Notifications

In this guide we’ll look at how to configure notifications for your auctions.

Rankbid offers two types of notifications: email and webhook. You can configure these notifications in your dashboard settings.

Event types

There are currently three types of events for which you can receive notifications on Rankbid:

Auction started: this event is sent when the bidding period for your auction has started.
Auction ended: this event is sent when the bidding period is over and the winning bid payment has been captured.
Bid placed: this event is sent every time a bid is placed on your auction. You will be communicated the email address or the bidder id of the bidder as well as the bid amount.

Email notifications are available for all Rankbid plans. Notifications are sent to the email address associated with your account. You can choose which events you want to receive notifications for in your dashboard settings.

Webhook notifications

Webhook notifications are only available for the Business and Enterprise plan. Webhooks allow you to receive notifications in real-time when events occur in your auctions.

Webhook URL

This is the URL that Rankbid will send notifications to. It should be an API endpoint that you control. Rankbid will send a POST request to this URL with a JSON payload containing information about the event that occurred.

Webhook secret

The webhook secret is a shared secret between Rankbid and your server. It is used to sign the webhook payload to ensure that it was sent by Rankbid and not a third party. The signing secret cannot be changed currently. If you suspect that your secret has been compromised, please contact us so that we can generate a new secret for you.

To learn more abour Rankbid webhooks, check the webhooks documentation.