Auctions for marmalade tokens

With Marmalade, you can write smart contracts for two different types of auctions, depending on how to want to handle the mechanics of the starting price and bidding:

A conventional auction is a specialized type of smart contract that allows you—as a token owner or reseller—to sell a non-fungible token using the traditional auction format. In a traditional auction, you set an opening price that represents the minimum price at which an item can be sold and invite bidders to compete by increasing the price they're willing to pay. The minimum or reserve price ensures that the token isn't sold below its starting price. Typically, the auction is open to bidders for a set period of time and the highest bid at the end of the allotted time wins the auction. If there are no bids higher than the reserve price, you can cancel the auction and retain the token. Conventional auction contracts are deployed on the blockchain using the marmalade-sale.conventional-auction URL.

A dutch auction is a specialized type of smart contract that allows you—as a token owner or reseller—to sell a non-fungible token using the dutch auction format. In a dutch auction, you set an opening price that represents the maximum price at which you expect an item can be reasonably sold and gradually reduce the price to entice potential buyers to submit a bid. If you receive a bid before the next price drop, the sale is executed at the current price and the auction ends with the bidder receiving the token at that price. Dutch auction contracts are deployed on the blockchain using the marmalade-sale.dutch-auction URL. sale contract that allows Dutch auction style price management. In this contract, the token sale starts at a high price and is progressively lowered until a bid is received. Once a bid is executed at the current price, the auction ends, and the bidder receives the token at that price. The contract is deployed at marmalade-sale.dutch-auction.