Help Center

What BidBuySmart is: free auction and estate sale listings, a business directory, business tools and community content.

What auction companies get on BidBuySmart: free sale listings, a directory listing, the Business Center, catalogs and a mailing list.

What estate sale companies get on BidBuySmart: free estate sale listings, a directory listing, the Business Center and a mailing list.

Antique dealers, consignment and pawn shops, appraisers and other directory businesses: claim your listing and reach new customers.

Find auctions and estate sales, get sale alerts by email, find companies, and ask questions without an account.

How a business registers on BidBuySmart: who can register, what you need, and the email confirmation.

Take over the directory listing for your business so it is tied to your account and marked Verified.

Sign in, reset a forgotten password, and turn on optional two-step sign-in with a code.

What you will find in My Account: sale listings, business listing, catalogs, team, contributions and settings.

Invite staff to your company account and choose what each person can do.

How auction and estate sale companies post a free sale listing: details, photos, then publish.

What a free directory listing includes and how to keep it up to date.

The business categories accepted in the BidBuySmart directory.

The BidBuySmart Business Center for auction and estate sale companies: contacts, business log, calendar, forms, documents and mailing list.

Keep every client, consignor, buyer and vendor in one shared address book.

Track every inquiry and job: calls, consignments, appraisals and estate jobs, with activity records and assigned staff.

Your company calendar for sales, viewings and appointments, plus to-dos assigned to your team.

Build forms for your website, such as consignment or appraisal requests, and receive the answers in the Business Center.

Create contracts and documents from templates and have clients sign them online.

Email your own customers and bidders about upcoming sales with the BidBuySmart Mailing List.

Set your company time zone and other Business Center options.

Build sale catalogs free in BBZ Catalog; published catalogs show on BidBuySmart under Collections and on your directory listing.

The sections of BidBuySmart where companies and the public contribute content, and why it helps you.

Ask about an antique or collectible, with a photo, and get help identifying or valuing it.

Post press releases about your sales, or order a press release written for you.

State-by-state laws for auctions, appraisals, consignment, pawn shops, sales tax and storage.

Common questions about registering, listing sales, directory listings, fees and services on BidBuySmart.

How to reach BidBuySmart.