Whether you're downsizing, moving, or just ready to clear out the garage, Local Lots makes it easy to sell multiple items and for local buyers to find great deals.

Local Lots isn’t just another listing site — it’s a community-powered marketplace built for bulk sellers. We focus on

    ✅ Multi-item listings: Perfect for small estate sales, downsizing, or moving events.

    🛡️ Verified sellers: Homeowner address validation builds trust and accountability.

    📅 Scheduled pickups: Buyers book time slots, reducing no-shows and chaos.

    📣 Event promotion: We market your sale across local channels to drive traffic.

Local Lots events launch neighborhood by neighborhood as we grow. Use our contact form, provide your zip code and community name and we will notify you of upcoming event near you, or join our beta waitlist to be notified when we launch in your community.  Local Lots also works with local community organizers to plan neighborhood events.

Getting started is simple:

• Create an Account. Provide basic information and complete address verification

• List Your Items. Upload photos, descriptions, and pricing. You can list ten items or fifty — we’re built for bulk.
• Register for a Local Lots Event. Choose to participate in an upcoming community sale event.

Each Local Lots event is designed to support sellers within local communities and attract buyers from sourounding areas:

        🗺️ Mapped Listings: Buyers can browse items by location and category.

        📆 Preview Scheduling: Sellers set availability; buyers book time slots to preview items before making an offer.

        📆 Pickup Scheduling: Sellers set availability; buyers book time slots.

        🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Vibe: Events are promoted as neighborhood happenings — not just transactions.

Local Lots events are organized by Local Lots staff  and community partners based on neighborhood interest and seller sign-ups. Once you've created an account and verified your address, you'll see upcoming events available in your area from your dashboard, where you can register and add your items.  Contact us if you have interest in becomming a community partner.

We keep it simple and transparent:

• As we are in a Beta release phase, we are offering no-cost event fees on registered events
  
  What you get.

  • Marketing your items and event across local channels

  • Access to preview and pickup scheduling tools

• There are no hidden seller fees or commissions. You keep 100% of your sales.
• Buyers pay a 15% Buyers Premium and $2.00 lot fee on winning offers

• Create an account and complete the verification process
• Browse live events by category or location
• Schedule item previews between seller and interested buyer
• Make an offer or set a maximum offer on items of interest
• Schedule pickup time for winning offeres to avoid waiting or missed connections

Once an event wraps up:

• Sellers will receive a summary of buyer interactions and winning offer information
• Buyer is invoiced, transaction is processed via Paypal
• Buyer schedules pickup with Seller
• We’ll invite you to leave feedback and share your experience
• Unsold items are returned back to your Lot inventory

All Sales are final:

Adding Lots to an event is a commitment to sell on Local Lots for the duration of the event.

A offer is a commitment to purchase, and we do not cancel bids on the site. Please be very careful when placing your bid.

Refer to our Terms and Conditions for complete details

Local Lots offer increments use the following rules for all Events

Current Bid Range            Minimum Increment

0−99                                                $5

100 - 300                                         $10

300 - 400                                         $20

400 - 800                                         $25

800 - 1,000                                      $50

1000 +                                             $100

Listing Items - Top-performing sellers prioritize quality over quantity by focusing on higher-value items that attract serious buyers. Instead of flooding the platform with low-value listings, they bundle similar items into curated lots to boost visibility and perceived value. For instance, rather than listing each clothing item separately, group them into a themed lot—like “Men’s Fall Wardrobe” or “Vintage Tees”—and set a reserve price to protect your minimum. This approach not only streamlines the buyer experience but also encourages competitive bidding and faster sales

Setting Reserve Price - To set effective reserve prices, start by identifying the minimum amount you'd feel good about receiving—factoring in effort, fees, and item value. Base your reserve on actual market data, not original retail or sentimental worth. Keep reserves modest to encourage bidding momentum, and if bundling items into a lot, use tiered logic: the more valuable or curated the lot, the higher the reserve. Whether visible or hidden, your reserve should protect your bottom line without discouraging buyer engagement.

For general questions, use the contact form on this page. For urgent issues involving an active transaction or event, email us at support@locallots.bid — we aim to respond within 24 hours

We encourage all potential buyers to read the listing and review the entirety of the comments for details of the item and insights offered by members of the community. Buyers can schedule a preview of the item with the sellers who offer this option, and we recommend to do so prior to placing a bid on larger cost items. 

