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Auctioneers

Website hosting for auctioneers.

Bidders check your site for the next sale, the photos and the terms, and they all come at once the week of an auction. We keep it fast on sale day, keep the links to your bidding platform working, and post new sales when you email them.

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What we look after

What an auction website has to do.

Stay up on sale day

Traffic comes in a rush the week of a sale and again when bidding closes. We set up caching so the busiest hours are fast too.

Load the photos on a phone

A sale can have hundreds of photos. We resize and compress them so a bidder on a phone can scroll the whole listing.

Point bidders to the bidding

Most auctioneers run online bidding on a platform such as HiBid, Proxibid or AuctionTime. We keep the links and any embedded catalog working after updates.

Keep the calendar current

Upcoming sales, terms, directions and results are the pages people check. On Managed + Developer, email us a sale bill and photos and we post it.

Get the signups

People sign up to hear about the next sale. We test the signup form and set up your mail records, so the notices reach their inboxes.

Keep past sales up

Past results help sell the next consignment. We keep old listings online and backed up without slowing the site down.

What we often hear

What usually goes wrong.

  • The site slows to a crawl the week of a big sale, which is when the most bidders are looking.
  • Listings with hundreds of photos take forever to open on a phone.
  • A link to the bidding platform broke after an update, and bidders called to ask where the sale was.
  • Posting a new sale means waiting on whoever built the site, or doing it yourself at night.
A note from Ryan

Sale day is the day that counts

An auction website gets most of its visitors in a few days, and those are the days it can't be slow. I set the site up for the rush, keep the links to your bidding platform working, and when a sale bill comes in, you email it to me and I put it up.

Ryan Lovett, founder of Hosterr
Ryan Lovett
Founder, Hosterr
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Have a sale coming up?

Send us your site and the date of your next auction, and we'll tell you how it holds up and what we'd change before sale day.

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Plans

How much do you want us to do?

Every plan comes with the same developer and a free migration, and they're all month to month, so you can cancel any time.

Managed

$50 /mo

per typical business site

The site rarely changes, or someone on your side already edits it.

What we take care of
  • Plugin, theme and WordPress updates snapshot saved first
  • Server, PHP and database updates planned and tested by us
  • Backups twice a day verified and kept off-site for 30 days
  • Security and monitoring scanning with a firewall and alerts
  • Same-day replies from the developer who does the work
  • Regular email updates what we did, in plain English
  • Free migration we move it for you
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Changes to the site itself are quoted first at our standard $95/hr.

Great for those without an in-house developer

Managed + Developer

$125 /mo

for one site with hosting included

You send the requests, like text changes, new pages or small features, and they get made. You never have to touch the site yourself.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • 1 hour of developer time a month worth $95 at our standard rate
  • Site problems fixed out of that time no quote to approve first
  • Checks after updates we test your forms and checkout
  • A monthly review a look at speed and security
  • First in line your email gets picked up first
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Unused time carries over one month. Extra hours are quoted first at $95/hr.

Custom SLA

Quote

after we look at your sites and the terms you need

For agencies with a list of client sites, and for larger companies whose sites and apps need more resources and attention.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • Bulk pricing for agencies one per-site rate across your client list
  • Response times in the contract agreed before anything gets signed
  • Uptime commitments in writing with a named person to escalate to
  • A dedicated server, if you need one sized to your traffic
  • Update windows that suit you scheduled around your busy hours
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We agree on the terms with you first.

Common questions

What people ask us.

Yes, if it's set up for it. Most of the traffic on sale day is people opening the same few pages, so we cache those pages and serve them without rebuilding them for every visitor. Most auction sites fit the standard plans. If your sales draw a very large crowd online, we'll size a plan to it.

No. Online bidding runs on the platform you already use, like HiBid, Proxibid or AuctionTime, and your website sends bidders to it. We keep those links and any catalog embedded from the platform working, and we check them after every update.

Yes. On Managed + Developer, which is $125 a month with an hour of developer time, email us the sale bill, the photos and the terms and we put the listing up. A season with a lot of sales can take more than an hour a month; anything past the hour is quoted first at $95 an hour.

Not if the photos are prepared for the web. We resize and compress them when they're added and serve them in modern formats, so a listing opens quickly on a phone without you shrinking anything yourself.
Clients

A few of the businesses we host.

A few of the businesses whose websites and apps we look after.

ANPC
Go Auto
Congruity 360
500+ sites supported
Cortex Building Intelligence
Public Counsel
Animal Flow
The Pharmacist Choice
10+ years building & managing sites
Boston Carpentry
City Construction
Speak Local
My Allergy Experts
RYCO Inc
The Mobile Locker Co.
Optiline Enterprises
Pivotal Talent Search
Sara Ray
PRO+GRIP
World Academy
Southern New Hampshire Vertigo and Balance Center
UserGuard

What customers say.

Reviews from Trustpilot

A person could not find a better company for their internet needs. Customer service is number 1. Whenever we have an issue Ryan addresses the problem immediately no matter the time or day.
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Adam C.
Great customer service! I have multiple websites hosted on Hosterr. Setup was seamless and super easy, customer service has always been fantastic and quick to respond. I've had 100% uptime with no issues. Would recommend Hosterr to anyone looking for a reliable webhost.
Nathan T.
I use Hosterr for multiple websites. I recommend them to anyone who needs hosting! I have never had an issue with downtime and my sites are blazing fast. Also their customer service is unmatched, leagues better than GoDaddy.
Adam S.
Service businesses

More about this group.

Service businesses

We look after the website while you look after clients.

Tell us what you need.

Tell us what you're running and what's getting in the way. We'll write back the same day with a plan, and if Hosterr isn't the right fit, we'll say so.

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Every message goes straight to Ryan.