To participate in an auction, you need to be logged into your account and have an auction nickname. If you already have an account but don’t yet have a nickname, one will be randomly generated for you. If you already had a username in the past, this will also be automatically updated to an auto-generated one.

Auction nickname
Your auction nickname will be shown when you bid on an auction. The auction nickname is publicly shown in the bid history. By clicking the link below the "bid now" button you can find the history including the number of bids.

How to bid on an auction
You'll start bidding as low as you want, and when you’re outbid, we automatically bid on your behalf up to the maximum bid you have entered. Read more about our automatic bidding system in the next chapter below.

Your bid is increased by increments only as much as necessary to maintain your highest bidder position. Every time a bid is placed in the last few minutes of the auction, an extra minute is added to the auction timer.

Automatic bidding
Our automatic bidding system makes bidding convenient. When you participate in an auction, you’re asked to give your maximum bid. It’s important that your maximum bid is the highest amount that you’ll be comfortable paying. The other bidders won’t know your maximum bid. Your maximum bid is kept confidential until it is exceeded by another bidder.

We’ll place bids on your behalf using the automatic bid increment amount, which is based on the current highest bid. We'll bid only as much as necessary to make sure that you remain the highest bidder, or to meet the reserve price, up to your maximum amount.

Auction rules
- Only new (unused) items;
- No extra auction fee;
- Auctions starting from €1.
- If your order is above 70€, delivery is free. For orders under 70€ there is a small shipping fee of 2,99€.

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