Our Fees

Sellers Fees

Listing Fee

Item type	Fee
Bottles	£3 (+VAT)
Casks	£50 (+VAT)
Memorabilia	£3 (+VAT)
Miniatures	No fee

Reserve Price Fee

• The fee for including a reserve price is £4 (+VAT) per lot. The reserve is the minimum price that must be bid for an item before it can be won/sold.

  For advice on reserve prices for selling rare spirits at auction email [email protected]

Commission Fee

Item type	Fee
Bottles	Commission rate varies from 2.5%-20% Hammer price per lot Commission rate £2000+ 2.5% £1000-£1999.99 5% £20-£999.99 10% £0.01-£19.99 20%
Casks	Commission rate varies from 2.5%-10% Hammer price per lot Commission rate £10000+ 2.5% £5000-£9999.99 5% £2000-£4999.99 7.5% £0.01-£1999.99 10%
Memorabilia	10% of hammer price
Miniatures	Commission rate varies from 10%-50% Hammer price per lot Commission rate £75+ 10% £55-£74.99 15% £40-£54.99 20% £25-£39.99 25% £15-£24.99 30% £5-£14.99 40% £0.01-£4.99 50%

VAT

• There is no VAT on the hammer price of spirits sold at auction
• VAT is charged on commission, listing and reserve fees only

Buyers Fees

It’s easy to buy whisky online, just set up an online account on Whisky.Auction. The one-off registration fee of £5 enables you to bid on as many bottles and auctions as you like.

Commission fee

• 15% (+VAT) of the hammer price (we do not charge VAT on commission for all orders shipped outside the UK).

Late payments

• Additional 3% of the full invoice amount will be charged for payments not received in full within four working days of a winning bid.

Payment types

• No charge for debit or credit card payments.
• Any non-UK bank transfer costs must be met by the buyer.