Creating a Lot

An Auction Lot is a sale container. Its child products are the individual items customers bid on. In this plugin, the word lot refers to that container, rather than just one item in an auction catalog.

Create the container

1. Open Auctions → Add New Lot.
2. Enter the sale title, description, images, and gallery.
3. In Lot Details, enter a Lot ID if needed for your catalog.
4. Select Parallel Mode or Sequential Mode.
5. Choose whether the sale Has Sessions?.
6. Configure the dates or session schedule.
7. Set Order Creation Mode and the extension options.
8. Add or assign the auction products in Lot Products.
9. Add Viewing Days if customers may inspect the items before the sale.
10. Save, then check the customer-facing lot page.

Lot Products controls for adding existing auctions, creating items, importing CSV, and arranging the catalog.

Timing ownership

The lot’s timing settings take precedence over dates and extensions on its individual auctions. You can also assign an existing auction using its Auction Lot selector.

Choose the sale format

Format	Suitable for
Parallel	Multiple auction items open for bidding together.
Sequential	One active item at a time, with timed or staff-controlled advancement.
Sessions	Groups of item positions offered at different scheduled times.

Check the final item order before defining session ranges. Item positions determine which products belong to each session.

Screen example

Live sequential event overview on the Curated Auctions storefront. Captured from the local demo; the theme and example values may differ from your store.