Player auction

How to set up a player auction

After this guide, your tournament has a player auction with rules. It is ready to go live.

Who can do this

The tournament owner, or a co-organiser with the Manager role.

Before you start

Start the auction

Open your tournament, for example Demo Cup 2026.
Tap the Manage tab.
Scroll down to AUCTION. You see the card Run a player auction.
Tap Run an auction for this tournament.
You see a list of styles. Tap the one closest to your league, for example Local money league.
The auction screen opens. At the top it says Demo Cup 2026 Auction and Draft.

Later, open it again from My Cricket → ORGANIZE → My auctions → ORGANIZING.

On the auction screen, tap Auction settings.
Under PURSE, type how much each team can spend in Purse per team.
Under SQUAD SIZE, type the Smallest and Largest number of players per team.
Under BASE PRICES, type the starting price for each category.
Under BID STEPS, check how much each bid goes up. Tap Add a step to add a row.
Under TIMER, tap Off, Assist or Auto.
Under RETENTIONS AND RTM, type how many players each team may keep. Blank means no limit.
Under PLAYER REGISTRATION, type a Registration fee (optional). Tap the ways you accept money, for example bKash.
At the bottom, tap Save settings. The app says The settings are complete. or Some settings are still blank — see the checklist.

In Auction settings, go to CONTACT AND DATES. Check your name, phone and email.
Choose Registration closes and At. Registration closes by itself at this time.
Choose Auction day and Starts at.
Tap Save contact and dates. Then go back to the auction screen.
Tap Open registration. The status changes to Registration open.
Under SHARE, tap Share link on the Team link. Send it to the team owners.
Tap Share link on the Player link. Send it to the players. Tap the QR icon to show a QR code instead.

Teams and players now join. See K2 and K3.

Under PLAYER REGISTRATIONS, tap View profile to check a player.
Tap Approve. Or tap Reject.
Tap a category. A ★ marks the category the player asked for. The player joins the pool.
If RTM is on, the app asks previous team?. Tap the team the player last played for, or None.

If there is a fee, check you got the money before you tap Approve.

Tap Close registration.
Tap Start retentions. Teams can now keep players. See K2.
Look at BEFORE IT CAN BE READY. Fix each item. Tap Open settings → where you see it.
When it says Everything is in place., Mark ready turns on.

Problem	What to do
I don't see the Manage tab or AUCTION	Only the owner or a Manager sees it. Ask the owner to add you (see C7).
The AUCTION card shows an error and Try again	Check your internet. Tap Try again.
Mark ready is grey	Fix every item under BEFORE IT CAN BE READY.
A team has not acknowledged the latest rules	Ask that team owner to read the rules in the app. See K2.
At least 2 approved teams are needed	Approve more teams. See K2.
The links don't work	Links work only after you tap Open registration.
Set a later close time first	Tap Open settings. Choose a later Registration closes time. Then tap Open registration again.
The settings are locked once the auction is ready.	The auction is Ready. The rules can't change now.