Features

The BEST-SELLING penny auction software on the market. Since 2008, phpPennyAuction has been helping clients set up their own penny auction website, just like Bid Ray, MadBid & all of these.

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, choose number of Seats to sell, and much more.

TEN Auction Types Regular Penny Auctions, Reverse, Peak, Fixed, NailBiter, Ticker, Premium Increments, Beginner, Free Auctions, Bid Pack Auctions as standard.

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FREE Support IncludedWe offer free 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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Free Upgrades ForeverWe offer free upgrades to the latest versions of the software for life – for ALL packages.

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Drag & Drop PluginsSeat Auctions, Unique Lowest Bid, Additional payment gateways such as NBePay and MoneyBookers for a small one-off fee.

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Supports Multiple LanguagesChoose from a selection of languages or add your own by editing simple text files, making your website accessible by anyone.
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Supports Multiple CurrenciesCurrencies 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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Open Source For CustomizationAdd a custom payment gateway in minutes to work in your country. Previous additions include PagSeguro, iPay88 and many more.
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Native English SupportAll of our products come with native English support as standard. This means real people who speak English in mother-tongue, who can communicate with you clearly & concisely.
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Buy It Now AuctionsBuy It Now Auctions allow users to purchase an item at the click of a button. Whenever you list a product you can determine the Buy It Now price.

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Search Engine (SEO) FriendlyThe 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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Statistics ModuleLearn about Marketing and understand your users’ activity through the built-in statistics software. Fully open-source and ready to use.
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Easy Template EngineThe script uses a Smarty-style system to enable you to choose from a number of templates, or customize them to suit your needs – just the way you want it.
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Address Book ImporterAttract more bidders by offering users free bids when they invite their friends to sign up. The address Book Importer makes this effortless.
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Newsletter ModuleKeep your bidders bidding by supplying them with up-to-date information on products and services you’re offering by sending them Newsletters.
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Coupons ModuleAttract new users by word of mouth and recommendation with this marketing tool by allowing bidders to use coupon codes.
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Buy It Now ModuleBidders 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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Automatically Relist ItemsAllows an item to be automatically relisted with the same properties, enabling you to run your website more efficiently to save both time and money.
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Export Financial HistoryNeed accounting help? Download and export to Excel in a number of formats for offline viewing when processing your accounts.
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Interoperable DesignCompatible with the most widely used web browsers, you can reach out to millions – wherever they are.
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Software InstallerUse the Automated Installer to install the script for you, right onto your web server.
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Includes 8 Payment GatewaysFully integrated and ready to configure, so that you can start taking payments on your website immediately.
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Google Analytics IntegrationThis powerful analytics tool can be integrated to the phpPennyAuction script in seconds.
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Main Features

The following features are included in ALL packages that we sell as standard – there are no additional fees for these options.

Bidding in the Penny Auction format. Paying per bid and the price increases by a set (or variable) amount.
Other auction formats including Reverse Auctions, Beginner Auctions, Ticker Auctions, and many more.
Redesigned! CMS allowing you to add your own content. Add pages, newsletters, auctions easily and in seconds.
Full Members Area. Your members login, update their account, purchase more bids and pay for their won auctions.
8 Payment gateways as stsnadrd (many more available), set up and ready. PayPal, iDEAL, Authorize.net, Google Checkout and more.
Award your users with free bids, coupons, bid packages, affiliations and more.
Let your users receive free bids for registering, winning their first auction and for buying bid packages for the first time.
Dynamic languages/currencies/time zones. Truly multi-national in every sense.
Allow your visitors to use Buy It Now if they truly cannot wait. The auction continues – double the revenue instantly.

Powerful CMS

Use the Content Management System (CMS) to adminster your website, right in your web browser. No need to edit any code or script.

Add, edit, delete and clone auctions in seconds.
Full product inventory and “short codes”.
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, and block abusive users permanently by IP.
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 for all your users.
Fully optimized for Search Engines (SEO) to boost your website rankings, out of the box.
Tweet this! Full social network compliance & integration as standard.

Payment Gateways

8 Payment Gateways integrated as standard & ready to go.
SMS Payment (Premium/Professional packages only).
Other payment systems (NBePay, USA Epay etc.) can be included for an 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.
Test/Autobid feature. Test your website prior to launch.
Free support & development, 24 hours a day.

Feature not on the list?

We’re Here to Help! If a specific feature you need isn’t listed above then there’s still a good chance it’s already available in the phpPennyAuction software. Simply contact Sales here and we will be very happy to assist you. If we don’t have your feature or plug-in, then, in 99% of cases, phpPennyAuction developers 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

“The best penny auction script on the market. No question.”

Pierre Marcel, Quebec, CA

“Super impressive. After some niggling set up issues, support helped me get my website up within a couple hours.”

Mathew Stern, Shropshire, UK

“Custom development was a breeze. Happy I chose you.”

Matt Drage, Bid4Cents

“[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 phpPennyAuction 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. WYSIWYG

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 Customize every aspect of your website, from the Admin panel to adding SMS bidding (extra fees may apply). Only the license files are encrypted!

WYSIWYG

Qualified support staff Combined 45+ years of experience. We leave our competitors in the dark with conistently high levels of talent & reliability.

Automated Installer New! Use the Automated Installer to install the script for you, right onto your web server. A fully-functioning penny auction website in 2 minutes!

phpPenny Auction does not condone, endorse or encourage the use of bot bidding or “shill bidding” on live sites. The autobid facilities provided herein are for use during the initial testing stage only. Please review the Disclaimer if in any doubt.