Auction Ohio

What Auction Ohio does

Auction Ohio is a privately held online auction marketplace based in Worthington, Ohio, that connects individual buyers and sellers of personal property — including antiques, collectibles, vintage toys, electronics, furniture, kitchenware, sporting goods, and vehicles — through a network of independently licensed affiliate auctioneers. The platform is built on Auctioneer Software and offers online simulcast bidding with dynamic closing (an automatic 5-minute extension when bids are placed near a lot's end), max-bid proxy bidding, watchlists, and email/text outbid alerts. Pickup is available at roughly a dozen Ohio locations, and selected lots can be shipped nationwide through a Pakmail integration; a separate sub-brand, Auction Ohio Real Estate (auctionohiorealestate.com), handles real estate auctions.

The company monetizes primarily through a 15% buyer's premium on winning bids (passed to the buyer) plus an 8% sales tax remittance on transactions, making it a transaction-fee / take-rate marketplace. Its customer base is bifurcated: individual Ohio consumers buying or selling personal property form the volume tail, while a small set of mid-market affiliate auction firms (e.g., Whipple Auction & Realty, ANP Auction Company, Drewz Signature Auctions, Oliver's Auctions, Auctions 4U2 LLC, Ohio Online Auction Services) supply the inventory. All affiliates are licensed by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and covered by the state auction recovery fund, which provides a regulatory trust layer. Marketing is organic, relying on the website, category/location/shipping/affiliate-brand search, and email notifications to registered users, with no disclosed paid acquisition or institutional funding.

Name

Auction Ohio

Legal name

Auction Ohio

Website

https://auctionohio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Auction Ohio is a privately held, Ohio-based online auction marketplace that connects individual buyers and sellers of personal property through a network of licensed affiliate auctioneers, monetizing via a 15% buyer's premium on each transaction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Auction Marketplace

NAICS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (42512)

akta.pro primary industry

Online/Virtual Real Estate Auctions (Marketplace Platforms) (BPAJAEAJ)

Keywords

• Online auctions
• Personal property sales
• Estate auctions
• Auction marketplace
• Live auctioneering

Headquarters

HQ city

Worthington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Buyer's Premium: Auction Ohio charges a buyer's premium on winning bids, typically 15% of the final bid amount, paid by the buyer upon winning an auction.
2. Sales Tax Collection: Platform collects and remits sales tax (8% observed on affiliate auctions) on transactions processed through the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Auction Ohio operates an online auction marketplace based in Ohio that aggregates personal property listings from affiliate auctioneers. The platform enables individuals to discover and bid on items from estate liquidations, consignment sales, and other personal property auctions conducted by partner auctioneers across the state.

Product overview

Auction Ohio operates as an online personal property auction platform connecting buyers with affiliated auctioneers throughout Ohio. The core offering consists of the Auction Ohio Online Auction Platform, which enables real-time bidding on items across categories including antiques, collectibles, toys, games, electronics, furniture, kitchenware, sporting goods, and more. Supporting features include Featured Items curation, Category Search, Location/MAP Search, Shipping Availability Search, and Affiliate Brand Search. A separate sub-brand, Auction Ohio Real Estate, handles real estate auction services independently.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Auction Ohio Real Estate: A separate website (auctionohiorealestate.com) for real estate auctions, operated in connection with Auction Ohio's personal property auctions.

Products and services

• Online Auction Marketplace

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple pickup locations across Ohio including Canton, Columbus, Worthington, Westerville, Reynoldsburg, Mansfield, Newark, Chillicothe, Ashville, Canal Winchester, Logan, and Pickerington.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Auctioneer SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology platform provider powering Auction Ohio's online auction marketplace. Provides bidding software, bidder registration, payment processing infrastructure, and auction management tools.
• Ohio Department of AgriculturecoreOthersRegulatory body licensing all affiliate auctioneers. All licensees are under the state auction recovery fund or bonded. Contact for aggrieved persons to file claims against the recovery fund per Section 4707.25 of the Revised Code. Located at 8995 E. Main Street, Bldg. 1, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068.
• Whipple Auction & Realty IncminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate auctioneer conducting personal property auctions through the Auction Ohio platform, specializing in vintage toys, games, and collectibles.
• ANP Auction Company LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate auctioneer specializing in local advertising, antiques, and collectibles auctions in Ashville, Ohio area.
• Ohio Online Auction ServicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate auctioneer offering lawn equipment, power tools, Longaberger baskets, kitchenware, décor, and sporting goods auctions.
• Oliver's Auctions LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate auctioneer handling estate sales and luxury condo liquidations in the Westerville area.
• Drewz Signature Auctions LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliate auctioneer conducting comic book and collectibles auctions with nationwide shipping.
• Auctions 4U2 LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLiquidation company handling returned and overstock items, conducting weekly liquidation auctions through the platform. ODA License #2025000074.
• PakmailminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party shipping provider enabling nationwide shipping for eligible auction items listed with shipping availability.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HiBid: HiBid is an online auction marketplace aggregating independent auctioneers' inventory into a single bidding platform, with similar simulcast online auctions, max-bid features, and affiliate auctioneer participation — directly comparable to Auction Ohio's core model.
• LiveAuctioneers: LiveAuctioneers is an online auction marketplace for fine art, antiques, jewelry, and collectibles where auction houses list lots and buyers bid online — a directly comparable platform model to Auction Ohio's affiliate-driven marketplace.
• Proxibid: Proxibid runs a national online auction marketplace for both personal property and real estate, connecting auction houses with online bidders using a similar take-rate/buyer's-premium model to Auction Ohio's.
• Bidsquare: Bidsquare is an online auction aggregator serving independent auction houses across antiques, fine art, and collectibles, sharing the multi-affiliate marketplace structure and online bidding mechanics that Auction Ohio uses.

Broad incumbents

• Bonhams: Bonhams is a global auction house conducting online and live auctions of art, antiques, and collectibles — a broader incumbent that competes for higher-end lots in categories overlapping Auction Ohio's inventory.
• Heritage Auctions: Heritage Auctions is a large U.S. auction house running simulcast online auctions across collectibles, coins, comics, and memorabilia — a broader incumbent that operates in the same collectibles-auction category as Auction Ohio's affiliate auctioneers.
• eBay Auction Marketplace: eBay operates the largest generalist online auction and fixed-price marketplace with broad category coverage including collectibles, antiques, and used goods — a much larger incumbent that competes with Auction Ohio for online bidders of secondhand merchandise.

Emerging players

• EstateSales.net: EstateSales.net is a U.S.-focused directory and online bidding platform for estate and tag sales, overlapping Auction Ohio's estate-liquidation and personal-property categories with a similar online-auction bidding model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/auctionohio

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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