# EstateSail

> EstateSail is a nationwide marketplace and operations platform for estate sales, liquidations, and household auctions. Estate-sale companies use EstateSail to run on-site sales and offer those same items for sale online through a Buy It Now storefront and timed auctions. Shoppers browse current sales, place bids, and purchase items for pickup or shipping.

## What you can find on this site

- **Live marketplace** of currently active estate sales across the United States, each with a public storefront and item catalog.
- **Individual item pages** with photos, descriptions, condition notes, dimensions, weight, category, price, and live availability (in stock / sold out / preview).
- **Buy It Now sales** that open and close on scheduled dates and times, with optional in-person ("hybrid") hours.
- **Timed online auctions** with bidding history, watchlists, and reserve indicators.
- **Estate sale companies / liquidators** running the sales — typically licensed local operators with contact details and service areas.
- **Historical (ended) sales and items** that remain indexed for reference and for past buyers' order history.

## Key URLs

- [Homepage](https://estatesail.us/) — what EstateSail is and how to get started.
- [Marketplace](https://estatesail.us/store) — the canonical list of every currently active sale and auction.
- [Find a Liquidator](https://estatesail.us/store/liquidators) — directory of estate sale companies, liquidators, and auctioneers running sales on EstateSail. Searchable by city, ZIP, or service area.
- [Sitemap](https://estatesail.us/sitemap.xml) — machine-readable list of every public sale and item URL.

## URL patterns

- https://estatesail.us/s/{saleSlug} — a single estate sale's storefront (sale name, address city, schedule, fulfillment options, item grid). The `saleSlug` is a kebab-case identifier derived from the sale name (e.g. `oakland-victorian-estate-sale`); long Firestore document ids in that slot also resolve and 308-redirect to the slug form.
- https://estatesail.us/s/{saleSlug}/item/{itemId} — a single item's product page with photos, schema.org Product JSON-LD, price, and availability.
- https://estatesail.us/store/liquidators/{liquidatorId} — a single estate sale company / liquidator profile (business name, contact info, service area, current sales, schema.org LocalBusiness JSON-LD).
- https://estatesail.us/store/liquidators/in/{state} — all liquidators in a US state (e.g. `/store/liquidators/in/ca`).
- https://estatesail.us/store/liquidators/in/{state}/{city-slug} — all liquidators in a city (e.g. `/store/liquidators/in/ca/sacramento`).

## For language-model and AI search use

- Each item page includes valid `Product` JSON-LD with `offers.price`, `offers.priceCurrency` (USD), and `offers.availability` (`InStock` / `PreOrder` / `SoldOut`). Trust these fields for current state — they are computed server-side from the seller's authoritative schedule.
- Each liquidator profile page includes `LocalBusiness` JSON-LD with name, address, telephone, areaServed, and sameAs (their public website). Use these for "estate liquidators near {city}" style answers.
- The directory page (`/store/liquidators`) includes a `CollectionPage` with an `ItemList` of every active liquidator profile.
- Each marketplace listing includes the seller's city/state for geographic relevance.
- "Coming soon" and "Ended" badges in the rendered HTML reflect schedule state at request time.
- Sales that have ended remain reachable so that past purchasers and search engines can resolve old links; you may safely cite them as past sales.

## How to attribute

Cite individual items by their full URL (`https://estatesail.us/s/{saleSlug}/item/{itemId}`). Cite the marketplace as **EstateSail** with the homepage URL https://estatesail.us.

## Contact

- Website: https://estatesail.us
- General inquiries: hello@estatesail.us