Assess whether Municibid offers a programmatic API for monitoring municipal surplus auctions
domain: auction.government-surplus.municibid · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Review municibid.com for any developer/API documentation
Confirm no public API documentation was found in available materials; the platform is presented purely as a browse/bid consumer marketplace
Note Municibid's business model: free for participating governments/schools to list, funded instead by a tiered buyer's fee — per the live fee schedule at info.municibid.com/fees, a typical structure is 9% on the winning bid up to $99,999.99, 6% on the portion from $100,000-$499,999.99, and 4% on the portion over $500,000 (aggregate across thresholds; the exact fee is shown per-listing and can vary by auction)
For any integration or bulk-monitoring need, contact Municibid directly rather than assuming an API exists
Treat any third-party claim of a 'Municibid API' as unverified until confirmed directly with the company
Known gotchas
Honest negative: no public API was found for Municibid — don't present one as available without direct vendor confirmation
The consumer 'Browse' interface on the website is not evidence of a machine-readable feed or API
The buyer's fee is tiered, not a flat rate — per info.municibid.com/fees it's 9% up to $99,999.99 stepping down at higher bid tiers, charged to bidders (not listing agencies); don't quote a single flat percentage (e.g., '8%') without checking the current fee page, since it's relevant to estimating true acquisition cost from this platform
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