From the category archives:
Have you bid on BigDeal? We like that BigDeal allows users to apply bids spent to purchase the item, letting users bid until they’ve paid for the item and not walk away empty handed. Just a few weeks ago we met with the BigDeal team in San Francisco.
BigDeal has just recently re-designed their site [...]
Next month, startup Moloyo will be opening it’s doors to the public.
One of our forum members, Rob, recently gave us the opportunity to browse around and test drive his new site. Developed over the past eight months, Moloyo is completely original (two thumbs up for creative design) and will provide a never-seen-before user experience.
Rob didn’t want [...]
Today, penny auction Bidsauce.com launched their mobile bidding app for the Android. “The new application can be downloaded from the Android mobile app marketplace by searching for “Bidsauce.” Once installed on an Android phone the app allows the user to view all of the current live auctions. Once an auction is selected the user can [...]
Penny auction sites selling Visa gift cards and the like without pre-approval are acting in violation of PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy.
Just recently, penny auction site BidCentsible.com had their PayPal account suspended due to selling Visa gift cards, here’s the message that PayPal sent them:
“A periodic review of your account shows that you are offering [...]
Is penny auction site SwipeBids.com really the “#1 Surplus Auction Website?” Take a look at this SwipeBids landing page that shows photos of warehouses of “overstock + warehouse surplus,” then right between these images watch the video, from the video: “Police auctions are now going way beyond cars, big bargains backed by cops are now just [...]
BigDeal.com’s CEO Nicolas Darveau-Garneau was gracious enough to invite us to their office in San Francisco this past Friday where we met with some of the BigDeal team (7 of 15) and spoke with Nick about BigDeal and the penny auction industry.
We discussed BigDeal’s progress, and Nick told us that BigDeal has been rapidly growing [...]
Penny auction QuiBids.com has just rolled out QLive, an interactive map that allows users to see where all participants in an auction are bidding from.
QLive Details:
“There are two different colors of flags that will appear on this map. The red flags denote the current winner of the auction, the yellow flags show all the past bids [...]
Dime-Divas.com, a penny auction for designer handbags and accessories is closing its doors on August 1st. It’s unfortunate that Dime Divas had to close, it seems their user base was limited as a few users won multiple items at great discounts.
We’d like to thank Dime Divas for running a good penny auction site [...]
Penny auction NailBidder.com is introducing Blind Auctions. This means you can’t see who you are bidding against. This Thursday, July 22nd, all of the auctions (except for the featured iPad) will be blind. Every member bidding is assigned a unique and random user ID for that auction.
Blind auctions have been discussed in our penny auction [...]
There are tons of new penny auctions opening! This could be either good or bad, there’s a likelihood that some may not be legit.
Here are two new penny auctions in the pre-launch stage, IGotThisCheap.com & RockDawg.com. Once they’ve launched we’ll be watching, but at that point please let us know if you’ve tried either to [...]
We can now add BoomBidz to our increasing list of out-of-business penny auctions, they’re closing this week update: they will be refunding bids, users have 30 days to request a refund.
“We are sorry to inform you that this will be the last week of auctions at BOOMbidz. Management has decided to pursue different opportunities, please [...]
Swoopo.com, the inventor of penny auctions, invited us to visit their Mountain View, CA offices to get a behind-the-scenes look at how they run Swoopo US. Swoopo is primarily headquarted in Munich with a team of close to 40, but all of the items for the US are located in a warehouse in central California. [...]
Penny auction PennyGeek.com is re-opening under new management and wil be honoring all existing bid accounts.
From PennyGeek: “After some unforseen delays and hardware/software upgrades we are scheduled to open PennyGeek on July 15th. We are starting off with 8 auctions per evening starting at 6 PM central standard time and ending around 10 pm. Our [...]
The BBC’s Alexis Akwagyiram just published an article today on shill bidding, no not in penny auctions but auction sites like eBay, and it sure seems as if the UK and other countries are taking the subject of shill bidding (cheating) seriously. Read the article: How do you Catch Online Auction Cheats?
Shill bidding sure sounds [...]
Penny auction BargainsandFun.com has just recently added charity auctions to their lineup!
How charity auctions on BargainsandFun work:
The upcoming charity auction ends Friday, July 2nd , with 100% proceeds set to support the American Red Cross. In this auction, BargainsandFun will allow the winning bidder to either receive a refund on bids placed or a $25 [...]
The new Wavee beta just launched today with new features!
What do you think of Wavee’s new features?
Wavee FUSE: Wavee is now providing more item variety than any penny auction currently live today. They’re doing this with what they call Wavee FUSE. Wavee FUSE allows bidders to bid on not just one predetermined item but [...]
UPDATE: BidtimeLive.com has so far NOT shipped items out and has stopped responding from our e-mails, we’ve moved this penny auction to our red flags section of the forum. 7/22/10
On Saturday, we told you about our member’s concerns of not receiving items in over 1 month from penny auctions BidTimeLive & Bidtime25.com. We have good news! [...]
Have you won items from either BidTimeLive.com or BidTime25.com? That’s right, the same company owns both penny auctions.
BidTime says: “We are commited to providing excellent customer service.”
However, so far bidder’s don’t think this to be true and we’re concerned. Many Penny Auction Watch members have yet to receive items from BidTime’s penny auctions, some have spent [...]
Penny auction BidFather.com opened today, read our interview with them to learn more. First day auctions include an Xbox Elite 360, and gift cards to various retailers. In honor of BidFather’s grand opening they’re giving away free bids to three lucky winners, in order to win:
Follow both us & BidFather on Twitter.
Retweet: “@PennyAuctionXpt Discuss new [...]
Are you finding yourself so hooked to penny auctions that you bid even during work hours?
Perhaps all of us have heard stories of employees playing games and shopping on company time, some even use “boss alert programs/buttons” to hide that they were avoiding work when their boss or co-worker walked into their area. Now, not surprising, [...]
Penny auction bidders are more than likely bargain shoppers and since they enjoy trying to obtain discounts on penny auctions, we thought that our readers might be interested in learning about BiddingForGood.com. Bidding For Good (cMarket), the “leading charity auction service,” is a traditional online auction network providing organizations and schools with a platform to raise [...]
From now until 11:59 PM EST (NOW- 8:59PM PST) penny auction RockyBid will be giving a 1 Gram Gold Bar to any user who buys a $999.00 Bid Package and a 1 Ounce Bar of Silver to any user who buys a $499.00 BidPackage. Users must use the coupon code GOLD for the GOLD and SILVER [...]
We recently interviewed Steve, owner of the Massachusetts based, soon-to-open penny auction BidFather.com. BidFather’s first penny auctions start on June 26th at 12 PM. BidFather is offering a coupon code for users to receive 3 extra bids when they purchase any bid package, use coupon code *GRANDOPENING,* BidFather is also giving out 3 free [...]
We developed Penny Auction Watch to be a place for penny auction enthusiasts to go for penny auction information. To provide an outlet for open discussion & a place to let users know which penny auctions seem to be legitimate; auctions where one has a chance at winning, as opposed to sites that don’t deliver what they advertise and are quite possibly set up to rip penny auction bidders off. When we find these less-than-honest sites we'll tell you about them and what we think they're doing wrong. But we can't do any of this without your help, e-mail us if you suspect a penny auction site or have any questions!
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