{"id":703,"date":"2020-08-08T20:21:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions-new-new\/?p=703"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:05:55","slug":"how-to-create-a-sealed-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/how-to-create-a-sealed-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a sealed auction?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We will explain step-by-step how to create a <strong>sealed auction<\/strong>. This means that all bids and messages in this auction will be hidden for the users. The admin however, will see all bids in the backend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1. Create an auction product and set price<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1796\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction.jpg 1796w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/62.sealed-auction-1536x708.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1796px) 100vw, 1796px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We select \u2018Auction\u2019 from the dropdown and select the auction type: \u2018Normal\u2019. Now we enable the &#8216;sealed auction&#8217; option, so the bids will be hidden for the users. Go to the &#8221;Prices&#8221; tab and we give in the mandatory starting price (100), so the bidding will start from there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1610\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/55.create-auction2-1-1536x780.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2. Set the start- and end date<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1612\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3.jpg 1612w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/56.create-auction3-1536x791.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1612px) 100vw, 1612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>We go back to &#8221;<strong>General<\/strong>&#8221; tab, and we select the start date (we could use the &#8216;now&#8217; button to select today&#8217;s time and date) > Done. We click on the end date field, and give in the end date and time. Now go to the top to save the settings.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3. Check the end result<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-sealed-auction-2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-sealed-auction-2.png\" alt=\"ex sealed auction 2\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-sealed-auction-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-sealed-auction-2-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-sealed-auction-2-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On the shop page we see a message, informing the user that the auction is sealed, and all bids are hidden. Furthermore we see the minimum amount we gave in, the countdown and the end date<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will explain step-by-step how to create a sealed auction. This means that all bids and messages in this auction will be hidden for the users. The admin however, will see all bids in the backend. Step 1. 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