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One in three sales fails to complete. Your pipeline is haemorrhaging. Bid. gives you two secure methods of sale that change that number permanently.

Bid. partners with local estate agents across the UK to offer modern auction and secure sale alongside traditional private treaty. When a vendor needs speed, security, or both, you have the right answer ready - without referring them elsewhere. 98% of Bid. properties complete successfully. The UK average is 67%.

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98% completion
Of Bid. properties complete successfully
56d
56-day completion
Modern auction fixed timescale
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Top 3 in UK
Auction providers 2025
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Zero legal pack cost
To the seller - created upfront

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The fall-through problem

Every 1-in-3 sale that collapses costs your agency time, money, and credibility. And private treaty alone cannot fix it.

The average UK property sale takes over six months from listing to completion. One in three never gets there. Vendors lose thousands. Buyers lose their dream home. And your agency loses the fee - plus the trust you spent months building. The problem is not your team. The problem is that private treaty, used on every property regardless of circumstances, leaves both parties with no real commitment until exchange.

"The buyer pulled out four months in. We're back to square one."

Without financial commitment secured early, buyers can walk at any point - for any reason. A survey scare, a mortgage re-offer, a change of heart. Private treaty gives buyers the exit and leaves your vendor restarting from nothing.

"We lost the instruction because we couldn't offer anything different."

Vendors who have been burned before are asking specific questions about fall-through protection before they instruct. If you can only offer traditional private treaty, you are leaving those instructions for an agent who can offer more.

"Our vendor needs to sell in 56 days. We don't know how to do that reliably."

Probate sales, chain-breaking moves, relocations, and financial pressure all create vendors who need a fixed timescale - not a hopeful estimate. Without modern auction in your toolkit, you are sending those vendors to a specialist rather than keeping them with your agency.

"We referred an auction sale out and never saw the client again."

Referring a vendor to an auction house hands over the relationship and the fee. A Bid. partnership means you remain the agent of record, provide the marketing strategy, and protect the instruction - with Bid. handling the secure method behind the scenes.

How Bid. works for your agency

Six capabilities that give your agency a complete answer for every vendor situation.

Bid. works as a partner to your agency, not a competitor. You remain the agent. You keep the relationship. Bid. provides the method of sale, the legal pack, the platform, and the support - so you can offer more without building anything yourself.

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Modern auction

Drive competitive bidding and maximise sale price with a fixed 56-day completion timeline. Legal commitment from both buyer and seller at fall of hammer. Full marketing strategy delivered by your agency alongside Bid.'s auction platform - you keep the instruction, the relationship, and the fee.

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Bid. Secure Sale

Pre-agreed timescale - typically 90 days - with full commitment locked in from both parties from the start. Legal pack created upfront at no cost to the seller. A 98% completion rate versus the UK average of 67%. For vendors who need certainty without the speed pressure of auction.

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Upfront legal pack creation

Bid. arranges and funds the legal pack at the point of instruction - not at the point of sale. Searches, title information, and conveyancing documents are ready before marketing begins, so committed buyers can proceed immediately and completion timescales are real rather than aspirational.

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Full agent partnership model

You remain the estate agent of record. Bid. is the platform and method of sale behind the scenes. Your agency delivers the viewing process, marketing strategy, and vendor relationship exactly as it does on a private treaty listing - you just now have a tool that commits the buyer at the right moment.

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Buyer qualification and commitment

Buyers register on the Bid. platform, providing proof of ID and proof of funds before they can bid or submit a secure offer. This qualification layer removes unqualified interest from the process early, means viewings are attended by serious buyers only, and dramatically reduces the chance of a sale collapsing after acceptance.

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Guided support from handshake to handover

The Bid. team provides full support throughout the transaction for both your agency and the vendor - from listing setup through to legal completion. Expert consultants are available to help you position secure methods of sale to vendors, handle objections, and identify which properties and vendor situations are best suited to each method.

Your agency's journey with Bid.

From first conversation with a hesitant vendor to a legally committed sale - five steps.

Adding Bid. to your agency is not a platform migration or a workflow overhaul. It is a new capability you can reach for on the right listing - with no overhead until you use it.

1

Book your free agency consultation

A 15-minute call with the Bid. team to understand your area, your typical vendor profile, and which method of sale - modern auction or secure sale - is most applicable to the listings you already have. No commitment, no cost to your agency.

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Partner your agency with Bid.

Bid. sets up the partnership, gives your team the training and collateral to talk confidently about secure methods of sale, and integrates with your existing marketing and listing approach. You stay in control of every vendor relationship.

3

Identify the right listings

Not every listing needs a secure method of sale - but every agency has properties where it is the right answer. Bid. helps you identify them: the vendor under time pressure, the property that has already failed on private treaty, the landlord who needs certainty to plan their next move.

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List, market, and qualify

Your agency handles marketing and viewings as normal. Bid. prepares the legal pack, runs the platform, and qualifies interested buyers before they can bid or submit a secure offer. You maintain the vendor relationship throughout - with Bid. providing the commitment mechanism.