You can create an account on our Signup page. You will be asked to verify your identity and physical address.  You will also receive an email asking you to verify your email address, and doing so is required in order to place a bid. If you don’t see the email, make sure to check that it didn’t errantly wind up in your spam or junk folder. 

Use the make an offer button on the events page.  The maximum offer feature allows you to set the highest amount you're willing to offer for an item. Once set, our system automatically increases your offer on your behalf up to your maximum amount, helping you secure items without constantly monitoring the event.

An offer is a commitment to purchase, and we do not cancel offers on the site. Please be very careful when placing your offer

Local Lots is built around local connections.

Buyers and sellers coordinate pickup times directly, making it easy to exchange items within the community. While you're welcome to arrange shipping outside the platform, it's done at your own risk — Local Lots does not facilitate or guarantee those transactions.

For larger items, we’ll soon be rolling out a local pickup assistance service to help buyers who need an extra hand.

Local Lots uses PayPal as it's primary payment processor.  PayPal provides the most secure transaction method allowing buyers make their payment upon event closing through their PayPal account or major Credit Card

Purchases are taxes at the rate of the buying party.  Purchasers who have a tax exempt certificate on file with Local Lots will not be charged sales tax.  Tax exemption certifcates can be upload to your Local Lots user account and must be approved by Local Lots before bidding on items.

Setting a max bid lets Local Lots automatically bid on your behalf, in the smallest allowed increment, up to the limit you set. For example, if the current bid is $100 and you set a max bid of $150, the system will bid $110 for you (matching the increment rules) and continue bidding automatically as others bid, stopping once your $150 limit is reached. Other buyers never see your maximum, only the current highest bid.  If multiple bidders enter the same maximum bid, the system awards that max bid to the bidder who submitted it first, based on the timestamp.

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Once you’ve signbed up for an account and verified your address, you can:

• Add Items/Lots to your inventory, upload photos, add description details, set reserve pricing and more.

• Select an upcoming Local Lots event from your dashboard

• Choose “Add Items to Event”

• Confirm your participation by paying the event fee or using a discount code

Local Lots is optimized for bulk listings — whether you're selling 5 items or 50, we make it easy to organize and showcase them.

No — sellers cannot place offers on their own items. This ensures fair pricing and maintains trust across the platform. We have gone to great efforts to develop a system that is transparent and fair to all of our users. We do not allow sellers or anyone associated with them to make an offer on their own listing, and any such behavior is strictly prohibited. We have tools in place that monitor bidding and the user accounts from which offers are placed to ensure this doesn’t happen.  However, you can adjust your reserve or pricing if desired (see below)..

No, Once bidding begins, items are locked in to preserve buyer confidence and event integrity.

No, all details about your item are locked once an event has started.  

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Winning offers are invoiced automatically through PayPal, and buyers are expected to complete payment within 3 days of the event closing. Accounts that repeatedly fail to pay for winning offers may be suspended from future events. If you're a seller affected by a non-paying buyer, after 3 days, the invoice will be cancelled and the item or lot will be returned to your Lot inventory.

Local Lots is optimized for bulk listings — whether you're selling 5 items or 50, we make it easy to organize and showcase them.

We know missed pickups are frustrating for everyone. Both parties agree to a confirmed pickup window that can be set after an invoice has been paid and we encourage direct communication between parties if plans change. Repeated no-shows on either side may affect a member's standing on Local Lots. If a pickup falls through, reach out to our support team so we can help coordinate a resolution.

Because buyers can schedule an in-person preview before bidding, we expect most concerns to be caught before an offer is placed. If something changes materially between preview and pickup, contact us within 7 days of the event closing and we'll review the situation, including any relevant PayPal buyer protection options.

All payments run through PayPal, which offers its own buyer and seller protections for eligible transactions. Local Lots' "all sales are final" policy governs bidding commitments, but PayPal's dispute process remains available for payment-related issues. See PayPal's policies for full details.  

If Plaid is unable to verify your information, you'll see an error explaining why and next steps. Contact us if you believe there's an error — we're happy to help troubleshoot.