{"id":707,"date":"2020-08-08T20:27:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T20:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions-new-new\/?p=707"},"modified":"2024-01-25T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:59:57","slug":"how-to-create-a-reverse-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/how-to-create-a-reverse-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a reversed auction?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is a reverse auction? You might ask. A reversed auction is, as the name says, reversed. Instead of inserting a minimum amount, you now put in a maximum amount, and the users can keep bidding to lower the product price.<\/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\/60.reverse-auction.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1802\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction.jpg 1802w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/60.reverse-auction-1536x702.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1802px) 100vw, 1802px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We start by selecting the &#8216;Reverse&#8217; auction type option. After that we go to &#8221;Prices&#8221; tab and  set the starting price, which should be the <strong>maximum<\/strong> price. As the users can keep bidding to lower the price.<\/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\/61.reverse-auction.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction-1024x336.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2024\/01\/61.reverse-auction-1536x503.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/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><em><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.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/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-reverse-auction-2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-2.png\" alt=\"ex reverse auction 2\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-2-768x488.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>On the shop page we see a message, informing the user that the auction is reversed. Furthermore we see the minimum amount we gave in, the countdown and the end date.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-3.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions-new-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-3.png\" alt=\"ex reverse auction 3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-3-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-auctions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2020\/08\/ex-reverse-auction-3-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p><em>After placing a bid, just like a normal auction, the current bid price has changed. However, since it is a &#8216;<\/em><strong><em>reversed auction&#8217;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>the price is <strong>lower<\/strong> instead of higher.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a reverse auction? You might ask. A reversed auction is, as the name says, reversed. Instead of inserting a minimum amount, you now put in a maximum amount, and the users can keep bidding to lower the product price. Step 1. 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