What we learned from our first live show
29 October 2026 · 2 min read · The Biddurs team
On Wednesday 28 October at 6pm we ran our first live show with testers: jewellery and watches, sold live on camera with real bids and real payments. Biddurs isn't open yet, so everyone in the room had been invited to try the app early.
Thank you to everyone who came. You made it feel like a proper sale room.
The show in numbers
| What | How many |
|---|---|
| Time on air | 62 minutes |
| People who watched | 36, with 13 at the busiest moment |
| Lots offered | 21 |
| Lots sold | 21, every one of them |
| Bids placed | 168, from 9 bidders |
| Buyers | 7 |
| Chat messages | 319 |
On average, each person stayed for over 17 minutes. Every lot found a buyer, and every buyer paid.
A badge for the very first sale
Whoever won lot 1 bought the first item ever sold on Biddurs. They now carry the First sale badge, a gold medal with a gavel on it, and nobody else will ever get one.
What we changed straight after
A first show teaches you things no test can. These changes went in the next day.
- Longer clocks. Our 20 second lots drew a single bid each. A 59 second lot drew 14. Lots now start at 45 seconds, and nothing starts under 30.
- No more lost link. Some viewers lost the show from Coming up as it moved from backstage to live. A show now stays there until it's properly on air.
- A late bid always gets an answer. Tap Bid just after the hammer and you now see "Too late, this lot has closed", instead of nothing happening.
- No outbid alerts while you're watching. If you're in the room, you can already see you've been outbid. The alert only goes to people who aren't watching.
- Straight back into the room. Leave the app for a moment and come back, and the lot, the chat and the picture reload on their own.
- Fairer likes. One very fast tapper could pile up thousands of likes. Likes are now capped per person each minute, so the count reflects the whole room.
- Postage refunds. Refunding just the postage now keeps the order paid, rather than marking the whole sale as refunded.
What's next
More shows with testers, more sellers, and everything we learn going straight back into the app. What we've added since is in new for sellers and new in the live room.
Join the waitlist and we'll email you the day Biddurs opens.