Picture this

Who it is for

A church fundraiser in Enugu auctions a hand carved chair. Fifty people bid from their phones, the auctioneer sees each one land, and the winner pays on the spot.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$159

$40 deposit to reserve

Auction room page, bid contract, auctioneer console, winner checkout.

You choose: accent color
You choose: lot count

Customfrom $1,200

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Onchain auctions exist (NFT auctions). Live room style auctions for physical items with second by second bids were not found.

Closest things out there

Zora auctions; Givebutter auctions off chain.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

The thrill of the room, with honest records.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

accelerator · Monad Foundation · upcoming

Monad builder programs (Monad Madness, Mach)

unknown

Official page ↗

Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Auction Room app: a live room for local auctions where bidders in the hall or abroad bid from their phones and every bid lands onchain in about a second, with a paywall, host console and room assistant built in.

Base price · $159

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: bid from anywhere, every bid lands, no more who was first.

Next action and room statusHome

What is live, what you won, money raised and bidders in the room.

Lot programme and watchlistLots

Every lot with estimate and status; watching a lot is gated behind Paddle Plus.

Live bidding with hall screenLive

Projector screen, soft close clock, bid button and a block numbered bid list.

Three room scenariosLive

A bidding war with soft close, a same price tie settled by block, a winner who walks away.

Paddle and max bidPaddle

Your paddle and bids; max bid and cross room history gated behind Paddle Plus.

Receipts and paymentReceipts

Winning bid with block and tx, pay by transfer, what is onchain and what stays private.

Plans and settingsMe

Pricing from the owner paywall, USDC checkout, reminders, permissions and vision.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

MRR, host plans, host fee, incoming USDC, accepted methods, live tier and gate editing.

Host room consoleRoom

Hall screen, settle ties by block order, offer to the runner up, lots sold today.

Room rulesRules

Soft close, bid step, reserve, confirm taps, pay window, host fee, public record book.

Assistant log and roadmapAgent

What the room assistant got wrong and how it adapted, costs, plus the priced Roadmap screen.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Reminder weeks and new roomsGrowth

Run a diaspora reminder week, track remote bidders and rooms that ask to host.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Bidding is free. Bidders abroad pay for Paddle Plus, groups pay a monthly host plan, and the owner can take a small host fee on lots sold. The app never holds lot money.

BidderFreeBid live from the hall or anywhere, outbid alerts, receipts

Paddle Plus$3 a monthMax bid that bids for you, lot watchlist, bid history from every room

Room Host$29 a month per groupRun unlimited auction days, public record book, payment chasing

Optional host fee of 0 to 5% on lots sold, charged to the room. Bid gas on Monad is a fraction of a cent and can be sponsored.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Family abroad who bid once get reminders for the next auction
Every receipt and share card carries the room link
The public record book shows other groups it works
Diaspora reminder weeks before each auction day
Share card after a win

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full auction room

Live bidding from hall or abroad
Hall screen with soft close
Block order ties and runner up offers
Receipts and public record book
Paywall, host console, room assistant

Included

Payments and silent auctions

Naira card and transfer checkout
Week long silent auctions
Lot photos and condition notes
WhatsApp outbid alerts

Add-on from $350

Auction network

One app for many parishes and schools
Diaspora calendar of upcoming rooms
Shared bidder reputation
Charity receipts for donors

Add-on from $900

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

A live room for local auctions where every bid lands onchain in under a second.

Problem: Church, school and community auctions raise real money but end in arguments about who bid first, winners who walk away, and relatives abroad who cannot take part.

Solution: Bidders tap from their phones; each bid is recorded on Monad and appears on the hall screen in about a second. Ties settle by block order, soft close protects last second bids, and the record is public by paddle number.

Why now: Monad's fast blocks and sponsored transactions make per bid records instant and nearly free, and families abroad already join events by phone.

Market: Parishes, schools, old students' associations and community groups that run fundraising auctions, and their diaspora members.

The ask: Pilot partners: three parishes and one old students' association, plus Monad ecosystem programs.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: Adaeze in Houston opens Ngozi's link to the St. Jude's harvest auction.
Lots: eight lots for the roof fund, Lot 7 is the iroko chair.
Live: run the bidding war; soft close answers Chief Okafor's last second bid.
Receipts: the winning bid's block number, then pay by transfer.
Owner Room: settle a tie by block order and offer a walked away lot to the runner up.
Owner Revenue: change the Paddle Plus price and preview the Plans sheet.
Owner Growth: run a diaspora reminder week.
Owner Roadmap: request payments and silent auctions.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,200: your own lot types and branding, a naira payment partner, a projector layout for your hall, or a multi room deployment. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,200

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Churches, schools and community groups raise money with live auctions, but the room runs on raised hands and memory. Disputes over who bid first, unpaid winning bids and family abroad who cannot take part leave money on the table and bad feeling behind.

