List on House of Bid
House of Bid houses the sale on a clock. Listing boards post a date — they do not give you bidder CRM, dock scheduling, or pickup QR. Estate $199 · Yard $79 (proposed). Use the tabs for the questionnaire, the photo, posting reminders, and pickup.
Estate $199 · Yard $79
One timed sale, same clock as the house. Yard price is proposed. Not a house retainer.
Sell on House of Bid
Estate and yard catalogs run on a timer under one roof. Everyday neighbor items belong on Local.
Step 1
Post
Pick Event or Yard, answer the sale plan, and launch the catalog on the house clock.
Step 2
Set time
Preview days, close night, and pickup window — or tell us your arrangement.
Step 3
Add description
Photograph in place, name lots, paste comps, and meet listing rules before publish.
Post the estate first and build awareness until enough people are watching, then launch. Default week: preview Tuesday and Wednesday, bidding closes Thursday, pickup Friday and Saturday — or make arrangements. Answer the questionnaire so we can recommend a plan. Comps helpers, not an appraisal.
What do you want from this sale
House of Bid houses the estate on a clock. Listing boards post the sale; they do not run the bidding software. What sells, sells. Use this to see whether you should clock everything, protect a few lots, or leftover-buy-now what does not close. Same leftover and floor tools are available to warehouse sellers.
House of Bid houses the sale on a clock. Bidders commit to the standing bid. What sells, sells. A minimum is a safety net on lots you cannot replace — not a way to skip the auction.
Recommended
No host minimums. Start bids stay low. People bid. Leftover buy-now is optional after the clock, still below typical sold low.
Typical sold ranges are comps helpers, not an appraisal. A floor at or above typical sold low is why lots fail to sell. The clock is the sale: what meets the rules sells. Unsold pieces can leftover-buy-now, list later, or leave the catalog.
Read seller plans, floors, and leftovers and listing boards vs the clock.
In the app
You are not paying us only to host a bid. The fee is access to the house tools in the app: bidder CRM, reminders we send, dock scheduling, and pickup QR.
Creytix CRM in the house — import, remind, and keep repeat paddles on the same pipeline board. Reminders are a CRM job, not a second Mailchimp bill.
Preview morning, close-eve, and pickup-morning nudges go out from House of Bid to the people on that sale. Copy is wired now; live SMTP stays gated until ops clears send.
Creytix Scheduling in the app: winners pick a weekend window; staff see the same appointment at the dock — not a spreadsheet after the clock.
Paid invoices get a pass with a QR at the dock. Sell pieces get a sticker QR on the walk so the photo becomes a lot.
Everyday items between neighbors belong on Local. Want a company to run the house? Companies— our list, not EstateSales.NET.
Phone camera
Default is a regular phone still. Spatial carts and 3D scans are advanced tools — not this step.
AI assist · fixture
Paste sold links or notes below. Suggest uses the same identify engine as Name this lot — not a live LLM call. Comps helpers, not an appraisal.
Before we publish lots on the clock, confirm each row. This is your attestation — buyers trust the catalog because sellers photograph honestly.
Counterfeits, recalled products, illegal goods, live animals, and items that violate house policy are removed and may forfeit fees.
Staff review still applies on estate launches. This gate trains the household before photos go live.
Promote
House of Bid runs SEO on our site so estate-sale searches can find our catalogs. You still post off-site with the link and text we give you. We do not auto-post to Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace — their terms block unattended bots. Copy the text below into each channel. When Creytix has a sanctioned API for a board, we may post for you; until then, you paste.
You post · host paste
You post · host paste
You post · host paste
You post · host paste
You post · host paste
$199 once — not a percentage of hammer. The Event fee covers hosting the catalog and clock. If the sale underperforms, the fee still applies — we do not take a percentage of hammer either way. 500 unique verified bidders included; then $20 per 1000 extra (cap $100 hosting overage). Example at 1,200 bidders: $20 hosting overage · 1× 1000 block @ $20.
morning of preview
Post your estate catalog today
Preview starts soon for Your estate sale. Paste this link where neighbors look: https://houseofbid.com/sale/your-estate. Use the text from your promote kit on Sell — Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor, Craigslist (yard), and your printed flyer.
day before close
Remind bidders — clock closes tomorrow
Bidding on Your estate sale closes soon. Share https://houseofbid.com/sale/your-estate one more time on the channels that worked. House of Bid keeps the catalog live — you drive local awareness.
pickup morning
Pickup day — staging pass ready
Pickup for Your estate sale is today. Winners use their pass in the app. You do not need a new off-site post unless you still have leftover buy-now lots.
Day-of reminders send from the House of Bid app to the people on that sale — CRM, not a separate mail product. Live SMTP stays gated until ops clears send; the copy matches the app now.
Pickup rules depend on catalog type. Timed estates settle on the house invoice first. Local listings inspect together before money moves.
Event, Yard, and housed auction catalogs
Pay at settle, then pick up with a pass or dock window.
Marketplace listings between neighbors
Meet at the seller, inspect together, then both confirm before payment.
Warehouse consignment is a third walk — not the same as sorting at the house. Local meetup rules live on Marketplace.
At the house · estate & yard
After the clock, leave lots in that section, stage pickup at the front, and sign lot-complete before staff run the house. Winners pick a dock window and show a QR at the dock.
Sort with Post-its and QR stickers first — kit. Print the sticker sheet and pickup card, or bind from crew capture.
Selling an estate
Post the estate, build awareness, photograph rooms in place, then set the auction date and preview. Event is $199. Repeating houses apply for invitation instead.
Read the guide
Walk one room at a time, mark keep-donate-trash-sell with Post-its, QR-sticker the sell pieces, then photograph in place.
A practical checklist of commonly overlooked items worth checking before the dumpster when clearing a house: letters, jewelry boxes, coin jars, and more.
Estate and yard lots need every side, labels, and honest wear — not one hero angle. Location context helps buyers find the piece at pickup.
A short questionnaire recommends a clock plan. Host minimums and leftover asks stay below typical sold low. Same tools for estate families and other housed sellers.
