Hello.

The web application will be a NextJS application, so it will most probably be hosted for free on vercel. It is going to be a paid hosting only if the application will reach a huge number of users, but it is going to be cheap either way.

Regarding the server, indeed, it is going to be harder to host on a shared hosting service. As we are talking about a docker container, my best recommendation is to use a hosting service that can handle this. I will also think of a way in which one could run the server without docker, only with NodeJS, which can run on a shared hosting, from my knowledge.

A PostgreSQL instance can be hosted anywhere. It is not mandatory for the database to be hosted on the same machine as the server.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I will gladly help you.

P.S: This week, I will post here a link to the web application. It is still in progress, but most of the functionalities are done.

Ok, thanks. I will be looking forward to the beta link this week.

As I promised, here is a link to the web application: https://web.biddo.info

It is not quite fully done as I still have some small functionalities to finish and to improve a little bit the mobile experience.

Hopefully, by the next week, I will give it to the codecayon for a review.

@pascaionut941

Thank you so much for sharing the link to the Web auction version. It looked and felt awesome for V1. The theme loaded and responded well congrats.

I understand it’s V1 and still a work in progress. For V1 it’s very good and modern-looking auction.

Few suggestions:

1) On the detail page view counter isn’t showing accurate views.

2) I noticed when picked another language and visited another page. The language switcher doesn’t change to the new language. I’m using the Firefox browser.

3) Needs breadcrumbs, for example for the detail page (Biddo> Polaroid > Electronics > Cameras & photography > Film & Polaroid Cameras > Camera Polaroid

4) Social sharing icons

5) I noticed there are 2 the same features “Auctions created by XXXX” and also “See all auctions from the user”. Maybe replace “Auctions created by XXXX” with “Related Items”. 6) Needs an ending note for example (Ending: November 29th at 1:35 PM EST) You do have (Time Left), time ticker

7) Need more advanced auction features. Bid history, Shipping, Delivery, Returns, No reserve, Reserve, BuyNow, and Best Offer.

8 ) I noticed there are (Followers) features. Please add (My Feeds page), etc.

9) Homepage https://imgur.com/a/yaKFRfC

I think Biddo has a geolocate IP address feature. Please can you add it on the header option like https://offerup.com/

Note: In the future, after many of the default auction features are done. I have many custom features I will contract you for, etc.

Overall, very good start, thanks! I will buy it when it’s available for sale on Codecanyon, for sure.

Hello Pinki,

Thank you for the nice review. It really means a lot. Your improvement proposals are quite nice.

1 & 2. Will take a look and fix it.

3. Breadcrumbs are definetly a nice touch.

4. Will add a social sharing functionality

5. It is a good idea to replace “Auctions created by XXXX” with “Related items”. Will add this in the Flutter app as well.

6. I will display the exact date when an auction will be closed

7. These functionalities require some changes in more than one place. Will probably think about how to implement them in a future release

8. What would you expect to see exactly in “my feeds” page?

9. Nice touch.

Thank you again for the feedback. If you have any other questions or proposals, you can come back with a message anytime.

@pascaionut941

I understand you just started developing the auction script. I also understand it’ll take time to add more advanced auction features.

About (7) that are important features if you running a real full functional auction, e-commerce website. I considered these default features for an auction or any e-commerce website.

1) Bid History

2) Reserve price

3) BuyNow, and Best Offer

4) Taxes by locations

5) Shipping, Shipping Tracking, etc.

6) Different payment gateways

About the “My Feeds” page, when you follow someone and when they post an AD it will appear in your My Feeds page timeline.

Did you also design Biddo’s layout?

Note: In the future, after many of the default auction features are done. I have many paid custom features I will contract you for, etc.

Yes…in order to build such a platform, it requires time indeed. I will publish the application after I finish some more fixes and if it gets more interest, I will be open to add more features. It is offering already a lot for the 30$ range.

The bid history for each auction already exist, if this is what you are referring to. There is no bid history for a specific account. Could be added if there is more interest.

Reserve price and buy now would imply that the auction creation form is a little more complex, as the auction owner will need to set an amount that it would desire for direct purchase. I wantend to keep the application as easy to use as possible and adding more fields inside the form would add complexity. Not impossible, but again, if there is interest, it can be implemented.

Yes, I did the design myself, but I do not have a figma file for it. I implemented it as I went with the process. I have quite some experience in computer science and I tried to follow the best UI/UX guidelines I know.

I’m opened to a discussion anytime if you have more questions or proposals.

Yes, you already have the bid history for the ad on the detail page but don’t have the option to show the list of bidders when the user login. If you do show a list of bidders bidding on an item. Please hide the user names and block all private chats/messages between bidders. Just like eBay.

That great to hear you also designed the Biddo theme, that’s a big plus for faster development, etc. You did an awesome job on the template.

I read your comment about discussing fraud and how to prevent it. I highly recommend following eBay examples.

I wish you great success when you submit the Biddo Web version.

I bidded and won on this item https://web.biddo.info/en/auction/44efa9f4-80ad-428b-8cd9-0ac4cba04cc4

When the auction ended, there was no updated status notification like “Congrats you won” and the next message should be “Please pay $XXX.oo, etc.

