Viewing and managing Auctions in the administrator – Soapbox Support Center

How you view and manage Auctions in the administrator is determined by the version of the Soapbox administrator your site has: Soapbox Lightning, Soapbox Engage Classic, or Soapbox CMS Classic.

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For Soapbox sites using the Soapbox Lightning administrator:

To view and manage Auctions, click the App Launcher waffle to the left of the navigation bar. In the App Launcher popup, do any of the following: a) in the Standard Apps section of the popup, click the Auctions app tile; b) scroll to the All Items section of the popup and click Auctions > Auctions; or c) type "Auctions" in the search field and click either the Auctions app tile or Auctions > Auctions in All Items in the results.

For Soapbox sites using the Soapbox Engage Classic administrator:

To view, search, and manage Auctions, click Auctions in the main menu. If you do not see an Auctions menu item, please submit a support ticket.

For Soapbox sites using the Soapbox CMS Classic administrator:

To view, search, and manage Auctions within the Soapbox CMS administrator, go to Components > Auctions > Auctions in the main menu.

What the Auctions Manager shows

The Auctions Manager, titled Auctions, lists every auction on your site with its status, dates, contents and money at a glance. Auctions Shown at the top is the number of auctions that match your search and filter. Click an auction's name to open it.

In the Soapbox Lightning administrator, the Auctions app's menu has Auctions, Items, Transactions and Configuration. Auctions > Items is a read-only list of the items in all your auctions. To add, edit or import items, use the Items tab of each auction.

Columns

Column	What it shows
Name	The auction's name, with its description underneath.
Status	Hidden, Preview, Open, Paused or Closed. Paused is an Open auction that is paused.
Dates	The start and end date and time, the auction's time zone, and where the auction stands, such as "Starts in 5 days", "Ends in 3 hours" or "Ended 2 days ago". An auction that is still Open after its end date is highlighted; hover over it to see "Still Open after its end date".
Includes	What the auction includes, from its What's in this auction settings: Bidding, Set price, Paddle raise and Sponsors. It shows Nothing when all four are No.
Items	The number of published, Public items in published categories, meaning the items guests can see.
Bidders	The number of bidders registered for the auction.
Raised	The auction's Committed total from its Checkouts tab. When the auction has a Goal, the percentage of the goal appears underneath. While the auction is Open and between its start and end dates, "+ $X in high bids" adds the current highest bids on items not yet won.
Outstanding	What bidders still owe, from the auction's Checkouts tab, with the number of unpaid checkouts underneath. Click the amount to open the Checkouts tab. The column shows Settled once nothing is owed.

Searching, sorting and filtering

Search: Enter text in the Search auction name or description box to find auctions whose name or description contains it.
Sort By: Choose Name, Status, Start Date, End Date or Soapbox Id, each ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC). You can also click the Name, Status or Dates column heading. The list starts with the newest start date first. Sorting by Status puts auctions in the order Hidden, Preview, Open, Paused, Closed.
Filter: Click the filter button (Show filters), choose a Status (All statuses, Open, Paused, Preview, Hidden or Closed), and click Apply. Click Clear All to remove the filter, or Cancel to close the panel without changing it. A number on the filter button shows when a filter is applied.

A new search or filter returns you to the first page. If nothing matches, the list shows "No auctions match these filters."

Toolbar and paging

Add creates a new auction.
Copy and Delete act on the auctions whose checkboxes you select.
Edit opens the auction whose checkbox you select.
At the bottom of the list, use Display # to choose how many auctions to show on a page, and the page links to move between pages.