The phpPennyAuction script is powerful, scalable & fully-featured software that allows you to create the ultimate profitable online penny auction website, just like Bid Ray, MadBid & more. Manage your entire online auction operation through it: create new auctions within seconds, set up auto bidders so your testing products sell for the price you want, add new pages using the built-in CMS (“Content Management System”), vary auction types and payments, and much more.
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- Search Engine (SEO) Friendly »The product title and the auction ID appear in the page URL, allowing your products to be easily discovered by potential bidders who are using Search Engines.
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- Easily Convert To Any Language »Dynamically change your entire site’s language by editing simple text files, making your website accessible by anyone.
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- Multi-Currency Support »Currencies can be added in seconds and an unlimited number of currencies can be run at any one time, making it easier for bidders all over the world to pay for their purchases.
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- Buy It Now Module »Bidders can use their existing bids to purchase any product at the price you set without having to wait for the auction to end, meaning extra revenue for you.
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- Switch/Design Templates »The script uses a Smarty-style system to enable you to choose from a number of templates and customize them to suit your needs – just the way you want it.
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- Address Book Importer »Attract more bidders by offering users free bids when they invite their friends to sign up. The address Book Importer makes this effortless and is compatible with Hotmail and Gmail.
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- Newsletter Application »Keep your bidders bidding by supplying them with up-to-date information on products and services you’re offering by sending them Newsletters – a function included within the script.
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- Native English Support »All of our products come with native English support as standard. This means real people who speak English in mother-tongue and who can communicate with you clearly.
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- Free, Unlimited Support »We offer free and unlimited support with all of our products. Our LiveChat facility enables you to contact us at your convenience for queries of any nature.
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- Coupons Module »Attract new users by word of mouth and recommendation with this marketing tool by allowing bidders to use coupon codes for discounts on your products.
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- Auto-Relist »This intelligent feature allows an item to be automatically re-listed with the same properties, enabling you to run your website more efficiently to save both time and money.
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- Google Analytics Integrated »Learn about Marketing and understand your users’ activity through the built-in statistics software. Fully open-source and ready to use to enable maximum productivity.
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- Custom Payment Gateway »Add a custom payment gateway in minutes to work in your country. Previous additions include SEGpay, iPay88 and many more. Full support with integration given or we can add it for you (fees may apply).
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- Export Financial History »Need accounting help? Download and export to Excel in a number of formats for offline viewing when processing your accounts.
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- Member Interaction »Integrated forum software allows your members to sign in using the same credentials and chat in real time. Create a sense of community instantly.
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- Multiple Auction Types »Includes peak auctions, Madbid-style auctions, free auctions, charity auctions, nailbiter auctions, multiple bid increments and more.
Penny Auction Features
- User registration and account verification (Captcha).
- Buying bids in bulk through packages.
- Bidding in the Penny Auction-style format. Paying per bid and the price increasing by a set amount.
- The time increasing by x number of seconds (you can change this time in the CMS) every time a bid is placed.
- Add pages using the inbuilt CMS which you can edit. Add your own pages at free will.
- The ability for members to login, update their account, purchase more bids and pay for their won auctions.
- Paypal as the payment gateway by default, as well as 7 others – iDEAL, Authorize.net, Google Checkout and more.
- Free / charity auctions and rookie auctions are also available.
- Ability to give users free bids.
- Let your users receive free bids for registering, winning their first auction and for buying bid packages for the first time.
- Add, edit and delete articles for the latest news page.
Powerful built-in CMS
- Add, edit, delete and clone auctions.
- Full product inventory
- WYSIWYG Editor – no ugly code!
- View the winning bidder and update the status of the auction – e.g. pending, running, ended and completed.
- View, edit, add, delete and suspend users.
- View users bidding history, purchased bid packages, add free bids to the user and refund bids for the user.
- Manage the entire website content anywhere in the world with an internet connection!
- View referrals/coupons/affiliates from users.
- SEO options to boost search engine rankings
- Update the latest news articles and add new articles.
Payment system
- 8 Payment systems (included)
- SMS Payment (Professional package only)
- Other payment systems (SecurePay, Neteller etc.) can be included for additional fee.
Advanced Features
- Powerful Bid Buddy (automated bidding system) – the ability for users to ‘book their bids’ in advance.
- Refer a friend section. Members get free bids by referring a friend.
- Newsletter system
Feature not on the list?
We’re Here to Help If a specific feature you need isn’t listed above there’s a great chance it’s already available in the phpPenny Auction Script! Simply contact us and we’ll be happy to assist you. If we don’t have the feature then, in 99% of cases, we will create it for you! Unsure if your server is supported? Click here for a complete list of server requirements.
“The phpPenny Auction script delivers the power of a much larger CMS management system for a unbelievably small price.”
Terry Wong, Burbank, CA
“If you’re looking for a one-cent auction script that needs no manual coding… This is the one.”
David Ferndale, Tampa, FL
“Super impressive. After some niggling set up issues, support helped me get my website up within a couple hours.”
Mathew Stern, Shropshire, UK
“[The phpPenny Auction script] might be the fastest way to get a money-making penny auction system up and running on your website.”
Jennifer Van Juis, Lockdown
Stop searching for an expensive and unreliable freelancer to build you that script from the ground up, and use the phpPenny Auction Script instead. We promise you’ll be impressed.
Key Benefits
Simple installation Takes ten minutes to install and set up. A working website in minutes!
Full WYSIWYG Editor
Use the built-in WYSIWYG editor to make changes to your auctions/pages. No coding experience needed! Format text, upload and insert images, add links and more. 
Unlimited auctions, bids and more
The phpPenny Auction script allows you to customize any aspect of your auction brand. Take on Madbid, BidCactus, BidBoogie and more in style but with a budget that doesn’t break the bank!
Automated testing/bidding bots
phpPenny Auction takes away the need for signing into multiple accounts before your site is live. Use the newly revamped testbots and sit back as they do all the testing for you. Let them bid up to the price you want.
Automated start/clone/end auction system
With our simple click-and-save system, there’s no need to spend hours attending to the site. Everything can be automated, saving you time and money. Clone an auction in a second.
99% Open Source Code
Buy the Professional package and customize every aspect of your website, from the Admin panel to adding SMS bidding (extra fees may apply).
Qualified support staff
Combined 25+ years of experience. We leave our competitors in the dark with conistently high levels of talent & reliability.
