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# Hide Buy buttons during auctions

When running an auction, you usually want customers to **bid**, not buy the product instantly.\
Tipo Auction lets you hide purchase-related buttons based on the **auction status**.

This guide shows you how to hide:

* **Add to cart** button
* **Additional payment buttons** (Buy Now, Shop Pay, Apple Pay, etc.)

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### 🎯 Why hide purchase buttons?

Hiding purchase buttons helps you:

* Prevent customers from bypassing the auction
* Avoid confusion between bidding and buying
* Keep customers focused on the auction widget
* Create a cleaner auction experience

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### 🛠️ Step-by-step: Hide buy buttons

#### Hide “Add to cart” button

 1\. Open the app . click **Settings** > find the **Display** section

 2\.  Find **Hide ADD TO CART once the auction status is** 

You’ll see these options:

* **Running**
* **Pending**
* **Stop**

Recommended setup

* ✅ **Running** – hide Add to cart while the auction is live
* ✅ **Pending** – hide before the auction starts
* ⬜ **Stop** – show again after the auction ends (optional)

 3\. Click **Save** to apply the change

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Then check the result on the online store.&#x20;

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#### Hide additional payment buttons

What are additional payment buttons?

These include:

* Buy Now
* Shop Pay
* Apple Pay
* Google Pay
* Other accelerated checkout buttons

**Steps**

1. Open the app . click **Settings** > find the **Display** section

&#x20;2\.  Find **Hide ADDITIONAL PAYMENT BUTTON once the auction status is.**

Choose when to hide these buttons:

* **Running**
* **Pending**
* **Stop**

<figure><img src="/files/1dO6RPLuYBZKtu4zi7np" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Recommended setup

* ✅ **Running**
* ✅ **Pending**
* ⬜ **Stop**

This ensures customers cannot skip the auction by using quick checkout options.

&#x20;3\. Click **Save** to apply the change

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### ✅ What customers see on the product page

When these settings are enabled:

* Add to cart button is hidden
* Buy Now / Shop Pay buttons are hidden
* Auction widget is the main action
* Focus stays on bidding and countdown timer

<figure><img src="/files/entSKBdEZiJw4QQFHpVf" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### ⚠️ Tips & notes

* These settings do **not** affect checkout for the auction winner
* You can re-enable buttons after the auction ends
* Combine this with:
  * Hide product price
  * Customize auction widget text
* Always test one product page after changing settings

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