# Choose a winner manually

By default, Tipo Auction selects the **highest bidder** as the winner when an auction ends.\
In some cases, you may want to manually choose a different winner.

This guide shows you how to manually select a winner and what happens after.

### ✅ When should you choose a winner manually?

You may want to manually choose a winner if:

* You need to remove invalid or test bids
* There is a dispute between bidders
* You stopped an auction early
* You want to override the automatic result

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### 🛠️ Step-by-step: Choose a winner manually

 1\. Open the app > click **Auctions** > **Products**

 2\. From the filter field, search and select the auction product you want to select a winner

Another way: Click **Bids** of the app > go to the bid list

 3\. Scroll down to **Bid history** session, a bidder list will show up > click **Select as winner**  on the same line with the bidder you want

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### ✅ What happens after selecting a winner?

Once a winner is selected:

* That customer becomes the official winner
* Only that customer can place an order
* Checkout access is enabled for the winner
* Other bidders lose purchase access

The winner can now complete payment within the allowed time.

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**🙋 Still need support?**

If you still need help, please feel free to contact us at <hi@tipo.io>. We’ll be happy to assist you further.


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