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Complete at 98%

Legal commitment from the buyer is secured at the point of acceptance - not at exchange weeks later. Bid.'s 98% completion rate versus the 67% UK average means fewer collapses, fewer restarts, and more fees paid. Your pipeline becomes more predictable and your vendor satisfaction scores improve.

The Kerfuffle member offer

Kerfuffle members get a direct partnership conversation with Bid. - with your Kerfuffle account manager in the room.

Bid. is a Kerfuffle partner with 57 verified agent reviews and a 5.0 rating. Members of Kerfuffle do not go through the standard partnership queue. You get a prioritised conversation with the Bid. team - scoped to your specific area, your existing listing profile, and the vendors you already have in play.

What Kerfuffle members get

  • Prioritised partnership consultation - scoped to your agency
  • Named Kerfuffle account manager throughout
  • Training collateral and vendor conversation scripts included
  • Member-only commercial terms reviewed by your Kerfuffle AM
  • First access to new Bid. tools and regional expansion areas
Kerfuffle member route

Standard partnership route

Standard onboarding queue

Your terms, your area, reviewed before you sign

Bespoke deal
Scoped to your agency size and geography

Partnership structure and commercial terms are agreed per agency. Book a consultation and the Bid. team will scope it live - with your Kerfuffle AM in the room.

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Free consultation - open to all Kerfuffle members

See how Bid.'s secure methods of sale would work in your area and with your current listing profile.

A 15-minute session with the Bid. team covering modern auction, secure sale, how to identify the right listings, how to talk to vendors, and how the partnership model works commercially for your agency.

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Modern auction and secure sale for UK estate agents - a practical session on protecting your pipeline

How to identify vendors who need more than private treaty, how to present the method of sale conversation confidently, and how Bid.'s 98% completion rate changes the economics of pipeline management for your agency.

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Frequently asked questions

What estate agents ask before partnering with Bid.

Does Bid. compete with my agency, or work alongside it?
Bid. works entirely alongside your agency. You remain the estate agent of record on every property. Bid. provides the method of sale, the legal pack, the platform, and the process - you provide the vendor relationship, the marketing, and the viewings. Fees flow to your agency in the same way as a private treaty sale. Bid. does not have its own agency network or take instructions directly from vendors without an estate agent partner.
Which properties are right for modern auction versus secure sale?
Modern auction suits properties where competition is likely - it drives competitive bidding and gives buyers a 56-day fixed timescale that creates urgency. Secure sale suits vendors who want commitment and a pre-agreed timescale without the pressure of a live auction. It is particularly suited to vendors who have already experienced a fall-through on private treaty, and to sales where the vendor needs a fixed moving date. The Bid. team will help you identify which method suits which listing during your consultation.
How does the 98% completion rate compare to what we see now?
The UK average property sale completion rate on private treaty is approximately 67% - meaning one in three sales agreed never completes. Bid.'s secure methods of sale achieve a 98% completion rate because both buyer and seller make a legal and financial commitment at the point of agreement, not weeks later at exchange. The upfront legal pack and buyer qualification process remove the two most common causes of collapse: survey-triggered renegotiation and unqualified buyers who could not actually proceed.
What does the legal pack cost the seller?
Nothing. Bid. creates the legal pack upfront at no cost to the seller. This includes searches, title information, and the conveyancing documents a buyer's solicitor needs to proceed quickly. Removing the upfront legal cost and delay from the vendor's experience is one of the key reasons Bid.'s methods attract vendors who would otherwise default to private treaty and hope for the best.
Can buyers view the property before bidding or submitting a secure offer?
Yes - viewings work exactly as they do on a private treaty listing. Buyers can view the property before committing to any offer or bid. The difference is that before they can formally bid or submit a secure offer on the Bid. platform, they must complete the buyer qualification process - providing proof of ID and proof of funds. This means the buyers attending viewings are genuine and financially capable of proceeding.
How do we access the Kerfuffle member deal?
Book a consultation through the button on this page and let the Bid. team know you came via Kerfuffle or Compare The PropTech. Your Kerfuffle account manager will be looped in to review the commercial terms before anything is signed. If you are not yet a Kerfuffle member, visit comparetheproptech.com/become-a-partner to find out more.
About Bid.

Built to fix the part of property sales that private treaty alone cannot fix.

Bid. exists because one in three property sales in the UK fails - not because of bad agents, but because private treaty gives both parties the right to walk away without consequence until exchange. Bid. was built to give estate agents two additional methods of sale that change that dynamic: modern auction and secure sale. Both create legal commitment earlier. Both protect your vendor. Both protect your pipeline.

98%
Completion success rate on Bid. properties
56d
Fixed timescale for modern auction completion
Top 3
UK auction provider ranking 2025
100s
Of UK estate agent partners across the country
Pays You Back

Bid. is part of the PropTech That Pays Back programme.

PropTech That Pays Back is a Kerfuffle initiative that rewards estate agents with kredits when they actually use the tools they invest in - not just when they sign the contract. See Bid.'s pay-back terms, see what other agents are saying, and start earning back on your partnership.

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Every sale that collapses costs you more than the fee. It costs you the vendor's trust.

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