Also, there’s no area saying you won in the user’s area when you are logged in. Maybe there should be a user’s dashboard

I think there is some misunderstanding.

The auction you posted was not won by you. You just placed a bid. Whenever your bid is chosen as the winning one, you will see a notification that tells you exactly what you are mentioning “your bid was chosen as the winner”.

Thank you for your nice words. If you are interested in the product, come back anytime and we can chat.

If I’m the only bidder and there’s No Reserve price then I won at the end of the auction. The seller doesn’t have the option to pick who’s the winner. The highest bidders win.

Not quite how Biddo works.

As an auction owner, you can choose whatever bid you want as the winning one, not necessary the highest bid. If I am an auction owner and the highest bid is from a user with a low review, I would normally have second thoughts before interacting with that user (see reviews functionality).

I will also provide a “checkbox” inside the admin panel, which will tell the app weather to automatically accept the highest bid or not after the auction expires. By default, this will not be enabled.

“If I am an auction owner and the highest bid is from a user with a low review, I would normally have second thoughts before interacting with that user (see reviews functionality).”

I never heard of such an option before for a general auction. I know there are different auction types. I’m talking about general auctions like eBay and I have been using eBay for many years. eBay allows you to ban bidders who have zero feedback, or bad reviews from bidding on your ad, etc. eBay allows you to set up your auction ad by letting you who can bid on your ad, etc.

Also important, when a user bids on an auction there’s a limited time to cancel/withdraw their bid. When bidding on an auction on Biddo there’s an option to change your location too. Why do you have that option? I thought users could set up their location on the profile page.

I made a few screenshot ideas:

1) User dashboard layout idea “vertical” menu and auction list

2) The bid history on an ad should have a time stamp

3) User dashboard layout summary welcome page, etc.

Biddo looking great and I think you will have many sales, for sure.

Just an idea. You can post a note saying when you launched:

First 50 sales for $30

After 50 sales you can charge $60, etc.

Another thing I think is important, Sellers/bidders must have credit cards and have been verified before bidding by deposit $xxx.oo for security

Thank you again for your valuable feedback.

1. The dashboard is already prepared to come both with the version that you are seeing right now on the web version and in a “vertical” menu. There will be a settings option for the admin to choose what version it would like to use. By default is what you are seeing right now.

2. I can add a timestamp to the bids, even though I don’t necessarily see a point to it. The bids list is already sorted by their date. The list that you see in the “Bids” section is already a “Bids history”, so I don’t think a new tab is necessary. Maybe to have different type of views (“simple”/”complex”).

I have been using other bidding platforms as well, but this doesn’t mean that a new app should be the same with an old one. From a users perspective, I think that blocking an accout with poor reviews will be done (most of the times), after it has already done some “harm” to my auction, like winning a bid and not wanting to pay. This would mean that I have to start all over with a new auction. If you are referring to banning a user from the admin, a lot of complex thinking must be done before (how many negative reviews does a user need to have before blocking it, what kind of negative reviews do I allow, because not paying for a won bet is not the same as not providing the products from the auction in the same condition as presented). I hope you get my point here…

I left the removal of the bid possible as long as it is not rejected or accepted for two reasons: - The app usually allows a user only a limited amount of “free” bids. After this amount is reached, a user needs to pay some “coins” to the admin in order to place a bid (this number can be ofcourse configurable from the admin panel). If a bid is not accepted after the auction is closed, the user will obviously get the coins back. The same thing happens if it removes a bid. As a user, if I find a better souted auction for me, I could remove a bid from an auction and place it to another. - As a user, if I placed a bid on an auction and I find out that I cannot pay for it (maybe I don’t have enough money on my card), I think it is better to just remove the bid and not create other problems or dissatisfactions to the auction owner.

Yeah…even though I know that credit card verification would be nice to have, I think it will be done only on custom development. I want to see if this app can really have some buyers before investing more into it. I already spent really much time into it and without any income It’s not rational to continue.

Thank you again for your feedback!

@pascaionut941

Wow, Biddo looking better and better, congrats. Right now, I think Biddo more advanced auction script than any others on Codecanyon. I tested different browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. The template loads nicely and also on mobile too. I noticed a small issue on the map (cool feature), when you tried to move the Thumbs slider bar it just keep closing the popup thumb items when you trying to move the slider bar. All 3 browsers doing the same thing, etc. Maybe, you can add the ability to grab the thumbs with the mouse too. https://imgur.com/a/NxQNsxj

1. The dashboard idea, is awesome.

2. I can add a timestamp to the bids, nice. The reason why I think it’s important is because it’s a feature users are familiar with (eBay), etc. eBay is the largest online auction in the world. I think it’s important to have features and even a user dashboard layout menu similar to eBay. That way users are more comfortable and familiar with navigating around, etc.

Sorry, my mistake about “ban user. I used the wrong wording, I should have used blocking users from bidding on your auction ads. eBay has an option when setting up your ad. If you do not want zero feedback users to bid on your ad or not. If you have a high-priced item up for auction you don’t want users with zero feedback playing on the bids. I noticed on eBay many times zero feedback users just going around starting bidding away for fun, etc. You can check their activity on the bid history.

