AI chatbot for Dokan Auction: live bid and reserve price answers
SleekAI's chatbot reads Dokan auction product data, the highest bid, reserve price, increment, and auction end time from WordPress so it answers in real time. Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter key.
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Auction Q and A without inventing bids
Dokan Auction adds a auction product type to WooCommerce. Each auction stores the start price, reserve price, bid increment, and end date in wp_postmeta keys like _auction_start_price, _auction_reserved_price, _auction_bid_increment, and _auction_dates_to. Bids land in the wc_auction_bid_log table with the user ID, the amount, and the timestamp. Buyers ask the marketplace bot questions like is this above the reserve, what is the minimum next bid, and when does it end.
SleekAI maps auction product fields, the highest current bid, the bid count, the time remaining, and the reserve threshold into the system message. Display conditions scope the bot to auction product pages, a specific vendor's auctions, or to logged-in registered bidders. Multibot lets a buyer concierge and a vendor-side auction dashboard share one install with different prompts and scopes.
A generic chatbot has no idea what the current high bid is. It will guess, invent a reserve price, or worse, encourage a buyer to overbid against themselves. SleekAI reads the live data and answers concretely. Yes, the current high bid is 240 EUR and the reserve is met. The next valid bid is 245 EUR. The auction ends in 3 hours and 17 minutes.
Workflow
How SleekAI wires into Dokan Auction
Map auction data
wc_auction_bid_log table, the reserve, the increment, and the end timestamp into named variables the system message can reference.
Scope per auction context
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A typical Dokan Auction conversation
Comparison
Generic chatbot vs SleekAI for Dokan Auction
Generic chatbot
- Cannot read live bids or current high bid amount
- Invents reserve prices and bid increments not set by the seller
- Cannot tell whether reserve has been met on a given auction
- No scoping per vendor's auctions or active bidder role
- Misquotes auction end time and snipe-extension rules
SleekAI chatbot
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Reads
auctionproduct meta andwc_auction_bid_log - Knows reserve, increment, start price, and end timestamp
- Shows the next valid bid based on current high plus increment
- Per-vendor display conditions on auction product pages
- Logs each auction conversation with model, tokens, and lot
Features
What SleekAI gives you for Dokan Auction
Live bid awareness
The system message includes the highest bid, the bidder's username, the bid count, and the next valid bid amount. The bot stops guessing and starts answering with the same numbers shown on the product page.
End time and snipe rules
Dokan auctions can extend on late bids. SleekAI maps the extension window and the current end timestamp, so the bot can tell a watcher exactly when the lot will close under current activity.
Bid policy enforcement
The bot reads the vendor's cancellation and shipping policies for the lot. It will not promise a bid cancellation the vendor has not authorised, and it will route disputes back into a Dokan ticket trail.
Use cases
Where marketplaces use SleekAI with Dokan Auction
Pre-bid research
Watchers ask about reserve, shipping, and condition before placing a first bid. The bot answers in real numbers and from the vendor's actual policy, not a generic FAQ.
End-of-auction nudges
Logged-in bidders ask how long is left, whether they are still the high bidder, and what the next valid amount is. The bot reads the bid log and answers without revealing other bidders' identities.
Vendor analytics
Operators review conversation logs across vendors to see which lots get the most pre-bid questions, then push that detail into the vendor's auction description template.
The bigger picture
Why bid-aware AI matters in auctions
Auctions live on credibility. A bidder who is about to commit real money wants accurate numbers. What is the current high bid.
Is the reserve met. When does this end if no one else bids. A generic chatbot cannot help.
It will invent a reserve, encourage an unnecessary outbid, or confuse two lots from two vendors and reply with the wrong end time. Each of those answers is a complaint, a chargeback, or a public review that scares off new bidders. Dokan Auction stores everything needed for honest answers in WordPress.
The auction product, the bid log table, the reserve, the increment, and the end timestamp all sit there. SleekAI maps them and gives the model live access. Operators get a bot that quotes the same numbers a bidder sees on the page.
Vendors get fewer disputes about misquoted reserves or end times. Bidders get a quick check before committing, which actually increases participation because more watchers feel safe enough to place a first bid.
Questions
Common questions about SleekAI for Dokan Auction
Yes. SleekAI maps the highest bid from wc_auction_bid_log plus the auction product's reserve, increment, and end time into the system message at request time. The bot can quote the same current high bid that the auction page itself shows.
By default the bot only sees the high bidder's display name or anonymised label, depending on what the vendor has configured. You can also restrict the variable so the bot never includes any bidder identity in answers, which most marketplaces prefer for buyer privacy.
No. Bid placement still goes through the existing Dokan auction form, which validates the bidder, the amount, and the increment server-side. The bot can answer what the next valid bid is, then point the user to the bid form, which keeps the legal binding clean.
Yes. The reserve is stored in _auction_reserved_price. SleekAI compares it against the current high bid and tells the user whether the reserve is met. It does not reveal the reserve value itself unless the vendor has explicitly made it public on the product page.
Dokan supports snipe extension where bids inside the final window push the end forward. SleekAI maps the extension rule into the prompt, so the bot can warn a watcher that the listed end time may move if bidding continues into the last few minutes.
Yes. Multibot mode scopes a chatbot by URL pattern, post type, or taxonomy. A vintage camera vendor can have a knowledgeable photography assistant. A jewellery vendor can have a different prompt about provenance and resizing. Both share one install.
Dokan auction bids are normally binding. The bot will not promise cancellation. It can flag the bid as a request to the vendor through the existing ticket trail with a customer-supplied reason, leaving the decision and the audit log to the vendor.
No. The system message instructs the bot to be factual and to never encourage a user to outbid themselves. The bot quotes only what is in the database. Suspicious or rapid back-and-forth patterns end up in the conversation log so the operator can review them.
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