Guides for platform builders

Everything you need to know to launch a self-hosted auction platform — from choosing a script to going live. Covers hosting, payment gateways, and first-auction checklist.

A practical walkthrough of adding live bidding, sealed auctions, and reverse auctions to an existing WooCommerce store — without rebuilding your site.

A straight cost-and-control comparison of self-hosted auction software vs SaaS — with a 12-month cost breakdown and verdict for different use cases.

Agencies and developers: how to rebrand and deploy a PHP auction script for clients — licensing, customisation steps, pricing, and managing multiple deployments.

Mystery boxes generate 3–5x higher margins than standard e-commerce. How the model works, what makes it profitable, and how to build a platform.

A comprehensive guide covering legal requirements by country, platform setup, payment gateways, and how to acquire your first lottery players.

Platform architecture, seller management, commission structures, and the technical requirements for building a multi-vendor auction marketplace.

The 5 features that separate a production-ready WooCommerce auction plugin from one that breaks under real bidding load — including race-condition protection.

Legal considerations by country, platform setup, payment gateways for raffle businesses, and a 10-item pre-launch checklist.

Step-by-step: API keys, webhook setup, test mode configuration, and going live with Razorpay on a self-hosted PHP auction platform.

Transaction fees, data lock-in, limited customisation — why more auction businesses are switching from SaaS to self-hosted scripts in 2022.

A complete walkthrough — from domain and hosting selection to going live with your first auction. Covers cPanel, databases, payment gateways, and SMTP.

The problem we kept seeing in 2021, why we chose self-hosted over SaaS, and what we learned from the first month of sales across India, UAE, and Brazil.