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BidKing Starter

A self-hosted PHP auction store. Customers top up one wallet and use it to bid in six kinds of auction, or skip the bidding with Buy Now.

  • 6auction types
  • 16plugins included
  • 2storefront themes
  • 10payment gateways
  • 21languages, 2 right-to-left

Storefront, admin panel and mobile web app are all included. Each feature is a plugin you can switch on or off from the admin panel.

What's included

AreaWhat you get
AuctionsEnglish, reverse, sealed bid, penny, lowest unique bid and highest unique bid, with Buy Now and live bidding.
Wallet and moneyOne wallet per customer and coin pricing, with ten card and wallet gateways.
GrowReferral rewards, email and push campaigns, and banners.
SpeedLive updates over WebSockets for bidding, and a page cache.

Payment gateways included

  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Razorpay
  • PayU
  • Authorize.Net
  • Checkout.com
  • Mollie
  • GoCardless
  • Cashfree
  • Instamojo

Over 20 more gateways are available as add-ons from the add-on store inside your admin panel.

Themes included

  • Classic
  • Editorial

Classic is simple and modern, with white cards and soft shadows. Editorial is magazine-style, with warm paper tones. More themes are in the add-on store.

Available as add-ons

Anti-snipe, auto-bidding and buyer's premium (together as the Bidding Tools Pack), Notify Me, auction shipping fees and unlock fees. A shop with sellers, coupons and gift cards. Social sign-in, staff roles, customer withdrawals, analytics and fraud prevention. See Add-ons and themes.

How the pieces fit

  • The kernel is the core: customers, the wallet, orders, the admin panel, themes, languages and updates.
  • Plugins add each feature: the auctions, each auction tool, a payment gateway. The Plugins page in the admin lists them, and each can be switched on or off.
  • Themes change how the storefront looks without changing what it does.
  • Your licence decides what your store can install. The setup wizard reads it and offers everything it includes.

Where to go next

  1. Check your serverServer requirements: what your hosting needs before you upload anything.
  2. InstallInstall with the setup wizard: seven steps in your browser.
  3. Set upFirst setup: currency, payments, email and the scheduled task, then go live.

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