BidIt
An async-first social auction marketplace — the energy of Whatnot without having to go live to be seen. AI-fast listing, scheduled auction drops, and a social follow-feed let everyday sellers build an audience and run real auctions without performing on camera. Live across web, admin, and a native mobile app with card, PayPal, and non-custodial crypto payments.
Sell on Your Schedule
Scheduled drops + a social feed create the urgency of live-selling — no nightly webcam required
List 40 Items in Minutes
AI turns photos and a voice note into complete listings — auction, Buy-It-Now, or offer
~6.3% Blended Take
Roughly half of eBay's ~13%, with Free / Pro ($29) / Elite ($99) seller tiers
Tech Stack
Platform Features
AI-Assisted Listing
Snap photos or leave a voice note and AI drafts the whole listing — the feature that lets a seller list 40 items in minutes.
- Claude (claude-opus-4-8) drafts title, description, category, condition, and tags
- Suggests format (auction / Buy-It-Now / offer), price, and risk warnings
- Heuristic fallback when AI is unavailable — listings never get blocked
- Removes the #1 reason sellers feel they must go live
- AI-credit model with overage pricing
- ≥60% AI-listing adoption is a core month-12 target
Format Fluidity
Timed auction, Buy-It-Now, and Make-Offer all coexist on a single listing record — the seller picks the energy.
- Live auction countdowns, full bid history, and anti-snipe extension
- Buy-It-Now for instant sales alongside the auction
- Make-Offer negotiation on the same item
- Scheduled auction 'drops' create urgency without a webcam
- One listing, three ways to sell — no duplicate inventory
- Bid, watch, and outbid tracking per buyer
Software-Generated Energy
The momentum live-selling apps create with a camera, BidIt creates with software — drops, a social feed, and realtime nudges.
- Scheduled auction drops buyers can follow and anticipate
- Seller stores + a social follow-feed (the energy of Whatnot, async)
- 12 in-app realtime notification types over Socket.IO
- Outbid, ending-soon, and won/sold alerts
- User-created communities with channels, calendars, posts and replies
- Buyer ↔ seller direct messaging
Checkout & Broad Payment Rails
Multi-seller cart and checkout with the widest payment surface of any auction app.
- Cart grouped by seller, per-seller coupons, combined shipping
- Stripe (cards, Connect payouts, Stripe Tax, Billing)
- PayPal Orders v2
- Non-custodial crypto: Bitcoin + ETH/USDC/USDT across 5 EVM chains
- All rails admin-toggleable at runtime
- Stripe Tax computed on the shipping address
Live Shows (Optional)
Live streaming exists as an option — not a requirement — for sellers who do want to go on camera.
- Self-hosted LiveKit rooms (no third-party video markup)
- Host camera/mic with live lot bidding in-room
- Native LiveKit on the mobile app
- Shipped as the Phase-2 fast-follow
- Sellers choose live or async — both drive real auctions
- Owned media infra keeps margins high
Software-Only Trust & Safety
Verified sellers, payout holds, and disputes that protect buyers without relying on chargebacks.
- Verified sellers via Stripe Connect KYC
- 3-day payout holds (released post-delivery)
- Buyer-initiated disputes — no chargeback required
- Seller strikes (3 = auto-suspend) + blocklist
- Ratings and reviews on every transaction
- Operator-configurable from the admin Setup hub — go live with no redeploy
Who It's For
The Off-Camera Seller
Underserved marketSellers who want Whatnot-style momentum without performing live every night — eBay sellers, and Facebook / TikTok / Instagram collectible sellers.
Collectibles Communities
Wedge categoriesLaunch wedge categories: sports cards, comics, coins, memorabilia, vintage, handmade, jewelry, watches, and antiques.
Live or Async — Their Choice
Format fluiditySellers who occasionally want to go live can run LiveKit shows with in-room bidding, while everyone else sells on their own schedule via drops.
Operator-Configurable
Admin-drivenDB-backed integration keys override env at runtime, so a fresh install is taken live entirely from the admin Setup hub — no redeploy.
A category-defining wedge in live commerce
US live-commerce is in the tens of billions and growing. BidIt targets the underserved off-camera seller in a roughly $40–60B addressable resale and collectibles market, monetizing via a net ~6.3% blended take plus seller subscriptions. Targets and figures are projections — see the investment page for details.
See BidIt in production
BidIt is live at biditapp.info across web, admin, and a native mobile app. Visit the live marketplace, or get in touch to talk through the product, the architecture, or the investment opportunity.