Timed / Online Only Auction Software

Bidstream™ Timed – Scalable, High-Availability Private Label Timed Online Auction Software with Real-Time Bidder Feedback

Bidstream™ Timed
is a powerful and customisable timed online auction solution, designed to provide auctioneers with a flexible platform that can be used independently or alongside third-party aggregation platforms. Our solution makes timed online auctions highly profitable for businesses and highly attractive to both buyers and sellers.

Whether you need a standalone solution, a seamless bolt-on to your existing website infrastructure, or an integrated part of our complete auction management system, Bidstream™ Timed offers the versatility to fit your needs. Our platform also integrates effortlessly with your current back-office tools via extendable APIs, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow for IT teams looking to run web auctions with ease.

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Timed Online Only Auction Software Features

Customisable Auction Settings - Flexible Lot Management:

Set lot intervals, anti-sniping windows, and bid extension times to match your auction requirements.

Choose from consecutive lot finishing times (where all items extend if bidding continues), batch end times for high-volume auctions, or a setting to end all lots without active extended bidding.

Enable the optional Auction Focus feature, requiring inactive users to take action to resume bidding, keeping bidders engaged.

Timed Auction Clerking with Third-Party Platforms:

Run auctions simultaneously on aggregator platforms alongside your private-label timed auction.

Reduce platform fees while retaining more control over bidder traffic.

Manage auctions effectively with features such as manual lot timer extensions, lot reopening, and real-time insights on vendor realisations and bidder exposure.

Advanced Bidding Features:

Auto Bid Execution: Bids automatically up to the user’s maximum bid limit.

Maximum Bid Reduction: Allows users to adjust their bid down to the current executed bid.

Pause & Messaging: Temporarily pause bidding and send real-time messages to all users.

Internet Connection Monitor: Provides users with real-time status indicators (Good, Poor, or Down) to ensure reliable connectivity.

Bid-Up-Now™: Our innovative bidding tool requires users to manually press a bid button during the anti-sniping extension window, creating a real-world auction experience and driving better bid realisations.

Mobile-Friendly: Fully responsive on all devices and available on the Bidstream™ mobile apps for Apple and Android.

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Affordable Timed Auction Software

Predictable Costs and Greater ROI

Bidstream™ Timed auction software follows a flexible pricing structure designed to provide cost savings compared to the high fees of aggregator platforms.

Our pricing options include:

Fixed-cost models for predictable budgeting, regardless of the number of lots or auctions.
Per-auction event fees to match your auction frequency and scale.
% of hammer pricing, aligning your costs with auction success.

With our solution, you can improve hammer realisations while creating opportunities to transition platform bidders to your private-label system in the future, driving higher profitability and long-term growth.

Get in touch today to learn how Bidstream™ Timed can empower your timed auction strategy.

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Flexible Timed Auction Software

Our timed auction software is designed to operate seamlessly on your Bidstream™ website, or alongside your existing web tools. When combined with our timed clerking tools, it can also be used alongside hybrid or “deaf and dumb” sales on third-party bidding aggregators.

This powerful combination gives you unmatched flexibility, allowing you to take advantage of the exposure and underbidding opportunities that aggregator platforms offer, while keeping your loyal audience engaged within your own technology ecosystem. By reducing reliance on external platforms, you retain full control of your bidder base and preserve critical data that drives future business growth.

Advanced Tracking and Dispute Management

Our comprehensive bid tracking and reporting tools meticulously log every bid, extension, and autobid execution, ensuring transparent and accurate records. This makes post-auction dispute resolution quick and straightforward, giving you confidence and peace of mind.

Bid-Up-NowTM

Our extensive testing with timed online auctions and feedback from our user base revealed a common challenge: manually entering a maximum bid in the final seconds often feels clunky, causing some bidders to miss out just as a lot closes. To address this, we developed the class-leading Bid Up Now™ tool for timed auctions.

When a lot enters the anti-sniping window, the bid entry area transforms into a simple Bid Up Now™ button, allowing bidders to instantly place the next increment with one click, just like in a live auction. This streamlined approach ramps up excitement, making the final moments of a timed lot feel more dynamic and engaging. By capturing those crucial last-second bids, Bid Up Now™ drives more bidding activity and maximises results, turning timed auctions into thrilling, competitive events.

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Mobile responsive auction software

Timed Auction Software For Any Device

Our timed auction software user interface has been rigorously tested across thousands of auctions and millions of lots to ensure it’s easy to navigate, understand, and use for both new and experienced bidders.

Our UI/UX team has crafted specialised mobile interfaces to enhance the experience on smaller screens, clearly highlighting active items and presenting the most relevant information in an optimised layout. Features such as countdown phasing on finished lots, a connection quality indicator, and, on desktop, a focus tool that refreshes the action if a browser tab goes to sleep, all ensure a seamless, engaging experience across devices.

For even greater convenience, our optional mobile apps for Apple and Android let users access the auction, log in, and bid on the go, making it simple to stay connected wherever they are.

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Money Laundering

With the new 10K limit, are you sure that you have made the necessary checks and store data to back these up?

Ongoing Compliance

Can you track the lifetime value of a client to see whether there are any buying trends that might trigger an AML investigation?

Vendor Management

Do you have protocols in place to manage vendors and understand their position in relation to AML5 over time?

So, what does it do?

Auction Office

Empower your team, enhance your efficiencies, and expand your auction house with our back office solution. Consign, describe, lot, clerk, invoice, ship and inventory manage in one place with simple but sophisticated auction management tools that combines accounting, communication, and reporting.

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