September 2009

Yottabid Bidders on Clone?

September 23, 2009

There’s a new penny auction site GetitForaCent.com that has not yet opened, it has the same look & feel as the late YottaBid.com, there’s even some of the same usernames on the test auctions that were on YottaBid in the beginning bidding against real people. Take a look at the screenshots: Now here’s an item [...]

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Call for Guest Bloggers

September 23, 2009

Be a guest blogger on Penny Auction Watch! Guest blogs can provide a fresh perspective on entertainment shopping. We’re open to just about any topic/subject for a guest post as long as they’re penny auction/entertainment shopping related. Previous guest posts include:   Is There an Effective Strategy to Winning Penny Auctions? & Penny Auctions: A Chump’s [...]

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A Piece of Advice to Penny Auction Startups

September 22, 2009

Many penny auction sites have been not only been using Swoopo clone software they also copy Swoopo’s terms & conditions and link to Swoopo’s acceptable use policy. Others even go as far as to copy  Swoopo’s About Us page verbatim and change Swoopo to their company name.  Some even call their company a corporation when [...]

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Penny Auction Just for Laptops

September 21, 2009

Penny Laptop-A penny auction just for laptops is soon to open by Turnkey Penny Auctions, the same company that has brought us  Penny Purses. They use PayPal and say they are even willing to be evaluated by PayPal when asked. Penny Laptop promises no shills whatsoever and if it starts out the same way PennyPurses [...]

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Penny Auction BidMuseum Just Opened

September 20, 2009

India based BidMuseum just opened today: “Inlapp has just announced the launch of its new penny auction website, BidMuseum.com, which will be offering its clients the hottest picks of new, luxury brand items at a fraction of the manufacturer’s retail prices. About Inlapp Inlapp is an independent company that has established itself very well in [...]

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This Penny Auction Wants you to Look, Live, and Travel Better

September 19, 2009

Penny Auction site BidBerserk.com offers the following future auctions: Hair Replacement from MedicalHairRestoration.com-Valued at $8,000.00 Breast Augmentation Surgery-Also Valued at $8,000.00 (Maybe you won’t want to let your friends know your username on BidBerserk.) SmartLipoâ„¢ Laser Body Sculpting-Valued at $4,500.00 Pottery Barn Shopping Spree-Valued at $5,000.00 American Airlines Gift Certificate-Valued at $3,500.00 Harley Davidson Dyna [...]

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BlitzPenny

September 18, 2009

Find the right auction, I think it’s a great space for people to get what they want on a cheapest pr Robin 15 September 2009 I was looking for Nintendo DSi when I found blitzpenny.com through search engine. When I saw how it Anjalina 15 September 2009 “Blitzpenny and the support staff are very professional. [...]

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Biddor Opens Tomorrow

September 18, 2009

New penny auction site Biddor opens tomorrow. Register to get 5 free bids, and 10 free with your first purchase.

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Bidlew is GONE

September 17, 2009

Remember Bidlew? The penny auction site that our readers told us had to have bot bidders, well they’re now gone. It looks like the guy in the testimonial for Bidlew may have taken acting lessons from Disney Pixar’s Up: Watch at 2:10: New Pixar “Up” Trailer Uploaded by crimfarstein. It looks like BidLew just up [...]

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CircusPop Launches Reveal Auction

September 17, 2009

California based CircusPop.com just went live yesterday, they’re currently in beta stage and plan to have a full launch next week. What is CircusPop? CircusPop is an entertainment shopping auction based on the Dutch Auction (price dropping) concept. “CircusPop is a Silicon Valley-based company founded by three Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni. The company [...]

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Penny Auction Red Flags

September 16, 2009

Strange and dubious practices that have been seen observed recently; such as, Pposh’s testing mode & shill comments, Pardoo’s shill comments to us & their use of DigitalFruit’s (Intelligent Investment Protector (IIP) penny auction software, and iPennyBid requiring scans of bidder’s identification cards and not having items available. Are a few of the entertainment shopping [...]

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iPennybid Requires Members to Scan IDs

September 15, 2009

It does look like iPennyBid.com bidders are required to scan in a copy of their IDs/driver’s licenses to iPennyBid, read our last post. From iPennybid’s Terms & Conditions : iPennyBid has the rights to verify the identity of each individual user. In the event of iPennyBid being unable to verify or authenticate user identity using [...]

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iPennybid Feedback

September 15, 2009

UPDATE: Another WINNING bidder, the one mentioned below that did not receive their winning item, they were refunded but was still also required to scan in their driver’s license. iPennyBid is the first and only penny auction site that we have heard of to require a scan of a photo ID. It looks like iPennybid’s [...]

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RackUp-The Early Bidder Gets the Worm

September 15, 2009

RackUp is new auction, currently in  beta stage, that falls under the entertainment shopping category. Unlike Swoopo and penny auctions Rackup is not a bid-fee auction, you don’t have to pay to participate. Auctions only takes 60 seconds and there is no risk involved. Rackup is a gift card auction created by gift card industry [...]

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LastBidder-A Funny Penny Auction!

September 14, 2009

“We are very proud to offer you a brand new way,n a cheap and funy way to purchase tons of newest and well-known items online.”-LastBidder.net On LastBidder if you win an auction you can get all of your bids back. LastBidder sure is funny, Nicole S. of Detroit, Michigan won an Xbox 360 with only [...]

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Outcome of GoBid’s Item Suggestion Contest

September 13, 2009

GoBid picked 10 items from users in their Pick a Winner Contest. The winners received 25 free bids. The auctions that were chosen will be offered each day at noon PST starting Monday September 14th, 2009. Week 1 Monday- Snowboard & Bindings Tuesday- Chumby Wednesday- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Thursday- Portable [...]

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Good Customer Support Experiences

September 12, 2009

One of our readers just started a thread on the forum to highlight positive customer support experiences with penny auctions: “I just received excellent support from Zoozle (thank you Jackie). In the past, I have also received great support from BidTrotter. So, I would like to start this thread to share your good customer service [...]

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Have you tried Pardoo?

September 11, 2009

Pardoo penny auctions are still going strong, According to Website Outlook Pardoo gets 886 Page views/day: Read this post: Proof Pardoo is Shill Bidding Their Penny Auctions And tell us what you think.

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Happy Hour Friday on BidCactus

September 11, 2009

It’s Happy Hour Friday on BidCactus (check out the cocktail umbrella!). Buy a 50 Bidpack and get 5 bonus bids from 4-7pm EST today. Discuss BidCactus (Disclaimer: Links to BidCactus are affiliate links, if you click on the links to BidCactus and purchase bids PAW will receive a commission.)

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Join the Penny Auction Watch Community!

September 11, 2009

Have you joined the Penny Auction Watch Community yet? What are you waiting for? It’s easy and free! If you enjoy penny auctions and need help finding new ones, need to ask questions/ discuss problems, want to brag talk about your wins (be nice!),  and learn strategy the penny auction forums are for you. If [...]

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