What Bidvise does
Bidvise gives an auction house one place to prepare a sale, publish its catalogue, take bids and handle the work that follows. The public website and the backoffice use the same records, so your team does not have to build the catalogue again for each part of the process.
From consignment to catalogue
Work normally starts with the consignor and the terms under which you accept their goods. You record those terms in a consignment, then add the items that belong to it. Each item can carry its description, photographs, condition, dimensions, estimate, categories and internal information.
When an item is offered for sale, it becomes a lot in an auction session. The catalogue therefore builds on information your team already recorded at intake instead of starting with an empty lot form.
Auctions and bidding
An auction is the sale your customers recognise. It may contain one session or several sessions, each timed or live. Sessions have their own dates and bidding settings, while the auction keeps the catalogue and post-sale work together.
Once you make the auction public, bidders see the same lots on your own website. They can create an account, follow lots and bid online where the session allows it. Your team can review bidder accounts, paddles, bids and sale results from the backoffice.
After the sale
When bidding has finished, your team checks the results and creates the buyer invoices from the sold lots. Bidvise keeps the hammer price, buyer’s premium, invoice lines and payment status together, including corrections when a sale changes afterward.
On the consignor side, the sale overview shows which sold lots have been paid by the buyer, what commission applies and which lots still need attention before the consignor’s paperwork is complete.
The useful part is continuity: the item entered at intake is the lot shown to the bidder, the purchase on the buyer invoice and the sale line used in the consignor administration.
Where to go next
- Your website and bidder experience: your domain, catalogue and bidder accounts.
- Create your first auction: organise the sale and its sessions.