Public auction rules

Version

2026-08-23-final-live-v2

Effective from

2026-08-23T00:15:00.000Z

SHA-256

2711e3607e7d743ef6fa6c4999a07bc536d351ffedf390fa40492792d49c25e8

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An auction setup may be created before payment setup. Public bidding starts only when market, fee, payments, domestic shipping route, published rules, and the specific seller's seller payment-account readiness pass the required availability checks.

2

Each bidder supplies a private maximum. The server derives the public price through proxy bidding and never discloses that maximum. Server time determines ordering; sellers cannot bid on their own listing. Hidden reserves are not allowed.

3

A valid bid in the final 120 seconds extends closing by 120 seconds, up to 1,800 accumulated seconds. Material terms are immutable after the first bid; actions are transactionally locked and idempotent.