrestaShop Admin Panel.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Go to Modules > Module Manager.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Choose the upload option and upload the Knowband PrestaShop Auction Module archive.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Install the module and wait for PrestaShop to finish.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Go to Sell > Knowband PrestaShop Auction Module. During installation the module creates its database tables, default settings, email templates, CRON token, hooks, and back office tabs.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Open General Settings, enable the module, and set the storefront options.<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Set up the CRON job shown on the General Settings page if you want scheduled status changes, automatic winner processing, and deadline processing to run without anyone visiting a page.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Uninstalling the module only removes its back office menu entries. Auction data, bids, winners, watchlists, email templates, logs, dashboard layouts, and settings stay in place, and they are still there if you reinstall.<\/span><\/p>\n

      4. Opening the Module in the Back Office<\/b><\/h2>\n

      After installation, every auction function is under Sell > Knowband PrestaShop Auction Module. The pages are:<\/span><\/p>\n