Participating in auctions is a unique experience! Use BCL’s online glossary of auction terms for a better understanding of the auction process.

If you would like further assistance or have additional questions, please feel free to contact us anytime!

Buyer's Premium

This is the industry standard fee that is added to the total purchase amount of your Invoice.

It is calculated as follows:

Invoices paid by Credit Card are calculated with an 18% premium.

Invoices paid by Cash receive a 3% Discount, so the premium is calculated at 15%.

Example: If your purchase amount is $10.00, the total amount due for Credit Card Buyers is

$11.80 and the amount due for a Cash Buyer is $11.50.

Dynamic Closing

When it is time for the Lot to close, this automated system extends the bidding time on that Lot by 5 minutes when a new bid has been placed on the Lot within 5 minutes of its’ scheduled closing time. This extension allows all interested bidders the opportunity to continue to compete for that item, just as you would be able to do during a Live Auction.

Maximum Bid

When a Maximum Bid is submitted, the Online Auction Software is programmed to place Automatic Bids on your behalf, in designated increments, up to the amount of Your Maximum Bid, when another bidder places a bid higher than your current bid.

You are automatically protected as the Winning Bidder on the Lot untill someone places a bid higher than the Maximum Bid you have submitted. Only then are you “outbid” and required to increase your bid on the lot, should you decide to continue bidding on it.

This is an extremely powerful bidding tool! During the final moments of an auction, the bidding can become extremely fast & competitive, making it difficult to remain the Winning Bidder if you are trying to manage several different lots at once!

When you place Your Maximum Bid, you are entering a confidential, maximum amount that you are willing to pay for an item. This maximum amount is not seen by the Seller or other Bidders.

One Money

This term describes the way in which your Final Bid will be calculated when more than 1 item appears in the Lot.

If a Lot contains more than one item & the Quantity Description states “One Money,” or “Bid X 1,” it means that everything in the lot is being sold for one price. So, if you entered a bid amount of $20, this $20 bid will be calculated as $20 x 1 which calculates to a $20.00 Bid for the entire Lot of items.

Online Auction

An auction service that facilitates participants from all geographical areas to buy and/or sell tangible and intangible products via the internet.

Sold by the Piece

This term describes the way in which your Final Bid will be calculated or multiplied out when more than 1 item appears in the Lot.

For Example: If the Lot includes (4) Chairs and the Description states, “Bid X 4,” or “Sold by the Piece,” or “Times the Money,” it means that the bid amount you enter will be multiplied by 4. So, if you enter a bid amount of $20, this $20 bid will be calculated as $20.00 x 4 which calculates to an $80.00 Bid for the Lot of 4 Chairs.

On the other hand, if this same Lot of 4 Chairs states in the Quantity Description “One Money,” or “Bid X 1,” it means that everything in the lot is being sold for one price. So, if you entered a bid amount of $20, this $20 bid will be calculated as $20 x 1 which calculates to a $20.00 Bid for the Lot of 4 Chairs.

Staggered Closing

This feature emulates the closing format of a Live Auction, in which Lots are sold in sequential order until every lot has been sold, versus the platform of many online auctions that end the bidding on all lots at once.

To give you an example, if the BCL Auction closing time is listed as 8:00 PM, instead of every lot closing at 8PM, as many online auctions would do, our auction lots will close in increments of 3-5 per minute, in numerical order, beginning with Lot 1, until all lots have ended, giving you the opportunity to actively participate in the bidding process for every lot that you’d like!

Times the Money

This term describes the way in which your Final Bid will be calculated or multiplied out when more than 1 item appears in the Lot.

For Example: If the Lot includes (4) Chairs and the Description states, “Bid X 4,” or “Sold by the Piece,” or “Times the Money,” it means that the bid amount you enter will be multiplied by 4. So, if you enter a bid amount of $20, this $20 bid will be calculated as $20.00 x 4 which calculates to an $80.00 Bid for the Lot of 4 Chairs.

On the other hand, if this same Lot of 4 Chairs states in the Quantity Description “One Money,” or “Bid X 1,” it means that everything in the lot is being sold for one price. So, if you entered a bid amount of $20, this $20 bid will be calculated as $20 x 1 which calculates to a $20.00 Bid for the Lot of 4 Chairs.