AUCTION DRAFTS WITH FANDRAFT

The FanDraft Auction Draft

In the "Auction Style" draft, teams take turns nominating players in an order based on the league's Nomination Order settings. Leagues can have any number of owners logged in and drafting remotely. Alternatively, Commissioners can turn on the “Commish Mode” option and control the entire draft, making nominations, bids, and processing on behalf of any or all of the owners.

FanDraft is highly flexible with auction drafts, and you can run it any way your league sees fit:

  • Auction live, and then have the commish enter each pick after-the-fact.

  • Auction live, and the commish can keep the bid totals updated on the board / Along with having remote owners bid live.

  • Have everybody in the room or remote login and perform bids individually.

The Auction Process

  1. The owner whose turn it is to nominate a player selects a player (either via the search bar or clicking on the Player Board display) and clicks the "Nominate Player" button.

  2. Once the "Nominate Player" button has been processed, the clock starts and bidding begins.

  3. Users click on the green BID button (or enter a custom amount and BID) and declare an amount that outbids the current auction leader.

  4. The clock continues running down (starting at a decided time input in the League Settings area. The default is 30 seconds) while bidding takes place. Once the clock hits 10 seconds, any bid made in this period resets the clock to 10 seconds. This process continues until the clock hits zero, at which point the highest bidder is awarded the player.

  5. If the admin user is in "Commissioner Mode" he/she will have total control to pause/reset/edit the clock, nominate players on behalf of users, bid on behalf of users, and process draft picks at any time.

Let FanDraft keeps track of everything!
No more manual tracking of bid dollars, roster slots, and whose turn it is to nominate. FanDraft does it all for you!

  • Tracks and displays all owner’s “Bid Dollars” and “Maximum Bid”.

  • Automatically skips nominating teams once their roster is full, or they have run out of bidding dollars.

  • Tracks roster slots, so teams don’t nominate or bid on a position that is already full for them.