Three people at a glass rail on the mezzanine of a modern collection building, looking down on two cars in daylight

Membership & roles

Three seats at the table

Collector, Dealer, External Manager — one platform, three clearly drawn roles. Each seat sees exactly what its work requires, and everything a seat does is written to the record.

HICONIUM

Collector

For private collectors who want to manage their vehicles as assets, track market values, and sell discreetly when needed.

  • Escrow handling via HICONIUM
  • Commercial terms agreed at admission

HICONIUM

Dealer

For certified partner dealers who handle the operational part of the sale — viewings, logistics, documents — under the HICONIUM triangle model.

  • Success and platform fees agreed at certification
  • Escrow handling via HICONIUM

HICONIUM

External Manager

For a family office, assistant or advisor operating inside a Collector’s account — invitation and permissions only, no garage of its own.

  • No subscription — invited by a Collector
  • Permissions set and revoked by the Collector
  • Every action recorded on the account

Feature comparison

What each seat can do

Swipe sideways for every seat →

CapabilityCollectorDealerExternal Manager
Account, login and KYC verification
Own garage — manage vehicles, photos and documents
Visibility per car: private, shared or public webIf enabled
HICON-PRICE and sealed-bid count per vehicleIf enabled
Market indices and model trendsIf enabled
Favourites and watchlistsIf enabled
Place HICON-BIDsIf enabled
Trigger "Sell my car"
Assign or change the dealer per vehicleIf enabled
Run viewings, logistics and contract upload
Messaging within defined relationshipsIf enabled
Digital ownership transfer after a deal
Invite an External Manager

"If enabled" is the External Manager in one line: every capability is a checkbox the Collector grants — viewing prices and bid counts, editing vehicle data, bidding on the Collector's behalf, talking to the assigned dealers — and every grant is revocable and recorded. An External Manager is invited by a Collector; there is no application. While the founding cohort fills, invitations run through the concierge — write to welcome@hiconium.com from the inviting Collector's account.

Selling logic

A sale with no stage fright

Discretion is the product: the market never sees a listing, and the strongest buyers never see each other.

01 · The trigger

The Collector triggers the sale on a car. Nothing is public: the platform notifies the top six sealed bidders, and only them.

02 · The window

A thirty-day viewing window, run by the assigned dealer as the operational hub — viewings, logistics, documents, all recorded on the chassis.

03 · The offers

Final offers are collected through the platform, sealed. The number stays a number; the identities stay private.

04 · The transfer

The buyer funds escrow, the contract is uploaded, and ownership transfers digitally — the sale becomes part of the car’s permanent record.

Benefits

Financial sense first. Then the fun

Membership unlocks the platform’s pricing instruments and the private network around them — exact prices per chassis, and rooms where cars, art, fashion and architecture meet on equal terms.

Collection valuation

One exact HICON-PRICE per chassis, held current, with the evidence behind it.

Market instruments

The indices and model trends that carry your cars, with historical pricing depth where the record allows it.

Privacy controls

Share per car, per field, per audience — nothing leaves the vault without your say.

The HICON-SCORE

The more of your collection’s history you document, the higher your score — and the more the platform can prove on your behalf.

Member events

Occasions where cars, art and design intersect — access follows standing, not spend.

One portal, many collections

External Managers run several collections through a single account, with permissions their Collectors control.

Access is by application while the founding cohort fills. Companies looking to build on the layer belong in the partner universe.

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