Account and verification
Yes. You register with your name, email address and a password, then add your address and phone number. You confirm your email address via a link and your phone number via an SMS code. After that, we manually review your account before you can start bidding.
This way sellers know they are dealing with a real buyer. After winning a lot, the buyer and seller receive each other’s contact details to arrange payment and transfer.
You must be 18 years or older to create an account, bid or sell.
Bidding
You enter the maximum amount you are willing to pay for a lot. The platform will then automatically bid for you, always with the minimum increment, until your maximum is reached. Other bidders never see your maximum. If you are outbid, you will be notified immediately.
The starting bid is € 60 by default, unless stated otherwise for the lot. The bid increments are fixed: small steps at low amounts and larger steps as the bid increases. Before you place a bid, you always see the minimum amount you must bid.
No. Every bid placed is binding and cannot be retracted. If you clearly made a mistake, report it immediately via the contact page. We will then decide whether the bid will be removed.
If a bid is placed on a lot in the last 5 minutes, the closing time for that lot is extended by 5 minutes. This repeats with every new bid during the extended time, so everyone has a fair chance to respond.
A bidding limit is the total amount you are allowed to have open at the same time in ongoing auctions. For new accounts this is € 5.000. You can see your limit in My account and request a higher limit there. As soon as an auction has ended, it no longer counts towards your limit.
On the lot page, each bid is shown with a bidding name instead of your real name. You can request your own bidding name in My account.
Won and payment
The highest bid at closing wins. You will be notified immediately by email and in your account under My bids.
You pay the purchase price directly to the seller within 7 days after the auction closes, unless you agree otherwise together. After closing, you and the seller will receive each other’s contact details. FlitsVeiling does not receive or manage any payments between buyer and seller.
No. Bidding is free and as a buyer you only pay the purchase price to the seller. The commission is charged to the seller.
You and the seller agree together how and when the pigeon will be collected or shipped. The seller ensures that you receive all documents, such as the pedigree and any certificates, and cooperates in transferring the ring into your name.
Selling
Create an account and request a seller account via “Sell yourself?”. After approval you can register pigeons from your ProPigeon administration or manually, with photo, pedigree and description.
For each sold lot you pay 20% commission on the hammer price, excluding VAT. Immediately after the auction closes you will receive an invoice for this. Registering pigeons is free.
As long as the auction has not yet started, you can delete a registered pigeon yourself in the seller portal. Once there is a bid on a lot, this is no longer possible.
You upload a photo of the pigeon and, if you wish, a separate photo of the eye. The platform automatically creates a uniform lot photo from this with ring number and details.
Report this via the platform within 30 days after closing. We will contact the buyer and assess the report. If the lot is considered unpaid, the commission for that lot will be settled with the invoice for your next auction.
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