Auction for Shopware 6

Shopware Auction module will enable the auction feature for your shop by which admin can add auction in their product and the buyer can bid on their product. Users will receive a notification mail after winning the bid with a coupon code and used this discount coupon in buying the product.

• The admin can add three types of auctions for the customers- incremental, reserved, and automatic.
• The admin has the option to display the current bid.
• Admin can display the bidders along with their prices.
• All types of action will apply to a single product.
• The customers can place an automatic auction.
• The admin has the option to show bidder name, bid, and details under automatic bidding.
• The admin/customers can see the auction bid list and automatic auction bid list.

Shopware gives two ways to install the plugin to the server.

1. Using Command
2. Manual installation

Customers will get a zip folder, then they have to extract the contents of this zip folder on their system. The customer has Copy the folder WebkulAuction to custom/plugins directory of Shopware6. As shown in the below image:

Now open the Shopware6 application in the Terminal.

Run this command to refresh the plugin –

/bin/console plugin:refresh

Go to your Shopware installation Root directory and run this command to install then activate the plugin –

./bin/console plugin:install --activate clearcache WebkulAuction.

To clear the cache run this command –

./bin/console cache:clear

Now refresh the administration.

After that, visit administration Setting->System->Plugins, the Webkul Auction will be listed there.

1) Extract the zip file of the plugin.

2) Goto your Shopware 6 installation backend panel and navigate to Setting -> System -> Plugins after that you can find all the installed plugin in it.

For installing the plugin, the user can click on the Upload Plugin button. The user can upload the plugin zip(WebkulAuction) here.

3) After uploading the plugin zip, the user can see the plugin in the list.

4) Now the user can click on the install icon to install the Shopware Auction plugin.

5) After the installation of the plugin, the user can click to activate the plugin.

While in the process the admin can see the success message ‘Plugin has been activated‘.

After the installation process and plugin configuration if the Auction icon option is not visible then run this command to clear the cache:

/bin/console c:c

After installing the Shopware multi-seller plugin, the user can navigate to Setting -> System -> Plugin.

After clicking on the plugin, the user can see all the installed plugin in the Shopware. The user can click on the “…” icon for the configuration option of the plugin.

After clicking on the Config icon, the user can see these options:

Here the admin will –

• Show Customer Bid Price –If enabled then the auction product current bid price will show in the auction detail
• Show Bidder Name – If Enabled the bidder name will show in the bid list panel at the frontend.
• Product Price – Enable this option to show the product price on the product page else select it as disabled.
• Show Bid Price – Enable this option to show the Bid Price on the product page else select this option as disabled.
• Show Auction Bid Details – Enable this option to show the bid list panel at the frontend. If disabled then you can hide the bid list.

Now admin can click on ‘Increment Auction Options‘ to enable the incremental auction and set the price range rule.

After that to set increment price admin need to click on “Set Increment Price Range” button.

Here admin can add the price range and increment price. After that click to save button.

The Increment bid is the amount by which a bid will be incremented each time the current bid is outdone. Increment bid amount set will be done by the admin.

Now admin can click on automated options to enable/disable it then make other changes.

• Status
• Show Automatic Bidder Details
• Customer can change auto bid multiple time – If enabled, then the customer can change an automatic bid on auction product multiple times.
• Show Automatic Price
• Show Automatic Bidder Name

After that, the admin can enable reserve auction option and enter a global reserve price for it.

Global Reserve Price – If you don’t provide reserve price and reserve status is enabled then this global reserve price will be applied to auction price.

Now admin can enable the notification email for winning mail to admin, winning mail to customers, outbid notification email to buyers, and auto bid outbid notification.

• Win mail to Admin – when admin will enable this email notification will be sent to admin after the customer will win the auction.
• Win mail to Customer -when admin will email notification will be sent to the customer after he/she will win the auction.
• Outbid Buyer – While any customer will place a maximum bid, then an email notification will be sent to all outbid customers.
• Auto bid to outbid customer – While any customer will place a less automatic bid then an email notification will be sent to that customer.

After enabling the Shopware Auction module admin can see the ‘Auction Manager‘ in the plugins. 

Now by clicking on Auction Manager tab admin can check the auction product list and add, delete, and edit the auction products.

After clicking on the add button admin can:

• Auction Status
• Choose Product Name
• Auction Start Price
• Reserve Price
• Start Auction Time 
• Stop Auction Time
• Valid Days
• Minimum Quantity
• Maximum Quantity
• Increment Option
• Automatic Options

Admin can also see the bid list after clicking on the ‘Auction bid list’ tab and also check click on the automatic bid list to see the automatic bid details.

From here admin can also delete and edit the bid.

Customers can see auction link at the header of the website. Customers can click here to go to the auction collection page.

From here customers can click on the bid now button to go to the product’s auction page.Here customers can enter the bid amount then click on bid now button to make the bid.

Customers can click on ‘Auction Details’ button to see the auction details.

Customers can click on ‘ Bid list’ to see the list of the bidders and their bid amount.

In order to make an automatic bid customers need to first check the ‘Place Bid as Automatic’ checkbox. After that, they can enter the amount then make the bid.

Customers can click on the automatic bid button to check the automatic bid placed for the product.

This was all about the Auction for Shopware 6. I hope you must have the got the idea of our module. Thanks for taking the time in reading this blog. And also, please doesn’t forget to share your feedback and suggestions under the comment box given below.

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