About Going Going

Going Going lets a group run an auction or a vote and understand the rules they have chosen.

Your room

Up to 40 people can join by link or code. Everyone joins before the host starts. The host can cancel afterward, but cannot change the rules or close early to see a result. Each room’s rules explain its timing, payments and ties.

Rooms last for up to an hour, with extra time for late bids in English auctions. Access expires 24 hours after creation. The site records auction results; buyers and sellers arrange payment and delivery themselves. In all-pay auctions, every bidder owes their final offer, including those who lose.

Room codes and browser access are intended for people who know one another. They do not verify a person’s identity or prevent someone joining from another browser.

What other people can see

Participants see who has joined. Public auction bids are visible. Private bids stay hidden until closing, when the room reveals the winner and the amounts needed to explain the price. It does not publish every losing private offer. In an all-pay auction, the host receives each bidder’s amount owed so they can arrange collection.

Individual voting ballots are never sent to other voters or the host. The host can see how many people have submitted. Once voting ends, everyone in the room can see the combined counts.

Stored information

The room stores its title, rules, names, bids and ballots. A browser cookie reconnects you to your place without an account. A shared browser shares that access, so use a separate browser profile or device if people need separate identities.

Room access ends after 24 hours. Expired records are removed when later rooms are created, rather than necessarily at the exact moment they expire. We use short-lived network identifiers to limit spam and repeated requests. Hosting providers may keep operational logs.

Going Going does not collect payment details or use advertising trackers. Avoid putting personal or sensitive information in room titles, names, questions or descriptions.

Site analytics

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand which pages people use and whether room setup and participation succeed. We collect page visits, room titles and formats, and actions such as creating or joining a room. We do not send room codes, participant names, bids or ballot choices. Google also receives technical information such as browser and device details. Advertising features are disabled.

We also keep private counts of rooms created, grouped by title, format and day, to understand what people use Going Going for. These counts are stored in our own database. They contain no room codes, participant details, bids or ballots. Reports cover the latest 90 days; older entries are removed when a new room is created.

Analytics runs automatically when you visit the live site. Campaign labels in shared links help us understand where visits come from. Our analytics cookies expire after 90 days; operational hosting logs are separate. Google’s privacy policy explains its processing.