AI-Powered Auctions for Shopify
The only Shopify auction app with AI built into every step. Six auction types, AI pricing suggestions, fraud protection, real-time bidding, and integrated email marketing.
Six Ways to Sell, One Powerful App
From classic highest-bid-wins to gamified penny auctions — run any auction format your customers love.
Standard Auction
Traditional highest-bid-wins format. Set a starting price and optional reserve — the highest bidder when time expires takes the prize. Simple, proven, effective.
Proxy Bidding
Bidders set their maximum amount and the system automatically bids on their behalf in minimum increments. Like eBay-style bidding — convenient for buyers, competitive for sellers.
Popcorn (Anti-Snipe)
Time automatically extends when bids come in during the final minutes. Eliminates last-second sniping and ensures fair competition. Configurable extension window.
Penny Auction
Small fixed-increment bids create gamification and excitement. Each bid extends the timer slightly. Drives engagement and creates urgency — perfect for high-visibility products.
Dutch Auction
Price starts high and decreases over time until a buyer accepts. Great for perishable inventory, limited editions, or when you want fast sales. First to accept wins.
Sealed-Bid
All bids are hidden until the auction ends. Highest bidder wins. Creates strategic bidding behavior where participants bid their true value. Ideal for high-value items.
Real AI, Not Marketing Fluff
Every AI feature in AuctionAI is built around outcomes you can feel — better starting prices, fewer fake bids, smarter timing, and copy that writes itself. Each suggestion comes with a confidence score so you know how much to trust it.
AI Price Suggestions
Our AI looks at your product, market conditions, and the history of similar auctions on your store to recommend the right starting price, reserve price, and bid increment — so you maximise revenue without scaring bidders away.
- Confidence score (0-100%) on every suggestion
- Market comparables analysis
- Category-specific intelligence
- Learns from your store's auction history
AI Fraud Detection
Every bid is scored for risk in real time. Suspicious patterns get flagged before the auction ends — so you can win clean and keep your buyers safe.
- Shill bidding detection
- Rapid-fire bid monitoring
- Coordinated bidder group detection
- Device and location-level checks
- Configurable auto-block thresholds
AI Market Insights
Predictive analytics that help you make smarter decisions. Not just dashboards — actionable forecasts based on your store's real activity.
- Revenue forecasts with best-case / worst-case ranges
- Demand prediction by category and season
- Engagement predictions (views, bids, watchers)
- Actionable recommendations with expected impact
AI Timing Optimization
ML models analyze bidding patterns to recommend when to start and end auctions for maximum participation and revenue.
- Optimal start/end time recommendations
- Day-of-week performance analysis
- Duration optimization by category
- Timezone-aware scheduling
AI-Written Listings
AI writes compelling product descriptions, picks the right category, and powers a smart search that understands what bidders mean — not just what they type.
- Auto-generate compelling auction descriptions
- Smart product categorization
- Search that understands intent, not just keywords
- Discoverability tuning built in
Personalized Recommendations
Show each customer the auctions they're most likely to bid on, based on what they've watched, bid on, and bought before.
- Personalised picks for every visitor
- Updates in real time as bidders engage
- Mixes "similar buyers liked" with "similar items"
- Lifts bid participation by up to 40%
Live Updates, Sub-Second
No polling. No refreshing. Every bid, countdown tick, and notification happens instantly across all connected devices.
Sub-Second
Bids appear in under 100ms across every device watching the auction — no manual refresh, no stale numbers.
Multi-Device
Perfect sync across desktop, tablet, and mobile. Bid from anywhere, see updates everywhere.
Auto-Reconnect
Connection drops? Automatic reconnection with state recovery. No missed bids, ever.
Notifications
Instant outbid alerts, auction ending warnings, and win notifications. Keep bidders engaged.
Integrated Email Campaigns, AI-Powered
Built-in SendGrid and Klaviyo integration. AI generates your campaigns, automation handles the rest.
AI-Generated Campaigns
Let AI write your auction email campaigns. Optimized subject lines, compelling copy, and personalized content for each segment. SendGrid and Klaviyo integration built-in.
Automated Sequences
Set it and forget it. Automated emails for every auction lifecycle moment: welcome series, outbid alerts, winner notifications, abandoned auction re-engagement, and post-purchase follow-ups.
Analytics & Segmentation
Track open rates, click-through rates, and conversion metrics. Smart segmentation based on bidding behavior, purchase history, and engagement patterns.
Everything You Need, One Dashboard
Manage auctions, track performance, and configure your store — all from within Shopify Admin.
Analytics
Revenue, bids, conversion rates, and AI-powered forecasts at a glance.
Management
Create, edit, schedule, and monitor all auctions from one interface.
Customer Insights
Bidder profiles, engagement history, and fraud risk scores per customer.
Customization
Widget styling, notification preferences, and auction defaults.
Seamlessly Embedded, Fully Customizable
The auction widget integrates natively into any Shopify theme with zero code changes.
Custom Styling
Match your brand colors, fonts, and layout. Full CSS control.
Mobile-First
Responsive design that looks perfect on every screen size.
Cart Integration
Won auctions seamlessly add to cart as draft orders. Native checkout flow.
Animations
Smooth bid animations, countdown timers, and status transitions.
Get Started in Four Simple Steps
Install & Connect
One-click install from the Shopify App Store. Connects to your store automatically — no code needed.
Create Auctions
Import products and create auctions. AI suggests optimal starting prices, reserve prices, and timing.
Go Live
Your auction widget appears on product pages. Real-time bidding with built-in fraud protection.
Win
Automatic draft orders, winner notifications, and payment tracking. You focus on shipping.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Start free. Scale as you grow. Every paid plan includes a 14-day free trial and all AI features.
- 1 active auction
- All 6 auction types
- All AI features
- Real-time bidding
- Customizable widget
- Community support
- 10 active auctions
- All 6 auction types
- All AI features
- Email notifications
- Basic analytics
- Priority support
- 100 active auctions
- All 6 auction types
- All AI features
- Advanced analytics
- Email marketing (SendGrid/Klaviyo)
- AI email campaigns
- Priority support
- 1,000 active auctions
- All 6 auction types
- All AI features
- Advanced analytics
- Full email marketing suite
- Custom integrations
- Dedicated support
How We Stack Up
See why merchants are switching to Kernvel AI Auction.
| Feature | Kernvel AI Auction | Competitor A | Competitor B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Types | 6 types | 3 types | 2 types |
| AI Price Suggestions | ✓ Built-in | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI Fraud Detection | ✓ Real-time | ✗ | ✗ |
| Real-Time Bidding | ✓ Sub-second | Manual refresh | Manual refresh |
| Email Marketing | Built-in + AI | ❌ | ❌ |
| Uptime | 99.9% | ~50% | ~90% |
| Email Marketing | ✓ SendGrid + Klaviyo | ✗ | Basic |
| AI Email Campaigns | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI-Written Descriptions | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Anti-Snipe Protection | ✓ Popcorn mode | ✗ | ✓ |
| Proxy Bidding | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sealed-Bid | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Frequently Asked Questions
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