BECOME A SELLER ON DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS
Welcome!
Becoming a seller on Denver Online Auctions is an opportunity to be a part of something that is growing daily here in Colorado, and we are much more than an auction platform, we are a family. We are a group of estate sale companies in Denver and Colorado Springs that are friends rather than competitors. We recommend each other to clients when we cannot take the job, we even share employees when someone has a big pick-up and is short staffed. Helping others succeed is a direct route to your own success and that is why we are growing so fast! Become part of something here at home, in your own community.
The online auction options available to Denver Estate Sale companies are limited.
The options are either very costly, difficult to use, and offer very little customer support, OR have their main
registered user base on the East Coast, or Canada. NOT in Colorado!
Our vision is simple, to create a one-stop shopping Estate Sale Auction Venue for Coloradans. More local pick-ups and less shipping (Well, you can ship if you want!).
The Platform: Being familiar with the downsides of other 3rd party auction platforms (because we used them!), we set out to create a much better and easier auction site for both sellers and bidders. PLUS, we have some amazing features you will not find on any other auction site, such as bulk uploading using a barcode system, and an AI feature that uses your photos to create the title and description for you,
cutting your auction building time literally in half!
🔹 The theme is "Easy"! 🔹
- MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP: $18 a month to keep your business page active. No commitment, cancel any time.
- AUCTION FEES: Only 2% of your auction's hammer price, or $75. Whichever is higher. You will be charged on the first of each month for the previous month. Example: Your March membership fee and 2% of sales will be charged to your CC on file on April 1st.
- FEE TO JOIN - WITH YOUR OWN BUSINESS PAGE: FREE! (Others charge $250 just to join, making you feel stuck there! We want you to try us without feeling stuck!
NEW TO AUCTIONS? No problem! We will guide and train you, even come to your home (Denver Metro area) and stick with you until you are completely comfortable! Being able to offer online auctions to your clients takes care of those that don't want traffic in their home, who have higher end items, and/or live in a gated community.
ALREADY A SEASONED AUCTION USER? You have nothing to lose! We will add your company page to our site for free! You have nothing to lose by trying us!
Here is a list of what you get with us:
1. Over 6000 registered bidders already on Denver Online Auctions, and growing daily, all seeing your auctions! (We are a Hard-Close Auction)
2. Free in-person training on using the software, plus day and evening tech support, 7 days a week.
3. An exclusive Barcode system allows you to bulk upload hundreds of photos in just a few minutes, and they land right in their respective lot number.
4. A new AI (Artificial Intelligence) button that you can use in each lot after uploading the photos, it will use your photos to create a title and description in seconds.
5. Less restrictions on what you can sell on our platform! We allow guns (rules apply) and controversial things other sites don't allow. The only things we restrict are animals, liquor, tobacco, & drugs of any kind.
6. Very user-friendly site for both seller and shopper, and more control for sellers when building auctions.
7. Great accounting printout choices! One for you which includes totals, taxes collected & buyer's premium, and a separate print out for your client which only lists the items, hammer price & total (and it's editable)!
8. You have the choice to offer a discounted Buyer's Premium for winners who pay cash at pick-up (toggle on/off). When on, the invoice shows both CC price and cash price. In our case, we have a 15% BP but if paid in cash at pick up, the Buyer's Premium is reduced to 10%. You pass the savings of CC processing fees on to the buyers. This is a very popular feature with our shoppers and encourages them to spend more!
9. You will have your own company page with your own past, current and upcoming sales. Your sales will also be visible on the Denver Online Auctions home page. With current and upcoming sales, you are allowed 6 large photos from your auction to show the world exactly what you are offering in your sale. Other platforms allow 1-3 thumbnail pics.
10. Shipping is made easy (if you ship) with a convenient button to create a shipping invoice and send it directly to the customer which auto-fills with the lot items that will be shipped.
11. Communication with your buyers goes to YOUR email, not through the auction site, making it more personal with your client and easier to keep track of communication strings.
12. The most important thing, a family! You will be added to our group message where you can communicate with the owners of all other companies on Denver Online Auctions! Ask questions, ask for help or advice, etc. Become part of a community of people who will cheer you on!
Check us out! Click on "Marketplace" on the home page to see where your logo will be! Click on a logo to see how your home page will appear. See below for software user contract.
We hope to hear from you!
📌Call or text Sarah (Recruiter) @ 720-272-2342 or email us at [email protected]
Sincerely,
Mary & Sarah Booras - Owners
And the Denver Online Auctions Team!
SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Subscription Agreement (this "Agreement") is by and between Seller and Denver Online Auctions, LLC. A Limited Liability Company.
1. SERVICES OFFERED
Denver Online Auctions provides Estate Sales Companies with access on a subscription basis to its hosted auction platform, which consists of cloud hosted software-as-a-service applications and an online marketplace (the "Services"). The Services facilitate sellers' interaction with participating bidders. Denver Online Auctions agrees to provide to Seller, and Seller agrees to purchase access on a subscription basis to the Services. Access to the Services include unlimited auctions and bidding, hosting, free support, and integration of the banking system stripe.com.
2. FEES & PAYMENT
The Seller, who is approved as an estate liquidator and/or auction house, agrees to pay (a limited time offer) "zero" set up fee due upon the signing of this Agreement.
A monthly fee (or prorated) of $18.00, plus a minimum commission of $75 or 2% of the total hammer prices for each auction (whichever is the higher amount) payable by auto-debit. Seller authorizes Denver Online Auctions to charge the Seller's credit/debit card on file as outlined above. If the seller has a month with no auctions, the fee for that month will only be the $18.00 subscription fee.
Fees are taken on the first of each month for the previous month. Auctions are put into the month in which the closing days fall. I.e. An auction that starts in January and ends in February will be in the March 1st Accounting.
