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WooCommerce Auctions Plugin: build your own, pay once

Sell products to the highest bidder, with a countdown and bid history. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce auctions plugin for your store.

Build mine · $1 trialSee what it does

Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.

Example: your auction page
12 bidsReserve not met
Vintage watch
Current bid $85
Ends in 2d 4h 10m
90
Place bid
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Auctions plugin does

A focused auction plugin. It adds an auction product type with a start price, an end time and bidding on the product page.

Auction product type
Set a start price, optional reserve and an end date and time.
Bidding and countdown
Bids are checked against your increment and a countdown shows the time left.
Winner checkout
The winner gets an email and a link to pay for the item.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: This covers normal auctions with an optional proxy bid. Reverse and silent auctions can be added, but the bigger the mix, the larger the build.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your WooCommerce Auctions Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
I sell vintage watches. Let people bid for 5 days, start at $50, bid steps of $5, hide bidder names, and email the winner a pay link when the timer ends.
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Here is the plan:
  • Auction product with $50 start and 5 day length
  • Bid steps of $5 and bidder names masked
  • Winner emailed a link to pay
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Complex build · $39 once
In this build: Live streaming auctions and bidder deposits are not in this plan. Payments use your existing checkout.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Auto extend. Add 5 minutes when a bid lands in the last minute.
  • Outbid emails. Email a bidder when someone outbids them.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Auctions

Here is how to get a Auctions from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. Set the rules
Starting price, reserve price, bid steps, end time and whether late bids extend the time.
2. Decide the payment
The winner pays at once, or gets an email with a pay link, and what happens if they do not pay.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Run a short test auction on the practice site with two test users and check the winner and the order.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Auctions Plugin

Looking for an alternative to the paid Auctions for WooCommerce extension from WooCommerce marketplace seller? It lists at $149 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

the paid Auctions for WooCommerce extension from WooCommerce marketplace seller
$149 / year
After 1 year$149
After 3 years$447
Your own WooCommerce Auctions Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Charity auction
Run a weekend auction for donated items with a reserve price and a countdown.
Proxy bidding
Let bidders set a maximum and bid for them in steps.
Reverse auction
Let sellers compete by lowering the price until a deadline.

Questions

Is there a free WooCommerce auctions plugin?

Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

Can bidders stay anonymous?

Yes. Bidder names can be masked on the product page so only a short label shows.

Do I need WooCommerce?

Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products, cart and checkout. You don't need to buy the paid Auctions for WooCommerce extension from WooCommerce marketplace seller.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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Describe your Auctions plugin. See it working on a practice store.

$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

Build mine · $1 trial