To provide a method for auctioning a commodity without bringing the actual commodity (article) to an auction place.

The method for auctioning the commodity by using a computer system 1 includes a step (S210) for setting a start price as the initial value of a present price, steps (S230 and S260) for judging whether or not a signal showing the desire of buying is inputted to the compute system 1 from a buyer within unit time, steps (S240 and S270) for increasing the present price by a prescribed value when the signal showing the desire of buying is inputted to the computer system 1 from the buyer within a unit time and a step (S280) for deciding a successful bid for the commodity by setting the present price as a contract price when it is judged that the signal showing the desire of buying is not inputted to the computer system 1 within a unit time after sell-out information is inputted to the computer system.