Vickrey (second-price)

Roadmap

Winner pays the second-highest price — incentive for truthful bidding.

Status

On the roadmap

This capability is designed and planned as part of the headless routing readiness work. The shipped strategies above are available today; this one is on the way.

How it works

Second-price (Vickrey) auction clearing: the top bidder wins but pays the Nth-highest price, which makes truthful bidding the dominant strategy. Part of the market-clearing roadmap.