# How to buy NFT from Auction

Auction is a feature on Dagora that helps NFT’s owner sell their items at the highest price. It’s a process of offering bids, taking bids, and then selling NFT to the highest bidder.

*Currently, selling NFTs to the lowest bidders is not supported yet.*

**Step 1:** Click on **Explore** on the menu bar and select NFTs to see the NFT list and filter **Auction** status.

Or open a specific collection then check the **Auction** tab to see the NFTs currently on auction.

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**Step 2:** On the NFT detail page, click **Place Bid**

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**Step 3:** Enter a **Bid Price** then click **Place Bid** button&#x20;

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:**&#x20;

* The input price must be greater than or equal to the starting price and higher than the current bid price
* The input price must be less than or equal to the current balance. Otherwise, it will display a message “Insufficient funds”&#x20;
  {% endhint %}

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**Step 4:** Click **Confirm** button on the Review Bid page to complete the bid

[**Note:**](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] You need to prepare native tokens of each blockchain to pay for[ the gas fee](https://coin98.net/what-is-gas-fee)

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{% hint style="info" %}
**Notes:**

* You can bid more than once, but the next time must be higher than the previous time
* The auction will be ended when duration is over, or someone has bid equal or greater than “Maximum bid”
  {% endhint %}

When auction ended, there are some cases that happen as below:<br>

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="161"></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Case</strong></td><td><strong>Non-EVM chain (Sei, Injective)</strong></td><td><strong>EVM chain</strong></td></tr><tr><td>The user bids successfully</td><td><p>Dagora automatically transfers NFT item to the winner's wallet after the action ends<br><br></p><p><br></p></td><td>Dagora automatically transfers NFT item to the winner's wallet after the action ends</td></tr><tr><td>The user bids unsuccessfully</td><td>The user will receive the token back to the wallet.</td><td>The bid is auto cancelled<br><br></td></tr><tr><td>User wins but not enough token to pay owner</td><td>User's funds will be kept in the contract while bidding, so this case will not happen</td><td>System will auto find the next bidder who has enough balance to auto process the Auction.</td></tr><tr><td>After the Auction ended and there is no winner</td><td>The owner need to click "Cancel Auction" to claim NFT</td><td>The owner automatically get the NFT back</td></tr></tbody></table>

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