Customisable Timed Auction Tools Put You in Control
Flexible Lot Management Built for Real-World Auctions
Bidstream™ Timed gives you granular control over how your timed auctions run. Set lot intervals, anti-sniping rules, and custom bid extension times to suit your auction format, whether you’re hosting a boutique sale or managing thousands of lots.
Choose from:
- Consecutive lot closing (all lots extend together if bidding continues)
- Batch end times for high-volume sales
- Fixed-time closings where only active lots extend — ideal for fast turnover event
Keep bidders focused with Auction Focus Mode: this optional feature requires inactive users to confirm participation before bidding resumes, helping boost engagement and reduce accidental bidding.
Unique Timed Auction Clerking for Aggregator Compatibility
Bidstream™ Timed includes an exclusive Timed Clerking Tool that enables you to run a private-label timed auction in parallel with a hybrid or live sale on aggregator platforms, something traditional timed auction software tools can’t do. Find out more on in our Auction Talk post here...
This feature lets you:
- Mirror aggregator-hosted events without sacrificing your own brand visibility or traffic
- Reduce third-party platform fees while maintaining reach through external channels
- Retain full control over your bidder data, SEO footprint, and user experience
Manage auctions effectively with features such as manual lot timer extensions, lot reopening, and real-time insights on vendor realisations and bidder exposure.
You can also intervene manually when needed: extend lot timers, reopen bidding, or apply auction-wide pauses. And with real-time insights into vendor performance and bidder engagement, you stay informed and in control throughout the auction lifecycle.
Advanced Bidding Features for Higher Engagement and Realisations
- Auto Bid Execution: Automatically bids up to a user’s max limit in competitive increments
- Maximum Bid Reduction: Lets bidders reduce their max bid to match the current high bid
- Pause & Message Tools: Pause an auction and communicate live with all participants in real time
- Internet Status Indicator: Warns users of connection issues with real-time “Good,” “Poor,” or “Offline” alerts
- Bid-Up-Now™: A powerful anti-sniping feature that requires bidders to manually press a bid button during extensions, creating tension, urgency, and more auction-like excitement
Built for Mobile, Designed for Every Device
Bidstream™ Timed is fully responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile, and also available via dedicated iOS and Android apps. Whether your buyers are in the office or on the go, the experience is fast, fluid, and frictionless.l devices and available on the Bidstream™ mobile apps for Apple and Android.
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.
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.
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.
Money Laundering
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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?
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Ready for a discovery session? Unhappy with your current solution? Worried about changing solution? Get in touch with us to experience the power of Auction Marketer and join some of the fastest growing auction businesses already using this auction technology.
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