Auctioneer

Auctioneer is a base module, which allows the creation of auction types and their own flow by using a plugins system.

Key features

• Bundable Bid and Auction types: Possibility to use different bundles for more specific cases.
• Plugins system: You can to create your own Auction type plugins, to implement your own processing flow.
• Handler plugins for Auction and Bid types: Send notifications or implement your own handler plugin.
• Condition plugins: Add conditions to your handler to determine when to send the notification; or implement your own plugin.

What is this module useful for?

• Creation of "standard" auctions.
• Tenders for projects or similar.
• Others?

What to expect "out of the box"?

• auctioneer: The core/base module with most of functionality.
• auctioneer_datetime_range: Sub-module with datetime range features. This one includes also the default auction plugin types "Ascending" (forward) and "Descending" (reverse). So, for a basic installation/use case, you would need this sub-module.
• auctioneer_handlers: Basic handlers such as "Email" or "Telegram chat message" to be used in your auction or bid types.
• auctioneer_conditions: Basic conditions to be added to your handlers. But keep in mind, the conditions are not exclusively attached to handlers; they could be used for different purposes later.
• auctioneer_sniper: Prevent the "auction sniping" if enabled on the selected auction type.
• auctioneer_commerce: Basic integration with Drupal commerce.

Similar modules

• Auctions: Our closest neighbour.