Unique Bid Auction Development

Create a modern twist on the popular auction system

At OnTop we specialise in all types of unique bid auction development and many online unique bid auctions have benefited from our experience and advice. Customers typically pay per bid, and the lowest unique bid will win the auction. Unique Bid Auctions can range from count down timer unique bidding sites to lowest/highest grid based bidding systems. Either way, they have become increasingly popular with consumers and have proven to be an extremely profitable business venture.

Why Should You Choose a Unique Bid Auction?

It provides an interesting alternative to the standard auction system; using auctions online has become one of the first places a consumer will go when researching a new purchase. This business model allows customers to purchase items at significantly reduced prices whilst ensuring a solid profit margin on each auction. This is a fully automated process, requiring only a small amount of administration, ensuring a solid profit margin to give you a great return on investment.

How Can OnTop Help You?

At OnTop we value quality over quantity; all of our projects are developed to the highest industry standards. We have experience in developing a variety of different unique bid auction sites and always build to W3C Validation standards. We can build your unique bid auction project with an easy to use web based administration interface, which will enable you to log in and view the status of your website from anywhere with an internet connection.

Your system will include all of your required features, allowing you to have a powerful unique bidding website; these could include (depending on the individual project requirements):

• The customer can purchase credits that allow them to place bids on the site, and you offer credit packages of different sizes and prices to entice your customers. Only once payment has been confirmed by your payment carrier are the credits applied to a customer's account.
• Advertise past auctions giving the customer access to statistics and patterns when placing bids, promotes repeat business.
• A comprehensive unique bid auction system.
• Payment Carrier Integration with any payment carrier you require.
• Customer account section where the user can purchase more credits, review their purchase history, and add auctions to a watch list for future reference.
• Full list of auction winners and results.
• Manage Details: Auction Management (Add, Edit, Delete), Customer Management.
• Easy to use Administration console allowing you to create and manage your auctions, view all your customer information, make changes to your credit packages including discounts and promo codes, and whatever else you may require.
• Advanced Search Facility allowing the customer to easily find the auctions that interest them. We use natural language search and spelling suggestion technology to ensure customers always find the correct results.
• Rolling Auctions With Minimum Bid Levels.
• Automatic customer notification by email and/or SMS text message. Including promotional emails, reminders on auctions ending soon, invoice and purchase information for won auctions.
• Advanced Reports: user and sales statistics.
• Comprehensive transaction records and complete archives that are easily searchable and sortable.

If you are interested in Unique Bid Auction development or have any questions about our services, please feel free to Contact Us and discuss your requirements with one of our experienced Project Managers.

Our Development Services

A range of our typical Web Development services are provided and summarised in the table below: