CyberCraft

Mithu A Quayium

Crafted by the CyberCraft engineering team, Woo Live Auctions gives merchants a broadcast-quality auction experience without custom development. Realtime AJAX updates, smart proxy rules, and lifecycle automation orchestrate the entire journey—from first bid to final gavel—while admin prompts keep revenue opportunities front and center.
<h3>Brief</h3>
Woo Live Auctions ignites your WooCommerce catalog with adrenaline-pumping bidding, polished UX, and automation that makes every auction feel effortless.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Realtime bidding theater powered by AJAX so shoppers never refresh.</li>
<li>Smart proxy bidding with transparent free-tier limits.</li>
<li>Automated lifecycle control driven by WP-Cron to start and end on schedule.</li>
<li>Watchlists, buy now, reserve pricing, and a responsive bid history scroller.</li>
<li>Targeted email messaging for winners, outbid notices, ending-soon alerts, and proxy wars.</li>
<li>Admin intelligence with cron health checks, analytics hooks, and premium UI states.</li>
<li>Live countdown elements with second-by-second urgency designed for conversions.</li>
<li>Bid history insights that surface manual versus proxy bids at a glance.</li>
<li>Role-aware permissions so you can gate proxy or guest bidding with confidence.</li>
<li>Template override support letting designers craft on-brand auction layouts.</li>
<li>Developer-first hooks to integrate CRM, ERP, or analytics pipelines.</li>
<li>Localization ready with RTL support and translation-friendly strings.</li>
<li>Performance tuned queries and caching layers to scale flash-sale auction events.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why This Is More Than You Need</h3>
Most auction plugins list products and walk away. Woo Live Auctions choreographs the full performance: freemium-safe messaging, monetization nudges for store owners, and reliability tooling that keeps every auction fair, fast, and flawless. Launch in minutes, delight bidders for months.
<h3>Activation</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin from your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Visit WooCommerce → Settings → Auctions to review defaults.</li>
<li>Create a product and switch the product type to Auction.</li>
<li>Enter start/end times, bid increment, reserve, and optional buy now price.</li>
<li>Publish and promote—the countdown begins instantly.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Pro Features For Your Small Investment</h3>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited proxy wars that never pause until a winner emerges.</li>
<li>Dynamic bid increment ladders and VIP bidding rules.</li>
<li>Advanced analytics dashboards with conversion insights and heatmaps.</li>
<li>White-labeled communications plus SMS/push integrations.</li>
<li>Priority launch concierge and optimization playbooks from CyberCraft.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Roadmap Teasers</h3>
<ul>
<li>Live-stream overlays and multi-camera bidding feeds.</li>
<li>AI-driven bidding tips for sellers and participants.</li>
<li>Multi-vendor marketplace capabilities with revenue sharing.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers & Contributors</h3>
<ul>
<li>mithublue</li>
<li>cybercraftit</li>
</ul>

Woo Live Auctions by CyberCraft

Crafted by the CyberCraft engineering team, Woo Live Auctions gives merchants a broadcast-quality auction experience without custom development.

thriftingltd

Run your own live auction shows while you stream on TikTok Live, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or anywhere else. Thrifting connects your WordPress site to Thrifting Mission Control — the control room for live lots, bidder overlays, timers, and checkout. Thrifting does not take a commission on your sales; you keep your revenue aside from Stripe’s normal card processing fees (and any Thrifting subscription plan you choose—includes a free tier).
This plugin signs you up, stores your Mission Control and bid page URLs, and embeds the live bidding console on any page (block or shortcode). It does not create WooCommerce orders or sync your product catalogue; winning bidders pay through Stripe (Connect) inside Mission Control.
Inside Mission Control (separate from this plugin)
<ul>
<li>Giveaway wheel — optional on-stream giveaway / prize spinner you control from Mission Control.</li>
<li>Trivia — optional trivia rounds to engage viewers during your show.</li>
<li>Stripe (Connect) — required before you run paid live auctions: you must connect and complete Stripe onboarding in Mission Control so bidders can pay and you can receive payouts.</li>
<li>Shipping — you set your own rates, regions, and rules based on your carriers and local pricing; Thrifting does not choose shipping costs for you.</li>
</ul>
Why streamers use it
<ul>
<li>Own the experience — bidders stay on your WordPress page while you host the show elsewhere.</li>
<li>Built for live video — same workflow as running a live sale: go live, run lots, see bids in real time in Mission Control.</li>
<li>Straightforward economics — no platform cut on each sale from Thrifting; only Stripe processing fees apply to card payments.</li>
</ul>
In WordPress
<ul>
<li>Thrifting in the admin sidebar (and WooCommerce → Thrifting if WooCommerce is installed): optional Create free account, set Mission Control URL, save Bid page URL for embeds (often filled automatically after signup).</li>
<li>Block: “Thrifting – Bidding console” in the block editor.</li>
<li>Shortcode: <code>[thrifting]</code> (alias of <code>[thriftingtv_bid]</code>) or <code>[thrifting url="..." height="80vh" fullscreen="1"]</code> for the classic editor or theme templates.</li>
</ul>
Requires WordPress 6.3+ (block uses Block API v3). 
This readme describes both this WordPress plugin and the separate Mission Control service. Feature availability in Mission Control may change; always check your live Mission Control UI and <a href="https://thriftingtv.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Thrifting</a> for the latest.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services provided by Thrifting LTD so the plugin can create and configure your Mission Control account.
<ul>
<li>Service: Thrifting Mission Control (hosted at <code>https://thriftingtv.com</code>)</li>
<li>What it is used for: Creating a free Mission Control account from WordPress and returning your assigned Mission Control URL / bid page URL.</li>
<li>What data is sent and when: When you click Create free account in the plugin settings, the plugin sends the email address you enter to <code>https://thriftingtv.com/api/free-signup</code>.</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://thrifting.co.uk/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://thrifting.co.uk/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
When you use Create free account, the plugin sends the email address you enter to Thrifting’s main service (<code>https://thriftingtv.com/api/free-signup</code>) so an account can be created. No other personal data is sent by this plugin unless you use that form.
Embedded bidding pages are loaded in an iframe from the URL you provide (your Mission Control bid page).
Admin styling on the Thrifting settings screen uses bundled font files (Inter and JetBrains Mono, SIL Open Font License) loaded from your site only — no fonts are fetched from third-party CDNs.

Thrifting

Live shopping auctions on your site and social media. Embed the live bidding console. No per-sale commission from Thrifting. Freemium - 30 items/month

Woo Live Auctions by CyberCraft vs Thrifting