The live console: run your Biddurs show from a computer
18 October 2026 · 3 min read · The Biddurs team
Most Biddurs sellers go live from a phone. Some prefer a proper camera and OBS on a computer. For them we built the live console: one screen that shows everything happening in your show and lets you run it from the keyboard.
The console is now a board of widgets you can arrange yourself. See the new live console
Where to find it
Open the Hub on a computer and press Open console on your show. The console needs a screen at least 1,100 pixels wide, so on a phone it asks you to open it on a computer. Phones keep the normal live room.
You and your seller staff run the show from it. Your chat moderators can open it too, to watch and moderate.
Your numbers, live
A strip across the top shows eight numbers, most with a small line that tracks the show so far:
| Tile | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Sales | Money taken, split into paid and due |
| Per hour | Your takings over the last hour, and the show average |
| Items sold | Lots sold out of lots run |
| Average sale | The average hammer price |
| Sell through | The share of lots that sold |
| Watching | People watching now, and the peak |
| Total viewers | Everyone who watched, and your likes |
| New followers | Follows during this show |
Money is only shown to you, your seller staff and Biddurs admins. Moderators see the audience numbers, not your takings.
Chat built for a busy show
The chat has four views: All, Questions, Saved and Viewers. Questions are picked out for you, so you never miss someone asking about a size or a box. Saved keeps the messages you bookmark. Viewers lists who is watching right now.
Hover over a message to Reply, Save, Pin, Hide, Time out or Ban. Preset messages sit in the composer, ready for the things you say every show, like combined postage on everything you win.
Pin a message
Pin one message and it sits at the top of the chat for everyone in the room, on the app and on the website. Use it for the running order, a postage note or a shout out. You and your show's moderators can pin and unpin. If a pinned message is hidden, it comes down straight away.
Run the lots
Your listings sit on the left. Search by title, SKU or barcode, put a listing on deck, or add it to a queue. The Sold tab shows each buyer, the price and whether they have paid.
In the middle is your stream as viewers see it, with an outline of what a phone shows, so you can keep the item in shot. Under it, set a start price and a clock, then press Start auction, or Next lot to run the top of your queue.
Extra time and last call
While a lot is running you have three clock buttons:
- +10s and +30s add time when the bidding is lively. A lot can gain up to 30 minutes of extra time in all.
- Last call drops the clock to 5 seconds. From then on, every bid resets it to 5 seconds, so a last call never cuts a bidder off. The lot ends when the bidding stops.
The server still decides when the hammer falls, exactly as it does in the live room.
Shortcuts
Every main action has a key. Space starts the lot on deck, N runs the next lot, E adds 10 seconds and L is last call. Press ? in the console for the full list.
Tools
The Tools tab holds giveaways, pausing comments, and a list of anyone you have timed out or banned, with a button to lift each one.
New to selling live? How live auctions work covers the basics, and the features tour has the rest.
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