Estate sales

Online estate sale auctions, under your own name

AuctionZu helps estate sale companies move a household into a timed online auction, run it on their own branded storefront, and finish pickup, payment and settlement without a stack of spreadsheets.

Request a demo How a sale runs

A sample storefront for an estate sale business: two sales open for bidding, each with its closing time and pickup terms.

One sale week, start to finish

Catalog early in the week, open bidding through the weekend, and hand the house back with pickup done and the estate statement ready.

Washburn farmhouse, sale weekExample schedule

MonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTue Catalog and photosImport, then fix what the checks flag your team AnnouncedListed on your storefront scheduled Bidding openProxy bids, late bids extend live Lots close30 seconds apart from 5:05 PM 5:05 PM InvoicesDrafted at close, you issue drafted Pickup at the housePaid buyers only pickup desk Estate statementFrom what sold and was paid statement

What estate sale teams juggle, and how AuctionZu fits

An estate sale is hundreds of mixed lots, a tight deadline, and a family or executor waiting on a final accounting.

What you juggle today

Photographing and describing hundreds of items in a few days.
Pickup windows at the property, with buyers who need clear instructions.
Chasing unpaid invoices after the sale ends.
A settlement statement the estate can understand.

With AuctionZu

Fast cataloging. Import your lot list from a spreadsheet, add photos, and let publish checks flag anything missing before the sale goes live.
Pickup made clear. Pickup location, windows and terms are shown on the storefront before bidding, and pickup status is tracked on each invoice.
Timed bidding bidders trust. Staggered closing times, proxy bids and anti-sniping extensions, all enforced by the server.
A clean accounting. Invoices, payments and a consignor settlement report for the estate, from the same records you used to run the sale.

Pickup day at the property: type a paddle number, take any balance, and hand over exactly the lots that buyer won.

The pickup desk: search by paddle or name, buyers ready for pickup and buyers with a balance due, and a paid buyer's lots with a Hand over button.

Ready to run your next auction?

Tell us how you run sales today, and we will walk you through a sale on AuctionZu from the catalog to the consignor payout.

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