I agree with you, maybe that’s the admin role (From a users perspective, I think that blocking an accout with poor reviews will be done (most of the times), after it has already done some “harm” to my auction, like winning a bid and not wanting to pay. )

(I left the removal of the bid possible as long as it is not rejected or accepted for two reasons:.... ) Very interesting ideas similar idea from @curiositynation99 and I liked the “free” bids. After this amount is reached, a user needs to pay some “coins” to the admin in order to place a bid…. What happens if there’s only one bid and the bidder doesn’t want the item? The user bid by mistake but has no option to withdraw the bid.

(a user needs to pay some “coins” to the admin in order to place a bid) It’s like a temporary deposit, etc? If the user wins in the end, their deposit will go toward the fee?

About the “credit card,” I was just thinking about how to prevent fraud and I noticed other users commented on the same matters. eBay requires you to add your credit card in order to bid or post ads.

You said (Unfortunately, the actual purchases of the products is not managed by the application. It’s hard to force some users to make the actual transaction inside the app, as they can go inside the chat and take the transaction outside.) I think eBay’s solution to this by to state that any transaction outside of the platform will not covered by “buyer protection”.

Another eBay role is if you have a live auction and there are no bidders. You can cancel the auction but if you have one bidder, you can not cancel. So if there’s a bidder and someone else messaged the auction owner, saying “Can we do the transaction outside” legally the auction can’t be stopped, etc.

I noticed you have a Promoted ads feature, awesome! In the category an example vehicles, all the Promoted ads are on the top of the list, nice. I noticed in “See all auction” that it’s not.

I noticed you mentioned a few times saiding “increase the price of the product”. This is not a classified ads script which is much simpler and easier to develop than an auction script. I’ve been buying different types of scripts for years. People will pay for what the script is worth. So if your script is an advanced and awesome auction script. Which I think it is! People will pay a higher price for it. The reason why I have not bought any auction scripts yet is because the auction scripts for sale are a piece crap. Please don’t hold back too much when you submit to Codecanyon. I understand you can’t have everything for version 1. Plus, other people will have their requests too, after you submitted. I noticed many authors make the mistake of holding back features too much. When they submit, the potential buyers will overlook the script as not good. When your script is posted on the front of the homepage of Codecanyon, it’s like your website for example listed on Google search on page 1, etc. Many eyeballs will be viewing your script, etc.

So far I think Biddo’s script is an advanced, good-looking, and awesome auction for a script for V1. I’ll be honest Biddo v1 price worth around $69 on Codecayon maybe more in the future versions. This is just a suggestion you should have a promo sale an example $30 or $40 for the first 20 or 50 buyers. And then $69 or higher, it’s up to you. The promo will get the buyers excited, etc.

Hello. You can find full documentation on how you can run both the server and the flutter app here: https://www.biddo.info/docs

You will notice that there are menus in the left part of the documentation with NodeJS server and Mobile App.

Each of these sections contain more steps that you need to do in order to run the product on your machine (like firebase integration or google cloud storage).

Please let me know if you’re having a hard time.

Im having hard time, could you please refund

I will provide some credentials in maximum 3 days

thank you

Hello,

As I promised, I’m coming back with some credentials to the admin panel:

email: test@biddo.com

pass: password

Take into account that these credentials are read-only, so you should not be able to update aything and you cannot see sensitive information, like user emails or passwords.

The admin with write permissions can do a lot more inside the admin, like creating new entities, update them, send custom push notifications or delete/batch delete.

Let me know if you have any other questions or proposals.

thank you ,working now

hi, please help me, can I run migrate and seed data demo to database, thank

because i run cmd npm run seed:create but not working,thank

Hello,

The migrations and the seeds are ran automatically when you start the server. There are migrations and seeds for creating the actual tables inside the database and add (seed) required data, like the auction categories.

When running “npm run seed:create”, you only create a new file inside the “database/seeds” folder from the server. This is used when you want to write a seed file yourself. The server is providing all of the required data for the application to run and you should use this only if you want to add additional implementations.

What seeds are you trying to add? Please come back with an emai, write more details about what you are trying to achieve and I’ll do my best to help you.

thank you for quick response,I try to again working now,it seed only category ? ,thank

Yes. The only data that are added automatically are the categories. It doesn’t make sense to add other data by default, because we’re talking about an application in which other users will create the content. (the auctions and the bids)

As an admin of the app, you won’t usually add auctions or bids, only if you’re trying to showcase the application to someone else. When I usually showcase an application, I usually install the application myself and add data from a real user that I create, or from the admin panel.

If you have any other questions, feel free to come back with a message.

thank you very much

You’re welcome, any time!

Hi, can you share update log please, thank

Hello,

The latest update include both LTR and RTL layout support. Arabic language was added for both the mobile app and the web app.

A few mingor bug fixes were added as well.

I will make sure to add update log in the product description on the next release.

If you have any other questions, feel free to come back any time and I will do my best to help you.

thank you for you quick response

Anytime

hi,can you share update log please ? ,thank