Free live auction software
Run your live auction with QR code bidding
Bring your lots, your audience and live phone bidding together. AuctionQR gives you one browser dashboard to prepare the catalogue, guide each lot and confirm the results. Bidders scan your QR code, verify their email and bid from their phones. No app download or separate account to create.
Choose timed bidding or close bids yourself. Share the audience screen on a TV, monitor, projector or video call. Finish with emailed results, winner contacts and a complete auction record, ready for payment and collection directly with your bidders.
Currently free to create and join. AuctionQR does not collect auction payments.
Free to useNo app downloadNo separate accountLive phone bidding
Prepare. Invite. Bid. Follow up.
Your whole auction, in one workflow
Prepare your lots
Create an auction with your name, email and currency. Add lots individually or import a CSV file, upload photos, set starting bids and minimum increases, then arrange the running order. Add payment and collection instructions before bidding begins.
Welcome your bidders
Open the audience screen or download the joining QR code for your event. Bidders scan it, enter their details and verify their email. Your dashboard shows how many bidders are verified and how many are currently connected.
Guide live bidding
Show each lot before opening bids. Follow the highest bid, pause when needed and close bidding with a timer or your own control. Review and confirm each outcome before moving on. Bidders see whether they are leading, outbid or confirmed as the winner.
Finish with clear results
Review sold, unsold, withdrawn and unoffered lots before ending. Results are emailed to you and the bidders. Follow up with winners, record payment and collection arrangements, and export the results, bid history and photos.
For the organizer
Less administration. More control.
A catalogue you can prepare quickly
Import up to 500 lots from a CSV file with a preview before saving. Duplicate lots, search your catalogue and reorder upcoming items. Add up to eight photos per lot and choose the main photo.
Bidding that follows your pace
Choose a countdown or close bidding yourself. Set a private reserve price for each lot. With timed bidding, you can allow late bids to extend the countdown and give bidders time to respond.
A shared audience screen
Open a separate tab showing the current lot, its main photo, highest bid, bidding status and QR code. Display it in the room or share the window on a video call while keeping your dashboard private.
Clear, deliberate lot outcomes
Closing bidding leaves the result for you to confirm. Lot details lock once bidding starts. If an outcome needs correcting, choose an accepted bid or mark it unsold, give a reason and retain the original record. Affected bidders are notified.
Winner follow-up in one place
See each winner’s contact details, won lots and total winning bids together. Keep private notes and mark payment received or items collected after the auction. These are your records of arrangements made outside AuctionQR.
A complete record to keep
Return through your private dashboard email link. Download results, winner follow-up and the full accepted-bid and action history, or export the auction with its photos. You can explicitly delete a finished auction after saving your record.
For bidders
Scan, join and know where you stand
After email verification, bidders get a live auction view designed for their phone. The lot, highest bid and bidding status stay clear, with bidding controls within reach and clear feedback when a bid is accepted.
They can expand photos and descriptions, browse upcoming lots without bidding on the wrong item, and return to live bidding. Connection status shows when the screen is updating or reconnecting. Final results show their wins, total winning bids and how to contact the organizer.
Privacy that fits the auction
Share the bidding, keep contacts private
Choose whether other bidders and the audience see nicknames or bidder numbers. Bidder email addresses are visible only to the organizer, never to other bidders. Verified bidders receive the organizer’s contact details for auction follow-up.
Organizers and bidders receive return links by email, so closing a page does not mean losing the auction. Organizers have private dashboard access; bidders can verify the same email again on another device.
Good to know
Common questions
What is AuctionQR?
AuctionQR is free browser-based live auction software. It connects an organizer’s dashboard, a shared audience screen and bidders’ phones, from catalogue preparation to bidding, confirmed results and winner follow-up.
Is AuctionQR free?
Yes. Creating an auction and bidding are currently free. AuctionQR does not charge a fee per auction or per bid.
Do organizers or bidders need an account?
No separate account or app download is needed. Organizers verify an email when creating an auction. Bidders scan its QR code and verify their email before viewing lots and bidding.
What type of auction can I run?
AuctionQR supports live ascending-bid auctions: one lot at a time, with one winner per sold lot. You choose the currency, minimum bid increase, optional reserve and how bidding closes. You provide the sale conditions and manage settlement.
Can I use it in a room or on a video call?
Yes. Bidders use their phones while you show the audience screen on a TV, monitor or projector, or share its browser window on a video call. Organizers and bidders need an internet connection.
Does AuctionQR handle payments?
No. The organizer and winners arrange payment, collection or delivery directly. The dashboard’s payment and collection checkmarks help the organizer track those arrangements; they do not process or verify payments.
What happens after the auction?
Everyone receives a results email. Bidders see their wins and the organizer’s contact details. Organizers receive bidder contacts and can reopen the dashboard for follow-up and exports. There is currently no scheduled auction deletion date.
Can I return after closing the page?
Yes. Use the return link in your auction email. The organizer’s private link opens the dashboard. Bidders returning on another browser can verify the email they originally used to join.
Your next auction
From your first lot to the final handover
Prepare the catalogue, bring bidders into the room and leave with a clear record of the results.
Questions? Contact AuctionQR.