iRostrum

iRostrum for the Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables Market

You bring the expertise, iRostrum brings the technology

The iRostrum platform was launched in 2011 and designed specifically for the Fine Art market. The Multi-Seller solution is used by Auction Houses whilst galleries and specialist dealers running auctions of their own stock use the Single Seller solution to great effect.

With its foundation in the Fine Art market, iRostrum includes a wealth of industry specific features to support this sector including tools to enable AML compliance, automatic calculation of ARR on invoicing and the ability to apply multiple VAT charges including Margin Scheme on a lot by lot basis.

Importantly, the focus for iRostrum has always been quality of presentation and beautiful design to ensure artworks are presented to the highest standard. With templates that are image focused, lots are presented to the highest standards with unlimited hi-res images with zoom control, the ability to upload videos and 360° lot viewing.

iRostrum Overview

Fully-Customisable Auction Platform

  • Your own white label auction platform
  • Instant setup, no installation needed, with valuable ongoing software enhancements
  • Sector templates out-of-the-box or customise your own
  • Host on your own URL and send system notifications from your own email address
  • Localise to your timezone and currency
  • Exceptional presentation and user experience designed to the latest accessibility standards
  • Mobile first responsive for optimal viewing on any device
  • SEO-optimised pages with clean URLs

Run Live and Timed Auctions

  • Highly configurable bidding formats
  • All bidding tightly coupled to your T&Cs
  • Configurable customer journeys and notifications
  • Access to the iRostrum Marketplace solution enabling sellers to list directly
  • On-demand ultra-low latency live streaming
  • Intuitive Live auction clerking and auctioneer screens
  • Comprehensive audit and traceability tools

Administration and Security

  • Intuitive end-to-end administration tools and processes
  • Bulk processing tools
  • Comprehensive reporting, exportable insights, and analytics for smarter, data-driven decisions
  • Configurable role profiles
  • Full data ownership
  • Secure software with regular penetration testing (SSL secure)
  • Scalable architecture addressing legacy cloud scaling issues
  • AML5 and GDPR ready

iRostrum features

  • Customisable Branding
  • Client management
  • ID Verification Management
  • Consignment Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Auction Management
  • Lot Management
  • Cataloging/Categorisation
  • Image Management (360° lot viewing)
  • Video Rendering
  • Registration Management
  • Tax Management
  • Payment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Live Auction
  • Timed Auction
  • Online Bidding
  • Proxy Bidding
  • Absentee Bidding
  • Advance Bidding
  • Bid Management
  • Anti-sniping
  • Watch List
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Payments
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Data Export
  • Social Media Integration
  • API Integration
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) with OAuth

Market Specific Features

High-quality visual presentation

  • Present your art works to the highest standards with detailed images so bidders will bid with confidence
  • Unlimited images per lot, hi-res image rendering with close zoom control 
  • Video presentation
  • Interactive 360 image capability

Charges and Tax Management

  • ARR auto-calculation
  • Configurable charges to buyers and sellers
  • Supports multiple tax schemes, charging on a per lot basis including Margin, Import and Zero VAT
  • Handles cross-border tax application

Security & Trust

  • AML compliance through secure registration and verification procedures for KYC
  • Protect bidder information with iRostrum’s secure encryption and storage solutions, ensuring confidentiality and integrity.

Why not read a case study?

See how iRostrum supported Maak’s vision!

Find out how iRostrum partnered with contemporary ceramics leader Maak to create a bespoke auction platform tailored to their unique needs.

Read Maak Case Study

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We've found iRostrum to give us significant advantages over the years on multiple levels which have no doubt contributed to helping us establish Maak as the leader in our field.

Presentation is key to how your audience perceives you. The quality of iRostrum's design means it's one of the best looking platforms I've seen - presenting the works we sell to the highest standard to reflect the quality of the high value artwork we sell. From a client and bidder perspective we get exceptional feedback with bidders frequently reaching out to tell us the user experience is the best in the market. 

From an admin perspective, having worked with a number of auction systems over the years, I’ve found iRostrum to be intuitive and efficient. It allows us to manage the end to end processes from consignment contracts, central cataloguing and image management that avoids any repetition of tasks, with efficient bulk processing which means we can get our invoices out to buyers within minutes of an auction closing.

In terms of supporting our growth, having full access and ownership of the data has been critical in helping us gain insights into bidder behaviour and preferences which we have long utilised to support building client relationships and now integrate with third party AI systems for dynamic personalised engagement which has led to measurable growth.

Frances Robinson, Maak