Sell on Bidra: Australian marketplace fees, Bidra Pay and Timed Offers

This guide is for Australian sellers who already list on eBay Australia, Gumtree Australia or Facebook Marketplace and want one more place to be found, with free listings. Bidra is young. It does not publish buyer numbers, so treat it as a cheap extra channel rather than a replacement for the sites you already sell on. If you are outside Australia, it is not for you: Bidra says plainly that only Australian sellers can connect.

What Bidra is

Bidra calls itself “Australia’s marketplace”. It is run by Bidra Pty Ltd (ACN 702 221 074) and covers local buying and selling: general listings, a Wanted section where buyers post what they are looking for, and a directory where businesses can list themselves. Pickup, postage and delivery are all possible, and the details are agreed between buyer and seller in Bidra Messages.

Bidra’s terms say who can use it: adults aged 18 and over with accurate account details. Every seller has to say whether they are a private or a business seller. If you sell in trade, the Australian Consumer Law applies to you as it would anywhere else, including consumer guarantees, tax and record keeping.

Bidra is a venue, not a party to the sale. The terms state that the contract is between buyer and seller, and that Bidra is not an auctioneer, an escrow holder, a shipping provider or a pickup scheduler.

Bidra fees

Bidra’s fees page (last updated 18 October 2026) is the source of truth for its charges. In short:

A worked example: you list a pair of work boots at A$80 and a buyer pays with Bidra Pay. The buyer pays A$80 plus any postage you agreed. Bidra’s sales fee is 4% of A$80, so A$3.20 including GST, and Stripe’s costs, which you see and accept before the sale, also come out of your proceeds. The sales fee is worked out on the item price, not the postage. Sell the same boots for cash at pickup and you keep the full A$80.

Paid Featured is optional. It runs for seven days and then stops by itself, so there is no subscription to remember to cancel.

Buy Now and Timed Offers

Bidra has two ways to sell, described on its How it works page:

• Buy Now. The buyer commits at your listed price. Bidra treats this as a real commitment, not a casual hold.
• Timed Offer. Buyers make offers during a window you set. Their maximum offers stay private. When the window closes, the highest offer is not accepted automatically: you decide whether to take it.

There are no auctions in the eBay sense. A Timed Offer is closer to a sealed bid that you are free to turn down, which suits one-off items whose value you are unsure of. For stock you already price elsewhere, Buy Now is simpler.

Getting paid: Bidra Pay or cash pickup

Each order records how the buyer will pay. Bidra Pay is the card checkout inside Bidra, run on Stripe. To take Bidra Pay you first complete the seller payout onboarding. Cash pickup is the other option, where you offer it.

The difference matters if something goes wrong. Bidra Pay refunds and disputes follow the order record. A cash pickup is still recorded as an order, but Bidra is clear that it carries no Bidra Pay protection, and any refund is between you and the buyer, subject to Australian consumer law. Bidra does not hold money in escrow. Its advice for local handovers is to inspect the item before paying and to keep the payment and handover details in the order conversation.

After payment, Bidra walks both sides through pickup, postage or delivery, handover confirmation, completion and feedback.

Postage and pickup

Bidra is not a shipping provider and does not sell postage labels. You agree pickup, postage or delivery with the buyer, and the listing shows which you offer. Price postage the way you would on Gumtree Australia: Australia Post’s own rates, or a flat rate that covers your usual parcel size. Local pickup with cash is the cheapest sale on the site for both sides, since neither pays a Bidra fee.

Listing well on Bidra

• Write the title a local buyer would search. Brand, item, size or model, condition.
• Show the location. Buyers check photos, condition, location and the pickup or postage options before they commit, according to Bidra’s own guide.
• Pick Buy Now for priced stock. Use a Timed Offer when you would rather see what buyers will pay.
• Check the prohibited list. Bidra keeps one on its prohibited items page.
• One item per listing. Bidra’s import guidance says each published listing offers one item.

Selling on Bidra with FLUF Connect

Bidra has a Sell with FLUF page for sellers who already manage their stock in FLUF. You need an eligible Bidra seller account in Australia and your own FLUF account; the two are separate, and Bidra’s normal verification and listing rules still apply.

To connect, open the Channels screen in FLUF Connect, choose Bidra and follow the steps. Bidra asks you to approve FLUF’s access from inside your Bidra account. After that, this is what FLUF does on Bidra:

Bidra asks every seller to confirm photos, description, condition, price, stock and location before selling, and that applies to listings sent from FLUF too. Look over your first few on Bidra before you send the rest.

Crosslisting and inventory sync are on every FLUF plan. Relisting, offer management and smart pricing are included from the Pro plan upwards, and none of them runs on Bidra today. You can start with 7 days for £1, then from £9/month, and add Bidra next to the Australian channels you already use. The Australia page lists the others.

Related guides

• Marketplaces you can sell on from Australia
• Gumtree Australia vs eBay
• Gumtree Australia vs Facebook Marketplace
• Inventory sync
• Sell on Wadded

Sources

• Bidra: Fees (checked 27 October 2026)
• Bidra: How it works (checked October 2026)
• Bidra: Terms of Use (checked October 2026)
• Bidra: Sell with FLUF (checked October 2026)
• Bidra: Import your inventory (checked October 2026)
• Bidra: About (checked October 2026)