Everything a sale needs, in one place
Cataloging
- A capture app for phones: burst photos, lot numbers per phone so helpers never collide, voice notes and short videos.
- AI drafts from the photos and notes: title, description, category, size class, and makers' marks, signatures and model numbers as seen.
- Drafts fill only empty fields and stay suggestions until staff approve them; a review grid for the whole sale.
- Estimates, info lots, per-lot handling and loading-help flags, and restrictions for regulated categories.
Bidding and payment
- Maximum bids, increments you set, soft close and staggered closing times.
- Bidders register with a card saved through Stripe; cards are charged after the sale on your own Stripe account.
- Bidder approval, spending caps for new bidders, reputation badges from real payment and pickup history, and blocks.
Pickup
- Pickup days with time slots that buyers book from their invoice; longer slots for lots that need loading help.
- Check-in by QR code, proxies, walk-ups, and a pickup receipt emailed at handoff.
Shipping
- In-house: live rates, packing presets, Charge & Print labels and tracking sent to the buyer.
- A partner shipper packs from their own queue, or an outside service collects on a date you set with a printable manifest.
- Or pickup only: the Ship option is hidden and your terms say so.
Consignor accounting
- Proposals: shoot a consignor's items on a walkthrough and send a branded proposal with estimates from comparable sales.
- Flat or tiered commission, per-lot fees and charges, and a share of buyer's premium per consignor.
- Settlement statements as PDFs, payouts recorded, and a consignor portal from proposal to settlement.
Marketplace and marketing
- Your lots on Catalot's marketplace by category and area, with search by distance and saved-search alerts to bidders.
- A sold archive with hammer prices, and structured data for search engines.
- An announcement kit when you publish (email, text, social posts, a flyer), and email and text campaigns to your list.
Your team
- Roles with per-person permissions, staff limited to certain sales, and two-step sign-in.
- A message center for buyer questions and order conversations by email, text and the website.
- Analytics per sale: bidders per lot, sell-through, payment and pickup, and where registrants came from.
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