Live Auctions

Live auctions are a real-time bidding experience. Items are presented one at a time and players submit bids within a configurable time window. A countdown tracks the remaining time, bids are clickable in chat, and item details (enchantments, potion effects, shulker contents) are visible on hover.

Accessing a live auction

/liveauction

Or open via the Live button in the main auction browser. This opens the auction picker GUI when multiple live auctions are active, or auto-joins when only one is running.

You can also join directly via /bid select <id>.

Requires ezauction.live.

Creating a live listing

/liveauction sell

Or click the Sell button (slot 44) in the Live Auction browser GUI. Both open the sell menu pre-configured for the live queue.

Legacy paths also work: /auction sell live and the sell menu reached from the main browser.

Requires ezauction.auction.live.sell.

How it works

1. A seller uses /liveauction sell (or the GUI sell button) to queue an item. A chat message confirms the queue position, or an instant-start message appears if the queue is disabled.
2. The item becomes active when it reaches the front of the queue.
3. Players open /liveauction or /bid select <id> to join and view the current item.
4. Bids are placed with /bid <amount>. Clickable bid suggestions appear in chat.
5. At expiry the item goes to the highest bidder; unsold items are returned to the seller.

Cancelling a live listing

/liveauction cancel

Removes your own item from the live queue and refunds the deposit. A Cancel button (slot 37) also appears in the Live Auction GUI while you have a queued entry.

Requires ezauction.auction.live.sell.

Admin force-cancel

/liveauction cancel <id>

Force-cancels an active live auction (currently running, not just queued). All bidders are refunded and the item is returned to the seller.

Requires ezauction.auction.live.admin.

The /bid command

Sub-command	Description
/bid	Show your session status or list active auctions
/bid <amount>	Place a bid
/bid select <id>	Join a specific live auction
/bid leave	Leave your current session
/bid notify [on\|off]	Toggle countdown notifications
/bid notify display <types…>	Set EzCountdown display types (e.g. ACTION_BAR BOSS_BAR)
/bid mutechat [on\|off]	Silence other chat while in a session (opt-in, see below)

Item hover previews

When an item is announced in chat, hovering over the item name shows:

• Enchantments — all applied enchantments and their level
• Potion effects — active effects and duration for potions/tipped arrows
• Shulker contents — preview of the items stored inside a shulker box

Countdown notifications

By default players see timed chat reminders as the auction approaches its end. Optionally, players can enable richer countdowns via /bid notify on (requires EzCountdown).

Per-player preferences are saved and restored across sessions. Players can choose which display types to use (ACTION_BAR, BOSS_BAR, TITLE, etc.).

Server-wide EzCountdown setup

In auction.yml:

live-auctions:
  countdown:
    ezcountdown-enabled: true          # requires EzCountdown
    display-types: [ACTION_BAR]        # default display for all players
    duration-seconds: 60
    chat-reminder-at-seconds: [30, 10, 5]

See auction.yml configuration for all keys.

Placing a bid

Bids are placed with /bid <amount>. Clickable bid suggestions appear in chat.

The first bid on any live auction only needs to meet the starting price — no increment is required on the opening bid. Subsequent bids must exceed the current highest bid by at least the configured minimum increment (bid-increment.percent or bid-increment.fixed, whichever is larger).

Typing /bid with no amount (or sending an empty response in the chat prompt) will automatically place a bid at the current minimum.

Opt-in chat filter

When chat-filter-feature-enabled: true is set in auction.yml, players can run /bid mutechat on to suppress all non-auction chat messages while they are in an active session. This is entirely opt-in and off by default.

Configuration

All live auction settings are in auction.yml under live-auctions:.

See the auction.yml reference for full details.

Permissions

Permission	Default	Description
ezauction.live	true	Use /liveauction
ezauction.auction.live.sell	true	Queue items for live auction and cancel own entries
ezauction.auction.live.admin	op	Force-cancel active live auctions
ezauction.bid	true	Use /bid
ezauction.auction.live.notify	true	Toggle countdown notifications

Related

• Sell Menu - creating listings
• Commands - /bid full reference
• Configuration - live-auctions section
• Permissions - all permission nodes