New in the live room: overlays for your show

Big auction rooms put the numbers on the wall: how many lots have gone, how many are left, who's bidding hardest. Now Biddurs sellers can do the same in a live show, with overlays.

Pick the ones you want

Every overlay is off until you switch it on. Choose from:

• Top bidder. The viewer with the most bids this show. Just their username, never what they spent.
• Sales. Your total for the show. Only you see it, unless you choose to show your viewers too.
• Bids. Every bid placed this show.
• Sold. How many lots have sold.
• Lots to go. How many lots are still waiting, so viewers know how much is left.
• New followers. Everyone who followed your shop since the show started.
• Likes goal. A bar that fills towards a goal you set, sitting right by the heart button.
• Follow alert. A short card when someone follows your shop, so you can say thanks on air.

Where they show

Each overlay starts in a neat spot on the picture, clear of the lot card. Sellers can now drag, resize and colour every overlay, and viewers see it where it was put. Overlays you can place

Everything that's always been in the room stays exactly where it is. Overlays are extras, not replacements.

Switching them on

On your phone, open the show menu and tap Overlays. In the desktop live console, add the Overlays widget. Your choice is saved, so your next show starts with the same overlays, and a change mid show reaches your viewers within about 20 seconds.

Overlays work the same in the Biddurs app and on the website.

Your privacy, and your buyers'

Overlays never show who bought what or for how much. The numbers are worked out on our side, and viewers only ever receive the ones you've switched on.

Join the waitlist and we'll email you the day Biddurs opens.