Auction Budget Calculator
Get the purse, max-bid ceiling, and increment ladder for your player auction — tuned so bidding stays exciting from the first player to the last.
Your league
Headroom of 3–4× suits most leagues: enough for a marquee bid war without every player selling at base price.
Purse per franchise
10,000
Identical points budget for every team
Max safe bid
7,500
Keeps base price in reserve for the other 5 required slots
Average per player
1,667
3.3× base price — the bidding sweet spot
Player pool needed
36+
42 recommended (15% buffer so late picks aren't forced)
Suggested bid increments
Small steps keep bargain battles alive; big steps stop marquee wars from taking fifty raises.
Total points economy: 60,000 across 6 franchises. These are the same numbers you'd enter when configuring an auction in the Gaim.zone app.
New to running auctions?
The numbers are step 2 of 6. Our complete guide covers the player pool, franchise owners, auction night, and the mistakes that ruin it.
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Enter these exact numbers in Gaim.zone and your auction enforces them automatically — budgets, reserves, increments, and all.
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