The Seller's Liquidation Playbook

Creating the Auction Event

Click "Get Started" or navigate to your dashboard and select "Create A Clean-Out Auction". Enter a clear title and outline pickup parameters inside the public instructions. You will define your local timezone, choose an absolute calendar start date, select a duration, and assign a specific evening closure target from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Before moving forward, link your banking account via Stripe Connect Express to facilitate direct payout routing.

Cataloging Items & Proper Physical Labeling

Use your smartphone to photograph items on-site, uploading up to 4 high-resolution pictures per lot. Write detailed item titles and state any specific item conditions. As you save lots into your digital ledger, apply matching lot numbers physically to the objects. For hardware or standard box lots, writing markers on traditional masking tape is perfectly acceptable. To preserve the surface condition of valuable furniture, delicate finishes, collectibles, or new-in-package assets, we highly encourage you to use low-tack blue painter's tape instead of high-adhesion packaging or duct tapes.

Two-Factor Authentication, Overlaps, & Social Promotion

Review your completed item manifest sheet and click "Publish Auction Live Now." The system will instantly send a secure verification code to your email account to pass the step-up security guard. As soon as you enter this 2FA passcode, the system immediately authorizes the project and updates your state to Live or Preview mode automatically without needing a second click.

Please be aware that your auction's master closing wall stays dynamically connected onto the longest running item. If active bidding wars trigger last-second 3-minute clock extensions on any lot, the master invoicing script automatically waits until every single item concludes cleanly before running consolidation routines.

Once live, remember to use the built-in sharing array. Click the native Facebook, X/Twitter, or Copy Link buttons inside your catalog header to broadcast your liquidation project out to local community groups, garage sale pages, and social circles to attract a much larger pool of verified neighborhood buyers.

Managing the Driveway Pickup Process

When the bidding concludes, print out your itemized physical pull list from your console. As buyers arrive at your driveway venue during the assigned pickup days, locate their items and watch them package and load their vehicles. Once the buyer acknowledges that their lots are fully accounted for, request their unique 4-digit Pickup Pass PIN. Type this passcode into your seller dashboard to instantly confirm fulfillment and trigger the escrow release of your dynamic net lot yield. All payments are collected 100% online in advance to guarantee checkout security.

Handling the On-Site Dispute Process

If a buyer discovers a material discrepancy on-site (such as an unlisted hairline crack or a missing part), do not process a manual voucher clearance. Instead, click the lot number in your Driveway Resolution Ledger and input a specific concession markdown value agreed upon with the buyer, or file a partial dispute hold. The system freezes that specific lot's payment allocation for administrative review, while leaving the rest of your undisputed catalog line items completely unblocked for normal nightly payouts.