Las Cruces, NM — Early Access Opening Soon

POST·IT HAGGLE SELL·IT

A local auction marketplace built for the way people actually sell things. Your neighborhood. Your price. Zero strangers ghosting you at 8pm.

Why AuClose

Built
Different.

Craigslist is a group chat with no moderation. eBay ships to strangers across the country. We built something for your block.

The winner's card is held

When an auction closes, the winner's card is authorized for the full amount. Not charged — held. Nothing is captured until the buyer has seen the item in person and the handoff PIN is entered. A winning bid is a commitment, not a suggestion.

Hyper-local by design

Drive-time discovery, not radius circles. You see what's 15 minutes away, not 50 miles. No shipping, ever. Every sale ends in a real handoff between real neighbors.

Your address stays yours

Browsers see a city and a drive time — nothing more. The winner sees the nearest street. The full pickup address unlocks two hours before the meetup, and only for the person picking up.

Everyone is verified

Before anyone bids or lists, they clear three checks: a government ID matched to a live selfie, a card on file, and a verified home address. The ID check runs through Stripe Identity.

Reputation that means something

Karma comes from what actually happens — showing up, paying on time, following through — not star ratings from strangers. Ghost a handoff and it drops. Fall far enough and your bids are capped at $20 until you earn it back.

No ads. No algorithms. No Meta.

One developer. No venture capital. No sponsored listings, no paid boosts, no data harvesting. What you see is sorted by what's close and what's relevant — not by who paid to be on top.

How It Works

Four Steps.
That's It.

01

Snap & Tap

Take a few photos and answer a few guided questions about condition. AuClose turns your answers into a clear, honest listing. No essays about a used blender.

02

It Sells

Your item runs as a local auction, with Buy It Now if you want it. Late bids extend the clock, so nobody gets sniped. Set a reserve and buyers only see whether it's been met — never the number.

03

Meet Up

Pick a pickup time. The buyer inspects the item in person, then reads you a six-digit PIN. You enter it. No back-and-forth needed.

04

Get Paid

The PIN captures the payment. Your share — the sale price minus our 10% — moves to your payout account, and withdrawing to your bank is always free.

Follow the Money

Your Money
Never Floats.

Every dollar takes one path: a hold on the buyer's card, a handshake, a payout. No wallets. No mystery balances.

01

Bid

You win. The price is locked — no renegotiating.

02

Hold

Card authorized, not charged. The money stays in the buyer's account.

03

Meet

The buyer inspects the item in person before anything moves.

04

PIN

The buyer shares six digits. The seller enters them. Both sides confirmed.

05

Paid

Payment captured. The seller's share heads to their payout account.

Built on Trust
One Developer.
No Investors.
No Compromises.

AuClose is a solo project. That means no board telling us to monetize your attention, no algorithm tuned for engagement over fairness, and no growth team inventing new fees.

The fee is simple: 10% of the final sale, taken from the seller's proceeds at handoff. If it doesn't sell, you pay nothing. No listing fees, no subscriptions, no paid boosts. Buyers pay the winning bid plus local sales tax — no buyer's premium. Withdrawals are always free.

A hold, not a charge. The winner's card is authorized when the auction closes. The payment is only captured once you've handed off the item and entered the PIN.

The Make It Right window. If the winner's card is declined, they get 24 hours to fix it. If they don't, it costs them karma — and the seller can relist or offer the item to the next-highest bidder.

Flaking costs you. Ghosting a handoff, showing up late, or trying to renegotiate after winning all hit your karma. Bad actors lose access — the other party doesn't lose out.

No sponsored listings. Nobody can pay to jump the line. Ever.

The AuClose Dictionary
stuf
/stŭf/
noun
1.

A classification of household items existing in a state of quantum value; simultaneously too good for the curb, yet not valuable enough to warrant a 45-message exchange with a stranger who asks "is this still available?" and then vanishes into the ether.

2.

Any object whose potential selling price is inversely proportional to the number of questions one will be asked about it, including its star sign, its feelings about humidity, and whether you'd be willing to trade it for a half-eaten sandwich and a promise.

3.

The collective contents of a garage, a spare room, or "that one chair" which has developed its own gravitational pull.

Usage

"I'd love to park my car in the garage again, but it's completely filled with stuf like that old area rug and a perfectly fine lamp that doesn't match our new decor."

See also: Marketplace Fatigue, The Doom Pile, Eventual Donation, Procrasticlutter.

What's Next

Help Us
Build It.

Early access opens with classic auctions. Sealed-bid, price-drop, second-price and 15-minute blitz auctions are mapped out next, along with the Bounty Board. See what's planned and vote on what ships first.

View the Roadmap →

Las Cruces
Goes First.

We're opening in Las Cruces before anywhere else. Get on the list for early access.