We are pleased to announce the release of PHP Bid 2.0, a major new version of our professional PHP auction software. With PHP Bid you can run your own online auction marketplace, on your own domain, with your own design, your own rules and your own fees.
Version 2.0 is the biggest step forward for PHP Bid. It adds a complete set of AI tools for sellers, buyers and administrators, together with the marketplace features that buyers expect today: Make an Offer, category fields with smart filters, buyer-seller messages, saved searches, bulk CSV import, VAT and several shipping methods, and much more.
What is new in PHP Bid 2.0
AI Listing Assistant: The seller types one line, such as "Rolex Submariner 16610 from 2004, box and papers", and AI writes the title, picks the category and condition, estimates the value and suggests the starting, reserve and Buy Now prices.
AI Description Writer: One click writes an honest, attractive and SEO-friendly lot description, with highlights and a condition section.
AI Auction Search and Ask AI About Any Lot: Buyers search the way they talk, for example "a Rolex under $10,000 ending soon", and AI turns the sentence into the right filters. On every item page buyers can ask questions and get an instant answer based only on the listing, day and night.
AI Listing Moderation, Translation and Page Writer: AI reviews listings for prohibited items, counterfeits and scam signs, translates categories and pages into every language of your site, and writes your About us, Terms and "How it works" pages. You can use Groq, DeepSeek or OpenAI with your own API key and switch every AI feature on or off.
Make an Offer: Buyers propose a price, and sellers accept, decline or send a counter-offer.
Category Fields and Smart Filters: Add your own fields to each category, such as Make, Year and Mileage for cars or Brand and Movement for watches, and let buyers filter by them. This makes it easy to build a specialist marketplace for any niche.
Buyer-Seller Messages, Saved Searches and Recently Viewed: Private conversations about an item, a sale or an offer, and e-mail alerts when a new item matching a saved search is listed.
Bulk CSV Import and Drafts: Sellers upload up to 300 items per file and publish them when they are ready.
VAT and Shipping Methods: Several shipping methods per item, with VAT shown on every invoice.
Report a Listing and Banned Words: Keep counterfeits and prohibited items off your website.
Everything an auction website needs, built in
PHP Bid comes complete with automatic proxy bidding with anti-sniping protection, reserve prices, Buy Now and fixed-price listings, live countdowns, Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer payments with automatic invoices, seller ratings and a clear payment, shipping and tracking workflow for every sale. You earn money from seller commissions, buyer’s premium, listing fees, featured listings and ad zones, and you manage everything from a powerful admin panel with an approval queue, member management, admin permissions, a full CMS with a blog, SEO-friendly URLs, multi-language support and 8 professional, mobile-friendly designs.
PHP Bid is self-hosted and comes with 100% unencrypted PHP 8 and MySQL source code. You pay once, with no monthly software subscription, and our team installs it for you free of charge.
Please click here to explore the PHP Bid 2.0 live demo of the website, the members area and the admin panel, and discover the complete feature list.
Version 2.0 is the biggest step forward for PHP Bid. It adds a complete set of AI tools for sellers, buyers and administrators, together with the marketplace features that buyers expect today: Make an Offer, category fields with smart filters, buyer-seller messages, saved searches, bulk CSV import, VAT and several shipping methods, and much more.
What is new in PHP Bid 2.0
AI Listing Assistant: The seller types one line, such as "Rolex Submariner 16610 from 2004, box and papers", and AI writes the title, picks the category and condition, estimates the value and suggests the starting, reserve and Buy Now prices.
AI Description Writer: One click writes an honest, attractive and SEO-friendly lot description, with highlights and a condition section.
AI Auction Search and Ask AI About Any Lot: Buyers search the way they talk, for example "a Rolex under $10,000 ending soon", and AI turns the sentence into the right filters. On every item page buyers can ask questions and get an instant answer based only on the listing, day and night.
AI Listing Moderation, Translation and Page Writer: AI reviews listings for prohibited items, counterfeits and scam signs, translates categories and pages into every language of your site, and writes your About us, Terms and "How it works" pages. You can use Groq, DeepSeek or OpenAI with your own API key and switch every AI feature on or off.
Make an Offer: Buyers propose a price, and sellers accept, decline or send a counter-offer.
Category Fields and Smart Filters: Add your own fields to each category, such as Make, Year and Mileage for cars or Brand and Movement for watches, and let buyers filter by them. This makes it easy to build a specialist marketplace for any niche.
Buyer-Seller Messages, Saved Searches and Recently Viewed: Private conversations about an item, a sale or an offer, and e-mail alerts when a new item matching a saved search is listed.
Bulk CSV Import and Drafts: Sellers upload up to 300 items per file and publish them when they are ready.
VAT and Shipping Methods: Several shipping methods per item, with VAT shown on every invoice.
Report a Listing and Banned Words: Keep counterfeits and prohibited items off your website.
Everything an auction website needs, built in
PHP Bid comes complete with automatic proxy bidding with anti-sniping protection, reserve prices, Buy Now and fixed-price listings, live countdowns, Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer payments with automatic invoices, seller ratings and a clear payment, shipping and tracking workflow for every sale. You earn money from seller commissions, buyer’s premium, listing fees, featured listings and ad zones, and you manage everything from a powerful admin panel with an approval queue, member management, admin permissions, a full CMS with a blog, SEO-friendly URLs, multi-language support and 8 professional, mobile-friendly designs.
PHP Bid is self-hosted and comes with 100% unencrypted PHP 8 and MySQL source code. You pay once, with no monthly software subscription, and our team installs it for you free of charge.
Please click here to explore the PHP Bid 2.0 live demo of the website, the members area and the admin panel, and discover the complete feature list.