Buyer's Premium. Seller may charge bidders a "Buyers Premium" on the hammer price of their sales (payable by the respective winning bidder) which will go directly to the Seller. The buyer's premium is not subject to commission fees by Denver Online Auctions.
3. PROOF OF BUSINESS
We require that your business be at least registered as a sole proprietorship or better yet, registered with the Colorado Secretary of State as an LLC (Limited Liability Company) and have a Tax ID number. It is the law to collect taxes on estate sale items.
4. DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS STANDARDS FOR ONLINE AUCTIONS
We want to create a quality auction site with minimum standards to gain & maintain quality registered users! Here are the expectations:
a. Take several CLEAR pictures of each lot showing all angles of the item/s (minimum of 4 photos per lot)
b. Make sure to point out any and all flaws by either using a pointer in the photos, or clearly mentioning them in the description.
c. Please use good descriptions; the descriptions contain keywords that help buyers searching for specific items. Using the description "see photos" is not acceptable.
d. A successful auction has 50 - 250 lots. Having less than 50 items (unless very valuable items), leads to an unsuccessful outcome.
e. Be customer service focused and responsive to bidder's questions.
5. PROHIBITED / RESTRICTED ITEMS
Denver Online Auctions does not choose the merchandise listed on the site. It is the responsibility of the seller / vendor to know, understand, and adhere to all prevailing federal, state, and local laws and regulations for what may or may not be sold in accordance with the law.
Sellers/vendors attest that the items they are listing do not violate any U.S. laws, policies, or restrictions on items from countries that have restrictions and regulations in place with the US government. Any violation of this policy may result in immediate removal of the lot in question, and/or expulsion from the platform, at the sole discretion of Denver Online Auctions.
Denver Online Auctions prohibits/restricts the listing and sale of the following items on the site.
a. Live animals
b. Stolen or illegally gained goods.
c. Illegal items; knock-off / counterfeit goods.
d. Alcohol* & tobacco.
e. Prohibited/Illegal substances such as recreational/medicinal Drugs and/or Marijuana.
f. Hazardous and/or radioactive materials.
g. Services* and “alternative” currencies.
e. Misrepresented or stolen Native American antiquities, artifacts, arts & crafts.
f. Motor vehicles without clean titles
FIREARMS
**Denver Online Auctions may permit the sale of long guns / hunting rifles / handguns as long as they are part of an estate auction. Seller MUST follow all applicable Colorado State Laws which frequently change! As of April 2024, sellers must meet buyer at FFL (Federal Firearm Licensed) gun shop where buyer pays for a background check. If the background check is passed, the seller may collect the payment (auction invoice) and leave. The Gun shop will hold the firearm for three days at which time the buyer can return and pick up. Under no circumstance will assault weapons be permitted on the site. Antique guns, or old vintage non-working firearms may be sold directly without background check.
6. TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement shall commence on the date signed and continue until terminated by either party providing ten (10) days advance written notice to the other party. Denver Online Auctions may terminate this Agreement immediately if Seller is in default of any of the terms of this Agreement, including not living up to list of standards. In addition, if seller's auctions are causing Denver Online Auctions to receive more than 2 negative Google reviews, they will be put on probation or terminated immediately.
The Seller agrees to follow all state, regional, and/or jurisdictional auction laws and statutes. Non-compliance with such laws and statutes may be grounds for the immediate termination of access to the Denver Online Auctions portal and forfeiture of their account. The seller agrees to uphold ethical standards and practices of business and auction operations.
Denver Online Auctions may, at its own discretion, terminate this Agreement immediately if Seller fails to uphold said standards and practices.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
A. Denver Online Auctions is free of any liability from charges brought against the Seller to the extent the third-party claim alleges the use of the Denver Online Auctions Platform by the Seller infringes any copyright, trade secret, patent, or trademark of any third party.
B. Denver Online Auctions shall have no liability for, and the Seller shall, at its own expense, defend or at its option settle any claims by a third party or governmental authority arising out of Seller's use of the Denver Online Auction platform.
C. Procedures. Each party will notify the other party promptly upon learning of a claim, demand, suit, or proceeding that might give rise to an indemnified loss, and the potentially indemnifying party may control defense and settlement thereof provided it does so diligently, in good faith, and using reasonably experienced counsel with expertise in the relevant field. The potentially indemnified party will reasonably cooperate in such defense and/or settlement at the potentially indemnifying party's request and expense and may participate at its own expense using its own counsel.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Denver Online Auction's liability to Seller under this Agreement shall be limited to the amounts actually paid hereunder by Seller to Denver Online Auctions for the twelve consecutive month period immediately preceding the date of the subject occurrence. In no event shall Legacies Estate Sales, Inc. or Denver Online Auctions be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, including loss of use, loss of profits or interruption of business.
9. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado and the parties' consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts in the State of Colorado.
10. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
Seller accepts the Services as-is. Denver Online Auctions makes no warranties as to the function or use of the Services, whether express, implied, or statutory, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Services is with Seller. Denver Online Auctions does not warrant that the Software will meet Seller's requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free.
11. BY USING THE DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS SITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU:
HAVE READ DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS' MARKETPLACE TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS AND SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE AGREEMENT.
FULLY AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS' MARKETPLACE TERMS OF USE AND CONDITIONS AND THE SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE AGREEMENT.
THE SELLER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE UNDERSIGNED IS AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SELLER AND HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT, THAT S/HE UNDERSTANDS THIS AGREEMENT, AND UNDERSTANDS THAT BY USING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, SELLER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. SELLER FURTHER AGREES THAT, EXCEPT FOR WRITTEN SEPARATE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN DENVER ONLINE AUCTIONS & SELLER, THIS AGREEMENT IS A COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES.