Huutokauppa.com

Huutokauppa.com runs a weekly rhythm rather than a rolling catalogue: a new auction opens each Tuesday and the previous ones close in sequence, so at any moment three sales are live and three have just ended. Alongside the auctions sit two other channels — a stock sale at fixed prices and a bankruptcy offer section where you make an offer rather than bid.

What you can buy

• Cars and commercial vehicles.
• Machinery.
• Bankruptcy stock, in its own category and its own offer channel.
• Stock parties — bulk goods lots.
• Electronics.
• Antiques, collectibles and art.
• Real estate.
• Storage units, sold whole.

How the bidding works

The three channels behave differently and the site keeps them visually separate: auctions close on a date, stocksale items are priced, and bankruptcy / offer items take offers. Registration is required for all three. The site runs in Finnish, Estonian, Russian and English, which reflects where its buyers are.

What to check before you bid

Storage-unit lots are exactly what they sound like — a container of unknown contents, sold on the strength of a photograph — and should be priced accordingly. For everything else, the collection location is the practical constraint: sellers are spread across Finland, and Finland is large. Read the terms before your first bid.