You priced that lot at €150/unit
because that's what it sold for last time.
The market would have paid €195.
Sometimes the best price isn't the one you guessed. It's the one four competing bidders told you, in real time, with their wallets.
Four auction formats. Anti-sniping protection. Anti-gaming detection. Every lot backed by verified, graded inventory from Core. Bidders know exactly what they're bidding on. You know exactly what it's worth.
Choose your format
Different lots. Different strategies.
A pallet of Grade A MacBooks deserves a competitive English auction. A warehouse clearance needs a Dutch clock. A confidential decommission calls for sealed bids. You pick. The platform adapts.
English Auction
The classic. Bids go up.
Open ascending bids with a live feed. Everyone sees the current price. Two bidders want the same pallet of Grade A MacBook Pros? Let them fight for it. The competitive pressure does the work for you. You just watch.
Dutch Auction
Price drops. Nerve rises.
Price starts high and descends on a clock. First buyer to hit "accept" wins. That warehouse clearance lot you've been sitting on for six weeks? Start it high. Watch the price drop. Watch the buyers sweat. Someone will blink.
Sealed Bid
One shot. No peeking.
Each bidder submits one blind bid. Nobody knows what anyone else offered. Perfect for that decommission lot where you don't want the market to know what 2,000 Lenovo ThinkPads are worth to the competition.
Japanese Clock
Stay in or drop out.
Price rises in rounds. Each round, bidders choose: stay or leave. Last one standing wins. You see exactly how many competitors remain at every price point. Beautiful for understanding the true depth of demand for your stock.
The pricing problem
The money you left on the table last quarter.
You're either underpricing and leaving margin on the table, or overpricing and sitting on stock that depreciates daily. Sometimes both, depending on the lot. Auctions solve the guessing game.
You price a 500-unit lot at €150 per unit because that's what it sold for six months ago. Market conditions have shifted. You get one offer. You take it. Later you find out three other buyers would have paid €190. That's €20,000 you'll never see.
You auction it. Four bidders compete. The price settles at €195 per unit. The market told you what it was worth. You listened. Your margin thanks you.
A buyer snipes your auction at the last second. You get €28,000 instead of the €35,000 that two other bidders would have paid if they'd had ten more seconds. The buyer is thrilled. You are not.
Anti-sniping extends the auction. The other bidders respond. The price keeps climbing. Final result: €34,500. The seller gets fair value. The buyer earned it.
You have a warehouse full of mid-grade mixed stock that nobody wants at your asking price. You lower the price. Still nothing. You lower it again. The stock depreciates while you wait.
Dutch clock auction. Start high. The price drops in real time. Someone will pull the trigger when it hits their number. The stock moves in days, not months. Cash flow restored.
Platform integrity
Fair auctions aren't a feature. They're the whole point.
Anti-Sniping
A bid in the final 5 minutes extends the auction. No more last-second steals that rob sellers of €7,000 because two other bidders didn't have time to respond. The timer changes color as it enters the danger zone. Your pulse will too.
Proxy Bidding
"Bid up to €32,000 for me." You set the ceiling. The system bids the minimum needed to stay ahead, automatically, quietly, until your limit is reached. You don't need to sit at your screen refreshing like it's 2004 on eBay.
Anti-Gaming
That suspicious bidder who always appears in the last minute with a bid that's just enough to push the price up but never wins? The system flags IP correlation, device fingerprints, and bidding velocity patterns. You investigate or dismiss. But at least you know.
Completion Flow
The auction ends. The winner pays. You ship. They inspect. The money releases. And if they don't pay? The system automatically offers it to the second-highest bidder. Nobody gets ghosted. The lot doesn't go back to square one.
Auction Analytics
Which auction format gets you the best prices for Dell laptops? What time of day attracts the most bidders? What's your reserve-met rate? After a few auctions, you'll know your market better than your market knows itself.
Watchlist & Alerts
Watch an auction without bidding. Get a ping when you're outbid. Get a ping when the reserve is met. Get a ping when the price drops to your target on a Dutch clock. You'll never miss a lot because you were on a call with a client who talks too much.
Stop guessing. Start discovering.
The market is smarter than any pricing spreadsheet. Let it prove it.
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