Selling

How do I sell something at an online auction for the first time?

On Hunters: photos, an honest description, a mandatory condition report, a starting price, and you're live — free, no commission, in about five minutes. Auctions end in the evening (7–9pm slots) when bidders are actually home, a low starting price draws the crowd while a reserve quietly protects your floor, and once the first bid lands your listing locks — so get it right before the room arrives.

The listing that sells

Photos from every angle, flaws included — the condition report is mandatory and it's also your armour: disputes are decided against it, so a seller who wrote “scratch on the left panel” can't lose an argument about the scratch. Start the price low enough to hurt a little; early bidders create the contest that finds the real price, and your reserve (optional, confidential) protects the floor.

Choices you make at listing time

Pickup, shipping or both, and whether you take cash at pickup. A winner's deposit (fixed or percentage, due in 24 or 48 hours) if you want the sale locked in. An optional Power Bid price for the buyer in a hurry. And your location privacy: show your suburb or just your general area — distance search works the same either way.

While it runs

Edit anything until the first bid; after that the listing is frozen. Answer questions on the item page — answers are public and often convert a watcher into a bidder. You can remove your reserve any time (everyone's told), and if bidding stalls just under it in the final hours, we'll show you the numbers and offer the one-tap call.

After the hammer

The winner gets 72 hours to sort payment and pickup, with your option of one 24-hour mercy extension. If they vanish, record the no-show — it goes on their account, not yours — and offer the item to your underbidders at their own bids, or relist in one tap. A completed sale moves the item's registry record to its new owner automatically.