Comments on: Who Needs eBay When You Have WP Auctions?

By: Brenda McFarlane

Brenda McFarlane — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:52:47 +0000

Pretty excited about this plugin. It may turn out to be just what I need. I want lengthier auctions because I want to offer things that are fairly rare. I’m going to give it a whirl once I figure out where I want to set it up.

By: WP Auctions reviewed on WP Tavern | wordpressguru.eu

WP Auctions reviewed on WP Tavern | wordpressguru.eu — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:03:29 +0000

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By: Hyder

Hyder — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:33:47 +0000

@Enoch Woodhouse – Sorry Enoch, it has to be used on a self hosted WordPress blog.

However, we are working on a solution where everyone can use it. Should be releasing it soon. Stay subscribed to WP Tavern for the news.

@Jeff – We’ll give you an exclusive if you want it ;-)

By: Enoch Woodhouse

Enoch Woodhouse — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:18:47 +0000

This is just the plug in that I have been looking for. Is the functionality limited to WP blogs or can it be used with other blogging interfaces, like Weebly? Is installing the plug in as simple as pasting code onto a blog editor or is it more complex than that?

I would really enjoy a copy if the plug in is compatible with Weebly.

By: Larry Wilcox

Larry Wilcox — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:43:10 +0000

I’m thinking that this might be just the ticket for local area auctions. Then the “fewer eyes” issue is less of an issue and you can promote locally.

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:11:30 +0000

So today, I’ve gone through the random number picker between 1-7 which is the total number of unique comments published on this post. Comment number 4 which is Danny G Smith was chosen. What I did was close my eyes and just clicked the Get Random button a bunch of times. Congratulations Danny, Hyder will be in touch with you to get you a copy of the plugin and thanks to everyone who commented on the review. I hope you all found it helpful in some way.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:04:14 +0000

@Francois – At the moment, you can only add and administer auctions if you’re an admin on the blog (minimum level 8).

We considered opening it up, but if you reduce the level people will be able to amend and delete each other’s auctions and mess with their bids. In order to do it properly we’d need to assign an “owner” to each auction .. hmm .. I’ll add it to our “requested features” list so we can think about it properly and work through all the possibilities.

By: Francois

Francois — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:37:36 +0000

Pretty cool plugin. Can the users create aunctions, or simply the admin ?
I would use it if users can create their own aunction on my website.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:29:32 +0000

@ovidiu: Regarding verification, the plugin has 2 “modes”. In the first instance you can allow anyone who likes to place a bid on the auction. You have the option to delete bids you think may be dodgy from the auction backend, in which case the next bid in line reverts to being the winner of the auction. You also have the option of restricting bidding to users who are registered with your blog (i.e. have a WordPress account). You can choose to moderate these users through WordPress user administration and apply any verification process you wish.

Regarding performance the plugin is designed to be as lightweight as possible. The popup uses AJAX calls to refresh its data so that the whole page doesn’t have to be refreshed. Besides the actual bid placing, most of the other DB calls are fine grained reads so it should scale quite nicely.

Hope this helps

Hope this helps.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:09:16 +0000

Things I would love to see added or questions answered are:

Google Checkout (Paypal seems to be always raising their fees)
This ability to “automate” the auctions. (Example: For me to cue up a bunch of auction items one after the other. Once one auction is over, the next auction begins. This would also allow you to feature “upcoming” auctions that aren’t live yet.)
Does the auction “close” time get extended with last minute bids? I like how the plugin will email bidders saying they have been outbid, but will the auction extend in order to give participants a chance to rebid?

I also like ovidiu’s questions, especially about the verification of accounts.