Bid your way into the top three.
The Bidding Account is how serious operators control the top placement in any Vendorlink directory category. Per-city, per-category bidding. Real-time rank. Max auto-bid built in. Pay only for the qualified calls that come through.
Three slots up top. Bid for any of them.
The top three bids in every category-and-area combination win the three featured spots above the regular directory listings. You don't have to dominate to advertise — bid for #2 or #3 when the #1 fight gets expensive, and you still get featured placement above the field.
Top of the page
Highest active bid in your category and area. Sits above every other result. Most calls go here.
Second slot
Second-highest bidder. Still featured above the rest of the directory. Strong call volume.
Third slot
Third-highest bidder. Rounds out the featured trio. Solid placement for steady operators.
Per city. Per category. Max auto-bid built in.
Scoped to the work you actually run
Every bid is tied to one category (light-duty towing, heavy-duty recovery, mobile tire, etc.) and one geographic area (a city, a county, or a custom radius). You don't pay for traffic that doesn't match — only the searches that fit your service set.
Two numbers per bid: start and ceiling
Your starting bid is what you pay today. Your max auto-bid is the ceiling you'll let the system raise you to if a competitor outbids you. The auction respects your ceiling — once you hit it, your rank drops, but you never pay more than the number you set.
Live rank, live competitors
The Bidding Account dashboard shows your current rank in every market you bid in, the top competitors at each scope, and the bid you'd need to move up one slot. Updates the moment anyone moves. No surprise drops.
Pay per qualified call
Calls route through a tracked number tied to your placement. You pay only for calls that match the category and area you bid on. Wrong category, wrong city, or accidental click — free. Real fleet driver in the right zip — billed.
Pause anytime, no penalty
Calendar's full? Pause the bid from your dashboard. Your rank shows Paused, you're skipped for placement, and the configuration is saved at your old max. Unpause and you're back in the running. Useful for slow weeks, holidays, or when you want to test a new market.
Auto-topup keeps you live
Set a balance threshold and the system tops you up automatically when funds drop below it. No surprise outages because you missed a low-balance email. Or turn auto-topup off and let your bids pause automatically when you run dry — your choice.
Money matters. Service history breaks ties.
When two bids are tied, the operator with the higher completion rate and rating wins the higher slot. Bid history matters, but service history beats it when the dollars are even. The auction rewards the operators who actually do the work — not just the ones who out-spend everyone.
The mechanics, answered.
A Bidding Account is a dashboard feature inside Vendorlink that lets you compete for the top three placement slots in any directory category and any geography you want. You fund the account, set a bid for each city-and-category combination you care about, and the system ranks you against every other bidder in real time. The top three bids in a category win the top three spots; everyone else falls into the regular directory listing.
Each bid you place is scoped to one category and one geographic area — usually a city or a county. You set two numbers: your starting bid (what you pay today) and your max auto-bid (the highest you're willing to go). The system then bids on your behalf up to your max whenever a competitor moves above you, the same way auto-bidding works in any modern auction. The dashboard shows your live rank, your competitors' bids, and the bid you'd need to advance — updating every time someone moves.
Highest active bid in the category and area wins #1. Second-highest takes #2. Third-highest takes #3. If your bid drops below the #3 line, you fall out of the top three until you raise it or a competitor pauses. Tie-breakers go to the operator with the higher completion rate and rating — bid history matters, but service history beats it when the dollars are even.
Neither. You pay only for qualified calls — real fleets, real customers, real road-service requests that route through the tracked number on your placement. We don't bill for impressions, scroll-bys, or accidental clicks. If a caller doesn't match what you signed up to receive (wrong category, wrong area), it's free.
Max auto-bid is your ceiling. You set a number you're comfortable spending per call, and the system bids you up to that ceiling — and no further — whenever a competitor outbids you. If the market gets too expensive, you don't get caught in a bidding war you didn't sign up for. Your rank drops until you raise the ceiling or the bidder above you pulls back.
Yes. Bid in every city you serve, in every category you run. Each city-and-category combination is independent — different bids, different max ceilings, different budgets. The dashboard shows them all on one screen so you know exactly where you're #1, where you're #2, and where you're getting pushed out.
Yes. Pause any bid from your dashboard — your rank shows as Paused and you're skipped over for placement, but the configuration is saved. Unpause and you're back in the running at your previous max. Useful for slow seasons, holidays, or when your calendar fills up.
Set an auto-topup threshold and the system bills your saved payment method when your balance drops below it. No surprise outages, no dropping out of the top three because you missed a notification. You can also turn auto-topup off and let your bids pause automatically when you run dry.
Open a Bidding Account and start fighting for the top three.
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