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How winning works

Home Deals USA is designed to be the most transparent live marketplace in the industry. Here is exactly how bidding, winning, and payment work — end to end.

Important — how winning works

Credits are purchased separately from any project. Every accepted bid uses credits. If you become the winning homeowner, you must also pay the displayed Final Winning Price before your project is fulfilled.

Credits Used + Winning Price + Taxes + Approved upgrades = Total Amount Due
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Step 1

Purchase credits

Credits fund participation. They are not the project price.

Step 2

Use credits to bid

Every accepted bid consumes credits and raises the Winning Price.

Step 3

Become the winning bidder

The last accepted bid before the timer expires wins the event.

Step 4

Pay the Final Winning Price

This is separate from the credits you used while bidding.

Step 5

Property verification & inspection

We confirm your property matches the package requirements.

Step 6

Project completion

Your assigned contractor delivers the awarded package.

Real example

Standing Seam Metal Roof

Retail value$38,000.00
Credits purchased$250.00
Credits used$84.00
Winning Price$217.63
Total amount paid$301.63

Plus any applicable taxes and approved out-of-scope upgrades.

The remaining project value is funded through the Home Deals USA marketplace — sponsor allowances, marketing budgets, and package sponsors that make live auction pricing possible. That's why the Winning Price can be a fraction of the retail value, and why the total you pay is only what's shown above.

We publish this example on every deal so no homeowner is ever surprised at checkout.