PHP Bid is self-hosted auction software for entrepreneurs, auction houses and niche marketplaces. Live bidding, Buy Now, Make an Offer, online payments and AI tools that list items in seconds, all on your own domain.
Earn on every listing and every sale.
One-time purchase. No monthly fees. No commission to us.
Version 2.0 is our biggest update yet: AI tools for buyers, sellers and moderators, Make an Offer, buyer-seller messages, VAT and shipping options, saved searches and much more.
Sellers type what they sell. AI writes the title, picks the category and condition, estimates the value and suggests the starting, reserve and Buy Now prices.
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Buyers search the way they talk: "a Rolex under $10,000 ending soon". AI turns the sentence into the right category, price and time filters.
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Buyers propose a price on fixed-price items and on auctions without bids. Sellers accept, decline or send a counter offer - and accepted offers become normal sales.
Read more →PHP Bid isn't just an auction script - it's a complete, self-hosted marketplace built to help you launch, run and profit from your own auction business.
Whether you're launching a general marketplace, a car auction site, a charity auction or an auction house for collectors, you get one powerful platform with everything included.
Bidders choose: place an exact bid or set a secret maximum and let the system bid for them. Anti-sniping keeps every finish fair.
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Seller commissions, buyer's premium, listing fees and featured upgrades - invoiced automatically, with VAT.
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Members pay fees and invoices online by card or PayPal, or by bank transfer that you confirm in one click.
Read more →Type what you sell - AI writes the title and description, picks the category and suggests the starting price.
Read more →Buyers propose a price, sellers accept, decline or counter. More negotiations, more sales, more commission.
Read more →Search in plain words like "a Rolex under $10,000", or filter by fields such as Make, Year or Brand.
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Switch between 8 beautiful, mobile-friendly auction templates with one click, then add your logo and colors.
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Buyers and sellers manage bids, listings, offers, messages, sales, invoices and feedback in one dashboard.
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Full PHP source code on your own server - customize anything, with no vendor lock-in.
Read more →From your order to a live, fully configured auction website in four simple steps.
Pick the license that fits your project, from a single auction website to unlimited domains.
Submit your server details through our secure installation form - it takes about two minutes.
Our team installs PHP Bid, sets up the database and verifies that bidding, e-mails and payments work.
Log in to the admin panel, set your fees and categories, connect Stripe or PayPal and start accepting listings the same day.
Straight answers, so you know exactly what you're buying.
PHP Bid is a self-hosted PHP auction script for building your own online auction website. It includes automatic (proxy) bidding and exact bids, anti-sniping protection, Buy Now and fixed-price listings, Make an Offer, reserve prices, Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer payments, seller commissions and buyer's premium, an AI listing assistant, AI search, 8 professional designs, a complete members area for buyers and sellers, and a full admin panel with CMS, blog and SEO tools.
Hosted auction platforms charge monthly fees and often a percentage of every sale, and you never own the software. WordPress auction plugins depend on other plugins and themes, and get slow and fragile as the site grows. PHP Bid is a standalone, lightweight PHP 8 application built only for auctions: you pay once, install it on your own server, own the unencrypted source code and keep 100% of the fees your site earns.
PHP Bid includes four revenue streams that you switch on and price yourself: a commission on every sale paid by the seller, a buyer's premium paid by the winner, a listing fee per item and a paid featured upgrade for home page placement. On top of that you can sell advertising in the built-in ad zones. All fees are invoiced automatically, with VAT if needed, and paid online. We never take a share of your revenue.
No. PHP Bid is a one-time license. There is no monthly subscription, no transaction fee and no revenue share. The only recurring costs are your own hosting and, if you use them, your payment provider and AI provider fees.
Yes. The live demo includes the auction website, the members area (with demo buyer and seller accounts) and the full admin panel. You can bid, make offers, list items with the AI assistant and change every setting. No sign-up is required.