What exists and what is new

Onchain auctions exist, mostly for NFTs (Zora auctions and similar), and charity auction software exists off chain (Givebutter auctions and others). Research did not find a live, room style auction for physical items where every bid from phones in the hall and online lands onchain second by second with a public order. Research verdict: medium novelty; auctions and onchain bidding are not new, the fast live room for local physical lots is the new part.

The data it runs on

Lots with reserve and step; paddle wallets created at check in; each bid amount, paddle and block; close events and soft close extensions; a payment reference per lot. Names, phone numbers, bank details and item photos stay off chain with the organiser.

1.The mission

Let any community room run a fair, joyful auction where everyone, near or far, can see every bid and trust the result.

2.Why people can't resist it

The screen moves Every tap shows up on the hall screen in about a second. Seeing your paddle lead is the thrill of the room, kept intact.

No more who was first Bids at the same price are ordered by block, so arguments end with the record on the screen.

Family abroad joins A link lets relatives in Houston or London bid live, then remind themselves for next month's auction.

3.How it works for real

Check in and paddles: Phone number check at the door or by link creates a Privy embedded wallet as a paddle. No seed phrase, no gas for bidders.

Bid contract on Monad: One contract per auction stores lots, reserve, step and bids. Monad's fast blocks let a bid land and show in about a second; a relayer or paymaster sponsors gas.

Live room: A web page and projector view subscribe to bid events through a websocket indexer, with soft close logic enforced by the contract.

Room assistant: A small model (for example Claude Haiku or a comparable tier via OpenRouter) flags odd bids, writes the treasurer's summary and drafts payment messages. It never bids or moves money.

Payment: Winners pay by bank transfer, card or USDC through the organiser's own provider. A payment reference is recorded against the lot.

Record book: A public page lists every past lot, price and payment status from the chain.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Per bid: a sponsored transaction on Monad, which at typical fees is a small fraction of a cent. An auction day of 200 bids is usually well under a dollar in gas, plus a few cents of model calls for flags and the summary. Example month: four auctions, about 800 bids, roughly 2 to 5 dollars in gas and model cost plus hosting.

Community Free up to 5 lots

One auction a month, hall screen and record book.

Parish 3% of hammer price, capped per lot

Unlimited lots, online bidding by link, payment links and reminders.

Organiser 25 USDC a month

Several rooms, custom branding, exports for the treasurer.

5.Growth loop

Every share card and payment receipt carries the room's link. Relatives abroad who bid once get reminders for the next auction and often start one for their own community. The public record book shows other groups that it works.

6.Risks and guardrails

Payment default: Winners can walk away. Runner up offers, optional small holds for high value lots and a visible payment status reduce it.

Shill bidding: Organisers could bid up their own lots. Paddles are tied to checked in phones and the public record makes patterns visible.

Charity and lottery rules: Fundraising auctions can have local rules. Organisers stay responsible; the app shows a checklist and never runs raffles or chance draws.

Weak signal: Halls often have poor connections. The live page works on slow data and the auctioneer can pause a lot.

Privacy: Bids are public by amount and paddle only; names and phone numbers stay with the organiser.

7.Build order

Lot setup console with reserve, step and soft close
Phone check in that creates a paddle wallet
Bid contract on Monad with gas sponsorship
Live bidding page and projector screen
Winner payment link and payment reference
Public record book of past lots

8.Where this is going

Now
One parish hall in Enugu runs its harvest auction with every bid on the record.
Next
Schools, clubs and markets run monthly rooms, with diaspora family bidding live.
Later
A shared calendar of community auctions across cities, with trusted organisers and reputations.
The world it builds
Any community, anywhere, can raise money in public with records nobody has to argue about.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Auction Room

Auction Room: A live room for local auctions where every bid lands onchain in under a second. Using someone else's version means their rules, their brand and their revenue. Owning Auction Room means it is deployed under your wallet, carries your name, and every customer, partner and result builds your track record instead of theirs.

What’s stopping you?

“I am not technical.”

Auction Room arrives deployed with a guide. Running it is settings and sharing links, not code. If you get stuck, we help you ship it.

“What if nobody uses it?”

Start with ten people you already know. The first move below takes under an hour and tells you fast whether people care.

“I do not have time.”

Each step is sized in minutes. Most owners spend an hour a week, and the app does the repetitive part.

“Will it make me money?”

Nothing is guaranteed. The playbook gives you a clear path and honest numbers, and you decide how far to take it.

The million-dollar ladder

Charge the people who get the most value from Auction Room: a monthly plan for groups or teams, plus setup fees for anyone who wants it done for them.

$100

$1,450

$11,700

$78,000

First harbour

5 customers

$20 a month

Steady trade

50 customers

$29 a month

Known name

300 customers