Disc Golf Trading Post

Coming soon

Auctions

For valuable, hard-to-price discs — tour-series stamps, rare first-runs, OOP molds, signature lines. Open ascending bidding, fixed close time, automatic charge to the winner’s card on file. Same escrow window and shipping flow as the fixed-price marketplace.

We’re finishing the build now. Auctions turn on after the site has been peer-tested in fixed-price mode and the Stripe live-mode flip lands. If you want to be ready to bid the moment we open it up, you can set up your card on file in advance.

How auctions work — for buyers

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    Save your card + ship-to once

    Auctions don’t have a checkout step — when an auction ends, we charge the winning bidder automatically. So before your first bid, save a payment method and shipping address on the bidding setup page. You can update either piece any time.
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    Bid in whole-dollar increments

    Each bid must be at least one dollar above the current high. The current high bid + your status (winning / outbid) is shown on the auction page. We’ll email you when someone outbids you so you can decide whether to bid again.
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    Bids are binding

    When you place a bid, you’re committing to buy the disc at that price if you’re the highest bidder when the auction closes. There’s no retraction once a bid is in (admin handles rare typo cases by hand). Read the bidder terms before you bid your first dollar.
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    Auctions close at a fixed time

    Sellers pick a duration (3, 5, 7, or 10 days). Once the auction is published, the end time is locked. The platform doesn’t extend it for last-second bidding (no anti-snipe at launch — that comes later).
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    Winner is charged automatically

    The moment the auction ends, we attempt to charge your saved card. If it goes through, the order behaves exactly like a fixed-price purchase — funds held in escrow, USPS label generated, seller has 3 business days to ship, you confirm receipt or wait out the 3-day issue-reporting window. If the charge fails (declined, expired card, etc.) the auction is canceled and the disc isn’t automatically offered to the second-highest bidder.

How auctions work — for sellers

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    Same listing form, different pricing strategy

    From your new-listing form, pick “Auction” instead of “Fixed price.” The mold, plastic, weight, condition, photos, description — all the same. Where you’d type a price, you set a starting bid and pick a duration.
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    Pick a starting bid you’d be happy to ship at

    There’s no reserve price at launch (coming in v2). Whatever the winning bid is at close, that’s the price you’re committed to. So set the starting bid at the floor you’re actually willing to part with the disc for.
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    No cancellation after the first bid

    Once a bidder places a bid on your auction, you can’t pull the listing or change the terms. Extraordinary circumstances (the disc was destroyed, the listing has a major error) — contact support and we’ll handle cancellation; bidders will be notified. Don’t use auctions for discs you’re not ready to ship.
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    No bidding on your own auction

    Bidding on your own listing (directly or through a friend / alt account) to inflate the price is prohibited. Detected shilling voids the sale, forfeits any platform fees collected, and is grounds for account suspension.
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    Same fees, same payouts, same escrow

    10% platform fee on the winning bid (shipping not included). Stripe + Shippo fees as normal. Funds settle to your Connected account immediately on winner-charge success and pay out 3 business days after USPS-confirmed delivery — same as fixed-price. The seller rating system applies to auction sales too.

Not in the first version