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Bidpath
California, United States
What it is
Bidpath provides customizable auction management and online bidding software for auctioneers, retailers, and manufacturers. It supports live, timed, and hybrid auctions, along with eCommerce functionality. Back-office tools cover client and inventory management, sale-day and post-sale work, finance, compliance, and business reports. SAM live webcast auctions include audio and video, customizable bidder screens, chat, absentee bids, invoicing, and reporting. Timed auctions offer options such as hard or soft closes, extensions, staggered closing, automated bidder emails, outbid notifications, and Buy Now sales. The platform has responsive mobile access and iOS and Android apps, as well as an API suite and data feeds for connections with other providers. Payment gateway integrations include Authorize.net, Paytrace, and NMI; SagePay 3D Secure verification is listed for UK and EU markets. Bidpath supports multiple languages, currencies, and time zones, and tax handling for auction portals. Founded in 1999, it is headquartered in California. Pricing is available on request.
For and against
For
- Supports live, timed, and hybrid auctions.
- Back-office tools cover finance and compliance.
- Offers iOS and Android apps.
- Includes API suite and data feeds.
- Supports multiple languages, currencies, and time zones.
Against
- Pricing is available on request.
- Software price is not displayed on the site.
The verdict
Bidpath combines auction operations tools with bidder-facing live and timed formats. Its mobile apps, integrations, and international features may suit organizations running varied auction programs.
Who it suits
Bidpath suits auctioneers and businesses that need to manage live, timed, or hybrid sales. Its stated audiences include commercial, industrial, and fine-art auctioneers, as well as businesses in sectors such as aerospace, mining, and automotive.
On the record
- Auction formats
- SAM supports live webcast, timed online and live hybrid auctions, including shared portals for multiple auction companies.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Auction management
- Its back-office toolkit includes client and inventory management, sale-day and post-sale functions, finance tools, compliance modules and business reports.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Bidpath names commercial, industrial and fine-art auctioneers, as well as businesses in insolvency, aerospace, electronics, consumer returns, mining and automotive.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Back office
- The back office includes client and inventory management, sale-day and post-sale functions, finance features, compliance modules and business reports.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Bidder features
- SAM timed auctions include absentee bids, event grouping, buy-now pricing, hard or soft closes, staggered closing, automated emails and outbid notifications.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Cataloging integration
- AIM supports mobile cataloging online or offline, uses PiQ to suggest lot descriptions from up to 12 photos, and can export to bidding platforms including Bidpath SAM.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Bidpath describes an API suite and data feeds for interfacing with other providers; Go can offer live bidding through a customer’s website via API.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Bidpath describes an API suite and data feeds for connecting its technology with other providers.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- International features
- The platform supports multiple languages, currencies and time zones, and lists VAT, GST and sales tax handling for auction portals.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Languages and currencies
- SAM lists multilingual and multi-currency capabilities, and Bidpath says it can support as many languages as needed for translated lot descriptions.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Live bidding
- SAM live webcast auctions offer low-latency audio and video, customizable bidder screens, chat, absentee bids, invoicing and reporting.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Bidpath says its platform is responsive to phones, tablets and mobile devices, and that iOS and Android apps are available.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Payment processing
- Bidpath lists payment gateway integrations including Authorize.net, Paytrace and NMI, and 3D Secure bidder verification through SagePay for UK and EU markets.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Payments
- Bidpath says it supports payment gateway integrations including Authorize.net, Paytrace and NMI, and offers 3D Secure bidder verification through SagePay for UK and EU markets.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing availability
- The official site directs prospects to schedule a demo and does not display a standard software price on the pages reviewed.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Bidpath's data protection notice says it collects personal, financial, technical, profile and usage data and identifies Bidpath Inc. as the controller for that notice.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Bidpath provides customizable auction management tools and an online bidding platform for live, timed and hybrid auctions, with eCommerce functionality.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Bidpath provides customizable auction management and online bidding software for auctioneers, retailers and manufacturers.bidpath.com · read 8 Oct 2026
