List on House of Bid
Photograph the room. We name the lot.
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.
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
Questionnaire, then a plan
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
Clear the house
No host minimums. Start bids stay low. People bid. Leftover buy-now is optional after the clock, still below typical sold low.
- Typical sold
- $140–$200 (example)
- Start bid
- $43.40
- Host minimum
- None
- Ceiling (comps high)
- $200
- Leftover buy-now
- $70
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
CRM, scheduling, QR — that is the product
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.
Bidder CRM
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.
Reminders from the app
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.
Dock scheduling
Creytix Scheduling in the app: winners pick a weekend window; staff see the same appointment at the dock — not a spreadsheet after the clock.
Pickup QR
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.
Promote
Post the link — we house the clock
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.
Facebook Marketplace
You post · host paste
OfferUp
You post · host paste
Nextdoor
You post · host paste
Craigslist (yard)
You post · host paste
Printed flyer + QR
You post · host paste
Event fee and hosting
$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.
Day-of reminders we send
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.
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.
Warehouse companies pick the house up and sort off-site — that walk is not this one.