Enabling auctions

Before you can run auctions on your store or run the auctions reference application, you must first enable auctions with WebSphere Commerce.

To enable auctions, do the following:

  1. Open the Configuration Manager.
  2. On the left side of the Configuration Manager screen, expand WebSphere Commerce, then hostname, Instance List, and your instance name. Click once on the Auctions component to select it.
  3. On the right side of the Configuration Manager screen, check Enable.
  4. In the SMTP Server field, enter the name of your SMTP server.
  5. In the Reply Email field, enter the e-mail address of the person who will be sending auction notification messages and receiving responses to them. Typically, this person will be a Site Administrator.
  6. Click Apply. A message displays, explaining that the Auctions component was successfully configured. Close out of Configuration Manager.
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