*The platform ships with the full PHP
source; a small number of licensing/security files are encoded with ionCube.
All 3 auction formats on every plan
Zero transaction fees — on every plan
8+ languages
Two decades of proven reliability
What zero transaction fees actually means
SaaS platforms take 3–5% of every sale. We take nothing.
On £100,000 in annual auction sales, a 3%
transaction fee costs you £3,000 — every year, on top of your subscription. At 5%, that's £5,000.
PHP Pro Bid charges zero transaction fees on all plans, at any volume. Your GMV is yours
entirely.
SaaS platforms (3–5%)
£3,000 –
£5,000
lost per £100k GMV / year
PHP Pro Bid (all plans)
£0
at any auction volume,
any plan
Feature
License £599
once
Cloud £63/mo annual
VPS £159/mo
annual
Auction formats
Online timed auctions
Auction events (staggered closings)
Marketplace & webstore
Platform & ownership
Source code included
Custom domain
Self-hosted on your server
Zero transaction fees
8+ languages
Setup & management
Live in minutes
Managed hosting (we handle servers)
Automatic updates
Major version upgrades (e.g. v10 → v11)
Discounted upgrade
Included
Included
Priority support
Dedicated server (your data only)
Your choice
*Full PHP source is
included; a
small number of licensing/security files are encoded with ionCube.
Common questions
Before you decide
Cloud is our SaaS offering — you're up and running in minutes on a shared, managed
infrastructure under a PHP Pro Bid subdomain. It's the fastest, lowest-friction way to start. VPS
gives you your own managed VPS, your own custom domain, and full source code (a few files
ionCube-encoded). It's for businesses that need their own branded domain, complete data isolation,
and the option to customize the code. Cloud costs less; VPS gives you more control.
If you already have web hosting, are comfortable with PHP installation, and want to
own the software outright with zero ongoing payments to us, the License is the right choice. You pay
£599 once, install it on your own server, and it's yours permanently. Choose Cloud instead if you'd
rather skip server management entirely: we handle hosting, updates, and setup, and you're live in
minutes. One thing to weigh: your License covers version 10 and all v10.x minor updates. When a new
major version ships (v11, v12…), it's a separate paid upgrade — existing v10 licensees get a
discount, as do owners of v8 and v9 licenses. You keep running v10 indefinitely; upgrading is
optional.
Yes. Many customers start on Cloud to get running immediately, then migrate to VPS
when they want their own domain and their own managed VPS. We handle the migration. Your data,
buyers, and auction history move with you.
Never. On every plan (License, Cloud, and VPS), PHP Pro Bid takes zero percentage of
your sales and charges no transaction fees. Every buyer's premium, listing fee, and final value fee
you collect is entirely yours. Your payment processor (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) will charge their own
processing fee, but that has nothing to do with us.
Your platform remains active until the end of your billing period. We'll provide
a full data export of your buyers, listings, and bid history before closing. If you want to
continue with a License or VPS plan instead of cancelling, we'll migrate your data as part of
the transition.
Yes, it's well suited. The Auction Events format (staggered lot closings,
per-buyer auto-invoicing) maps directly onto gala and fundraising auction workflows. Cloud at
£63/month billed annually works out to less than £5.30 per event if you run one event per month,
with no per-event fees and unlimited lots.
Every plan (License, Cloud, and VPS) includes all three auction formats (timed
auctions, auction events, marketplace and webstore), zero transaction fees to PHP Pro Bid, 8+
languages, proxy bidding, bid sniping protection, buyer invoicing, and the full
admin panel. There is no stripped-down entry tier.
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