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Create a free account, then add a payment method to verify you're a real bidder. You're only charged if you win — verifying a card never authorizes a charge. See the full buying guide.

A buyer's premium is a percentage added to your winning bid, shown live as you bid so there are no surprises at checkout. Your total is always displayed before you confirm. More in the Buyer FAQ.

You pay securely online through Advantage.Bid after the auction closes. Once payment is confirmed, you'll receive the full pickup address, dates, and times. Everything runs through Advantage.Bid — see How to Buy.

For online auctions by individual sellers, there's no platform fee or commission: only a 3% payment processing fee on the hammer price (the winning bid) of items that sell. For Professional Seller auctions, the fees are just 7% total: a 4% Advantage.Bid platform fee and a 3% payment processing fee on the hammer price, with no monthly subscription fees and no listing fees. A negotiated Professional Seller agreement's rates apply instead where one exists, and professional sellers set and keep their own buyer's premium. For Professional Storefront fixed-price sales, the fee is 5% of the item price when the sale comes through the seller's own website using the embedded storefront, or 9% for sales through the Advantage.Bid marketplace, including credit card processing, with no monthly or listing fee. Online purchasing of storefront items through Advantage.Bid checkout is not open yet; until it opens, storefront items can be browsed and buyers contact the seller. No listing fees either way: you only pay when items sell. See how you get paid.

Complete your seller profile and accept the seller agreement, and your seller dashboard is enabled immediately — no application, no approval queue. Start selling, or read how selling works.

Buyers pay online before pickup, so there's no chasing payment. After each auction closes you receive a transparent payout statement. Details in How You Get Paid.