Auctioning via Web Shop 

Purpose

You can use the auctioning via Web shop (AVW) application to create and manage auctions in your Web shop, and to process payment and delivery.

Web auctions are an increasingly popular way to reach new audiences and to allow market demand to determine price. They are also a particularly useful way to sell new and excess inventory, used assets, and time-sensitive products, which reduces your sales and inventory costs.

Implementation Considerations

Installation

You must install:

·        SAP E-Commerce for mySAP CRM

·        SAP Web Application Server 6.40

If you want a faster search when searching product catalogs, you can install Search and Classification (TREX) 6.0 SP01.

For the installation guides, see SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/crm-inst.

Configuration

In SAP Solution Manager, navigate to the E-Commerce scenario Web Auctions: Auctioning via Web Shop, and see the configuration documentation Configuration of Web Auctions: Auctioning via Web Shop.

Integration

SAP CRM

The AVW application is integrated with SAP CRM. You can create auctions for all products or services in the SAP CRM product master.

Smart Forms

The AVW application uses Smart Forms for the following e-mail notifications.

E-Mail Notification	Smart Form
Bid invitation with auction details	AVW_BID_INVITATION_MAIL_FORM
Winner notification with checkout instructions	AVW_WINNER_NOTIFY_MAIL_FORM
Order confirmation after checkout	AVW_ORDER_CONFIRMATION

You can also include information that is not part of the current Smart Form, such as promotions and campaigns, and information about upcoming auctions. This requires you to edit the Smart Form in transaction SMARTFORMS.

The underlying technology is SAPconnect. For more information, see SAPconnect (BC-SRV-COM), which you can find on SAP Help Portal under SAP NetWeaver.