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Auction house website design starts with the photography, because a lot page lives or dies on how clearly a bidder can see condition, scale and detail before deciding to register.
What it costs
Who it is for
This is for an auction house whose website looks nothing like the quality of what it sells. If your lot photography is better than your homepage, or your site still uses the stock template it launched with, the design work here rebuilds the look around your catalog, your sale calendar and the path from a lot photo to registration.
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Most auction sites are built from a generic small-business template with a stock photo hero and a contact form bolted on. It looks like every other local business site because it is the same template. Design for an auction house starts from the opposite direction: the lot photography is the hero, the catalog grid is the main navigation, and the brand colour shows up once, on the call to register or bid, so it never competes with the photos it is supposed to sell.
02
Estate sales, farm equipment and fine art all photograph differently, so the design has to flex without becoming three different websites. A single accent colour and radius system carries across every catalog whether the current sale is a barn full of tools or a single painting, and a clear type scale makes lot numbers, prices and condition notes scannable at a glance on a phone.
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The single highest-value moment on the whole site is the click from a catalog photo to the bid registration page, so the design treats that path as the main journey, not a footer link. Every lot card, every sale calendar entry and every featured item leads somewhere specific, because a bidder who has to hunt for how to take part usually gives up first.
Deliverables
Colour, type and radius decisions made once and applied consistently across every catalog, sale and page.
The homepage leads with real lot photography rather than a stock image or an illustration.
One reusable catalog layout that works whether a sale has ten lots or two hundred.
Designed for a bidder checking a lot from a phone before or during preview hours.
Every lot and sale page leads toward how to register or bid, not a generic contact page.
Said plainly,
before you
buy
Knowing the limits up front saves a surprise later. We build and run the website; the auction and its decisions stay yours.
Want to see auction house website design built for your sale type?
How the work runs
Timeline and cost
auction house website design is part of every plan, not a separate project fee. What changes between plans is the launch time, the article volume and the AI Engine. The $697 build fee is invoiced only after launch and your approval.
| Plan | Monthly | Live in | Articles a week | AI Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ring | $127 | 7 days | 2 | Not on this plan |
| Block | $267 + AI usage | 10 days | 2 | Included |
| Rostrum | $647 | 15 days | 3 | Included |
What drives the choice: how fast you need to launch, whether after-hours calls and texts need answering, and how much you want published each week. 5 revisions a month on every plan, then $20 each.
Client reviews for this service
My first check was simple: open the auction collection guidance page on a mobile and try to get in touch. Everything a visitor needs is up top, and the inquiry button stands out properly. The days of talking customers through the menu are over.
They pushed us to be precise about auction collection guidance, which felt slow at first and right at the end. The page describes the process faithfully and leaves the judgment calls to a conversation with our team. The awkward 'that's not quite what we meant' conversation has largely disappeared.
Guarantees, with the conditions
Less than with a one-off build. You see the finished site before the build fee is invoiced, and the promises below are written into the terms, with their limits stated right next to them.
The $697 one-time build fee is never charged at signup. It is invoiced only once your site is live and you have confirmed you are satisfied with it.
If you cancel before the build starts, no build fee is charged.
Every page we build and host scores 90+ on Google PageSpeed, mobile and desktop. If one falls below that because of our work, we fix it at no charge.
Does not cover changes made by you or third parties.
Your site starts ranking for local searches in your area within 3 to 5 months of launch. If it has not, we keep doing the search work at no extra charge until it does.
Covers your area and services, not every term. The remedy is the work, not a refund.
Comes with it
The parts of the package that matter most alongside this service, and the plans that carry them.
Pages that open before the bid closes
Custom-coded catalog pages served from the edge, 90+ PageSpeed guaranteed.
Lot catalog pages built to browse fast
A catalog structure with categories, photos and condition notes that scans quickly on a phone.
A sale calendar that stays current
One page listing every upcoming sale, with dates, locations and preview times.
A bid registration page that explains the process plainly
The page that tells a first-time bidder exactly how to register and take part.
The policy and compliance pages, written in
Privacy policy, terms of use, cookie policy with consent that really gates scripts, an accessibility statement and your terms of sale page.
An AI chat widget on every page
A chat window that answers sale, registration and consignment questions on the site, day or night.
No, we design one flexible brand system that works across estate, farm equipment, antique or any sale type you run, so the site feels like one business rather than three unrelated ones.
Yes. We build the site around your existing brand where you have one, and design a simple wordmark or mark if you do not.
You do, since you know the lots and the lighting on sale day. We tell you what sizes and formats the catalog needs and the pages are built to make ordinary phone photography look clean and consistent.
A bought template is generic and gets restyled by hundreds of other buyers. This is a custom-coded design built around your catalog, your sale calendar and your registration process specifically.
Design is included in every plan, from $127 a month, plus a $697 one-time build fee invoiced only after launch. There is no separate design invoice and no hourly rate for the initial build.
The whole site is live in 7 days on Ring, 10 on Block and 15 on Rostrum, counted from the onboarding call. You review the design before it goes live.
Yes. Design changes after launch are revisions. 5 are included every month, each of any size, turned around within 2 to 5 working days.
Yes. Type sizes and contrast are chosen so lot numbers and prices stay readable on a phone screen in bright daylight or a dim preview hall.
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A live walk-through of the site you would get, in about 30 minutes. Plans from $127 a month, the $697 build fee invoiced only after launch, domain and hosting included.
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