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Growth · March 4, 2026

Auctionnow.io – Launch a store to sell items via auction or buy-it-now

Hi HN - I'm Chris and my co-founder--Jacob--and I built a platform (https://auctionnow.io) that lets anyone launch an online store that lets you run real-time auctions and sell fixed priced items. Think of it like if Shopify and eBay had a baby. The idea for AuctionNow.io evolved from the comics and collectibles marketplace we built called Raremarq. With Raremarq, we noticed sellers were earning as much as 10x more with our auctions compared to other platforms like eBay, and we started getting requests from charities, content creators, TCG sellers, fashion designers, and a bunch…

Auctionnow.io – Launch a store to sell items via auction or buy-it-now launched on March 4, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,458 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

The Auction Now Shopify app is the premium auction app for Shopify sellers who want to launch real-time auctions on their shops, earn more, engage customers, and drive more sales.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN - I'm Chris and my co-founder--Jacob--and I built a platform (https://auctionnow.io) that lets anyone launch an online store that lets you run real-time auctions and sell fixed priced items. Think of it like if Shopify and eBay had a baby. The idea for AuctionNow.io evolved from the comics and…

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