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PHP Auction Script · Auction CMS

Auction CMS

A polished PHP platform for timed online auctions — charities, marketplaces, estate sales, art galleries and B2B tenders across Norway and Europe.

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One script — many auction models

Auction CMS is a standalone PHP bidding system with a public catalog, lot pages, real-time countdown and a full admin panel. Start from the live demo and adapt reserve prices, buyer premiums, categories, KYC and payment flows for your market.

Ideal for:

Charity auctions Art & antiques Estate sales Industrial surplus Collectibles Vehicle auctions Charity galas B2B tenders

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Key features

Timed bidding

Countdown timers, anti-sniping extension, reserve price and automatic winner selection when the lot closes.

4 languages

Norwegian, English, Ukrainian and Russian with separate site cookie, hreflang and localized lot metadata.

Proxy bids

Maximum bid amounts with automatic incremental bidding — familiar experience for serious buyers.

Lot catalog

Gallery, condition notes, estimates, categories and filters — ready for SEO-rich lot URLs.

Notifications

Outbid alerts, auction reminders and winner emails — hook into SMTP or Telegram.

Admin panel

Dashboard with charts, category overview, settings, CSV export, lot filters and bid log — demo login included.

Rich lot pages

Tabbed overview with long descriptions, condition notes, estimates, highlights, bid history and related lots.

Fully responsive

Mobile-first UI on phones, tablets and desktop — touch-friendly bidding and admin tables that stack as cards.

Tech stack

  • PHP 8+ without frameworks — deploy on shared hosting or VPS in Norway/EU
  • JSON storage for lots, bids and users (easy migration to MySQL/PostgreSQL)
  • Modular i18n with per-locale language files and cookie-based switching
  • SEO: canonical, hreflang, dynamic sitemap with all lots, robots.txt, Schema.org
  • Amber/navy responsive UI with Font Awesome 6 — no build step required
  • Apache .htaccess for clean URLs and GDPR-friendly cookie consent hooks
auction-cms
  • lots.json14 demo lots
  • settings.jsonconfigurable
  • bids.jsonreal-time
  • i18n/no · en · uk
  • sitemap.phpSEO

Try the demo

Frontend demo

Browse 14 demo lots from Nordic cities — stats, FAQ, how-it-works and rich lot detail pages. Switch languages with NO / EN / UA / RU.

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Admin demo

Log in with demo / biloauction2026 — manage lots, bids and auction settings.

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Need an auction site for your organization?

Auction CMS can be adapted for payments (Vipps, Stripe), KYC, multi-seller marketplaces or white-label deployment across Europe.

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