The LiveAuctioneers alternative built around ownership.
LiveAuctioneers connects sellers to a large collectibles audience. Unovance Global takes a different path: a branded platform you own, where the bidders, the data, and the buyer relationship stay yours.
LiveAuctioneers earned its reputation by aggregating demand — putting art, antiques, and collectibles in front of a deep pool of active bidders. If your priority is immediate exposure to buyers already searching a marketplace, that audience is a real advantage, and we say so plainly.
The trade-off is structural. On a marketplace, your lots live under someone else's brand, your bidders register with the platform rather than with you, and the buyer relationship is shared. Unovance Global inverts that model: you run a white-label or private-label platform on your own domain, and every bidder you earn becomes part of an audience you own outright.
That ownership compounds. Repeat buyers, exportable data, 22 auction formats, and AI tools — a fraud dashboard, a bidder agent, and an auctioneer agent — give you a business asset that grows in value with every sale, instead of recurring fees to reach people who are already yours.
What you gain by owning the platform.
Your brand, not a marketplace
Bidders register, browse, and buy under your name and domain. There is no third-party storefront sitting between you and the people who win your lots.
You own the bidder data
Email lists, bid history, and buyer relationships belong to you — exportable and reusable across every future sale, never locked inside a shared audience.
22 formats from one platform
Run timed, webcast, sealed-bid, Dutch, and 18 more formats from a single branded platform, instead of being limited to the timed-and-webcast model of a marketplace.
AI tools and full management
Fraud dashboards, a bidder agent, and an auctioneer agent sit alongside cataloging, clerking, invoicing, and settlements — the full back office, not just a listing feed.
Frequently asked questions
What does LiveAuctioneers do well?+
LiveAuctioneers is a respected art and collectibles marketplace with a large, motivated bidding audience. For houses that want immediate exposure to buyers actively searching for fine art, antiques, and collectibles, that built-in traffic is a genuine strength.
How is Unovance Global different?+
Unovance is ownership-first. Rather than listing your lots on a shared marketplace, you run a white-label or private-label platform under your own brand and domain. You keep the bidder relationships and the data instead of renting access to someone else’s audience.
Will I lose marketplace exposure by switching?+
Many houses use both: a marketplace for reach and a branded platform for the buyers they already own. Over time, repeat bidders move to your platform, so you stop paying to reach people who are already yours — and you control the buyer experience end to end.
Is Unovance only for art and collectibles?+
No. Unovance spans equipment, vehicles, real estate, industrial, and collectibles, with 22 auction formats and full auction management. Our roots trace to Equipmentfacts in 2000, so we understand both fine-art catalogs and heavy-equipment settlements.
Own your auction platform — and your bidders.
See how a white-label or private-label Unovance platform compares to a marketplace for your house. Book a walkthrough and we’ll map the switch around your formats and your catalog.