PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
How Sellers Benefit from Competitive Bidding in the Oil-Royalties Virtual Auction™ Marketplace — With Zero Seller Commissions
Chicago, IL — January 14, 2026 — https://www.Oil‑Royalties.com (Oil-Royalties) today announces an updated overview of how competitive bidding inside its Virtual Auction™ Marketplace is transforming the experience for royalty sellers. The platform replaces subjective broker negotiations with a transparent, rules‑based auction system that delivers real price discovery, objective valuation, and transaction integrity — with no seller‑side commissions of any kind. Sellers keep 100% of their sale proceeds, paying only the platform’s $59/month subscription fee.
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A Transparent, Standardized Marketplace — Not a Broker
Inside the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace, every listing follows a standardized format. Qualified buyers receive the same data, the same valuation inputs, and the same bidding rules. Sellers benefit from a process designed to eliminate the uncertainty and information asymmetry that have defined the traditional royalty market.
“For sellers, the biggest challenge has always been uncertainty — not knowing who the buyer is, how serious they are, or whether the price reflects true market demand,” said Ronald Achs, Founder & Chief Executive of PRODUITS DE L’EQUIPE LLC (dba: Oil‑Royalties). “Our competitive bidding system eliminates that uncertainty. Sellers get transparency, verified buyers, and a process designed to deliver fair market value — with no commissions taken from their proceeds.”
Verified Buyers, Global Reach, and Real Competition
Sellers begin by submitting their royalty information through a standardized onboarding listing workflow. Once verified and approved, the listing is presented to a global pool of buyer‑subscribers who will have executed the Acquisition Agreement (E‑Sign 1) with PRODUITS DE L’EQUIPE LLC, prior to submitting any bid on a listed asset ensuring that every participant is verified, financially capable, and committed to the process.
During the auction, sellers can monitor real‑time bidding activity, including bid progression and buyer participation via SMS and email notification that include action buttons within the email, allowing for immediate responses. The platform’s objective valuation tools — including the proprietary and objective Max‑Bid Value™ (MBV) Algorithm — help ensure that bidding remains disciplined, data‑driven, and free from emotional or speculative distortions.
A Clear Path to Closing — Fully Automated
When a seller accepts a bid and signs E‑Sign 2 (the Letter of Intent), the auction concludes for the subject asset, and the listing status updates to “Pending” on the Available Asset Summaries page that buyers see. The winning buyer then proceeds through a standardized e‑sign sequence that culminates with the Purchase & Sale Agreement (E‑Sign 3) and closing documents which are emailed to the designated escrow agent.
This automated workflow provides sellers with:
transaction certainty
audit‑ready documentation
a predictable, standardized closing process
zero commission deductions
“Competitive bidding gives sellers what they’ve always wanted: transparency, fairness, and a structured process,” Achs added. “By standardizing the experience and ensuring that every buyer is verified, we’re giving sellers a level of confidence that simply hasn’t existed in the royalty market.”
A Category‑Defining Platform
The Virtual Auction™ Marketplace is part of Oil‑Royalties’ broader mission to modernize the royalty industry through automation, education, and global accessibility. For sellers, competitive bidding represents a major step forward in achieving fair market value with integrity, efficiency, and no sell-side transaction commissions.
About Oil‑Royalties
Oil‑Royalties is the creator of the Virtual Auction™ Marketplace, the first fully automated platform for buying and selling U.S. oil and gas royalty assets. The company provides standardized onboarding and asset listing, competitive bidding, objective valuation tools, and automated closing workflows designed to bring transparency, integrity, and efficiency to a historically opaque market. Sellers pay no commissions, only a $59/month subscription fee.
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