Terms of Service

1. The agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and BidDog ("BidDog", "we", "us"). They cover biddog.co, the emails we send, and any plan you buy from us. By using BidDog you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use BidDog.

Our privacy policy and refund policy are part of these terms.

2. What BidDog is, and is not

BidDog is a search index for auctions. We gather facts about auction lots from many auctioneers and platforms, help you find the ones you want, and link you to the auctioneer's own page. We point. You bid.

• BidDog is not an auctioneer, a seller, or a broker, and is not a party to any auction or sale.
• BidDog never bids for anyone, never holds money for a sale, and takes no commission on any sale.
• Your bids, purchases, payments, buyer's premiums, taxes, pickup, and shipping are between you and the auctioneer, under the auctioneer's own terms.

3. Listing information

Each listing on BidDog shows facts such as the title, category, location, dates, and price, plus one thumbnail image, and links to and credits its source. Most of this comes from auctioneers' public pages, feeds, and submissions.

Listings can be incomplete, out of date, or wrong, and prices, dates, and availability change quickly. Always check the details on the auctioneer's page before you bid. We do not inspect, verify, or guarantee any item, seller, or auction.

3a. Sales you post on BidDog

Anyone can post their own yard sale, estate sale, antiques sale, or auction on BidDog with a monthly plan. When you post, you are responsible for your listing:

• It must be accurate, and you must have the right to sell the items and to share the photos and text you upload.
• Your sale must follow local laws and rules, including any permits, sign rules, and neighborhood rules that apply to you.
• Do not post stolen, counterfeit, recalled, or illegal items, drugs, alcohol, tobacco or vaping products, live animals, or adult content.
• Firearms and ammunition are not allowed in yard sale, estate sale, or antiques posts. An auction that includes them must be run by a properly licensed auctioneer and follow every law that applies.

Your street address shows only if you choose to show it. Buyers deal with you directly: BidDog is not a party to your sale and does not handle payment for it. We may edit, pause, or remove any posted sale that breaks these terms, and anyone can report a listing.

Plans renew every month until you cancel. You can cancel any time from your billing page, and your sales stay up to the end of the month you paid for. Our 30-day money-back guarantee applies, as described in the refund policy.

4. Accounts and email

You do not need an account to search. If you create one, you sign in with a one-time link we email you; there is no password. Use an email address you control and keep it secure, because anyone who can read that inbox can sign in as you.

We email you sign-in links, the saved-search alerts you ask for, receipts, and important notices about your account. You can change or stop alerts at any time from your alert settings or the unsubscribe link in any alert.

5. Using BidDog fairly

Please do not:

• scrape, copy, or bulk download BidDog, or use it to build a competing index or dataset;
• overload or interfere with the service, or try to get around our security, rate limits, or bot protection;
• submit false removal requests, false claims to an auction house, or someone else's information;
• pretend to be an auction house or person you are not;
• use BidDog for anything unlawful.

We may limit, suspend, or end access for anyone who breaks these rules.

6. For auctioneers

If you claim an auction house page, you confirm you are allowed to act for that house. When you send us listings, a logo, a bio, or other content, you confirm you have the right to share it, and you let us display it on BidDog and in our emails and search results so we can point buyers to you. You can ask us to remove it at any time.

You can opt out of BidDog completely, or have specific lots removed, through our removal form. We act on every request within 2 business days. You can also block our crawler in robots.txt, as described in our bot policy.

7. Paid plans

Listing on BidDog is free. Auction houses can buy a Featured or Spotlight plan for more visibility. Paid plans are monthly subscriptions, billed in advance through Stripe, at the price shown when you subscribe. They renew each month until you cancel.

• You can cancel at any time from the billing portal. Your plan stays active until the end of the month you paid for, and you are not charged again.
• Every paid plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. See the refund policy.
• Paid placement raises where your lots appear and is labeled "Featured" on BidDog. It does not guarantee any number of views, clicks, bids, or sales.
• If we change a plan's price, we will email you at least 30 days before the new price applies to you. Any price lock we promised when you subscribed, such as founding pricing, is honored as promised.

8. Our content and other people's

The BidDog name, Scout, our logos, and the design of the site belong to us. Listing facts and images belong to their sources, and auction house names and marks belong to their owners. We show them only to identify, credit, and link to the source.

9. Other websites

BidDog links to auctioneers' websites and auction platforms. We do not control those sites, and their own terms and privacy policies apply when you use them.

10. Disclaimers

BidDog is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and accuracy. We do not promise that BidDog will always be available or free of errors.

11. Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, BidDog is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill. BidDog is not liable for any loss connected to an auction, an item, a bid, or a sale, or to the conduct of an auctioneer, buyer, or seller.

Our total liability for any claim relating to BidDog is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $100. Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

12. Your responsibility

If you break these terms or the law while using BidDog, or send us content you did not have the right to share, and that leads to a claim against BidDog, you agree to cover the reasonable costs of that claim, including legal fees.

13. Ending your use

You can stop using BidDog at any time. To delete your account, email hello@biddog.co from the address on the account. We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms. The parts of these terms that by their nature should continue, such as the disclaimers and limits on liability, still apply after that.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as BidDog changes. When we do, we will change the effective date at the top of this page. For important changes, we will also email account holders or post a notice on the site before the changes take effect. If you keep using BidDog after that, the updated terms apply.

15. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Any dispute relating to BidDog will be decided in the state or federal courts located in Tennessee, and you and BidDog agree to their jurisdiction.

Before filing a claim, please email us first. Most problems can be solved quickly, and we will try in good faith to resolve yours within 30 days.

16. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email hello@biddog.co or use our contact form.