PennyWarriors Files for Bankruptcy

November 11, 2011

Penny auction PennyWarriors.com dba Penny Warriors, LLC, is gone and they have just filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in the Middle District of Florida. The meeting of the creditors is set for December 16, 2011. Penny Warriors started out with giving back to the troops in mind. Just one year ago bidders were posting their [...]

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Penny Auction Watch Promo Deals 50 Bids for $25 at PennyPurses.com

November 3, 2011

PennyPurses.com, the penny auction for designer handbags, accessories and from time to time gift cards and other items, has been open for well over 2 years now and I can personally vouch for receiving a designer won from them. Skeptical as to whether or not they sell authentic purses? PennyPurses offers a $1,000 guarantee if [...]

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Beezid’s Birthday Bash Begins Today

beezid November 3, 2011

Penny auction site Beezid.com has just turned two! Wow, does time fly! In honor of Beezid’s second birthday they’re running a few special promotions. Set end prices Beginning tonight, November 3rd from 6 PM EDT through the 4th at 11:59PM EDT – All auction end prices will be frozen at 2% of the item’s MSRP [...]

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Penny Auction Owner Insights: Why Penny Auctions Fail

penny auctions and why the business fails November 2, 2011

Do you know why penny auctions fail? And fail miserably, they do. The following is a PAW Penny Auction Owner Insights article written by Chris, the owner of the 2+ year old designer handbag niche penny auction PennyPurses.com. Have you ever wanted to start a penny auction website? Maybe you went to Quibids, Beezid, or [...]

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Penny Auction HappyBidDay Turns One, Get Up to 1500 Free Bids This Week!

HappyBidDay November 1, 2011

Penny auction HappyBidDay is hosting their 1st birthday party. To celebrate they’re giving bidders up to 1,500 free bids until November 7th if you join & login each day. Already a member? You can get 200 free bids per day.

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QuiBids Wins Interactive Media Awards, Best in Class for Auctions

QuiBids wins interactive media award November 1, 2011

Penny auction site QuiBids has just received awards for outstanding achievement in e-commerce and entertainment, and was awarded Best in Class in the auction category in the 2011 Interactive Media Awards.

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The Penny Auction Watch Steve Jobs Biography Giveaway Winners Announced

Steve Jobs Book Giveaway October 27, 2011

The winners of the Penny Auction Watch Steve Jobs Memoir giveaway have been announced. Congratulations!

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Steve Jobs Book Giveaway Ends Today 10/26: 3 Prizes!

Steve Jobs Book Giveaway October 26, 2011

The Penny Auction Watch Steve Jobs Memoir by Walter Isaacson book giveaway ends tonight. Be sure to enter!

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Penny Auction iTicketBid Acquired By Zeekler

iticketbid zeekler September 17, 2011

For some penny auction bidders it’s been months that they have been waiting to receive items won on iticketbid.com. ITicketBid is based in Georgia and to my knowledge they did not have a state required auctioneer license. Now a NC based penny auction zeekler.com, which runs a MLM marketing referral program, has acquired iTicketBid and [...]

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Penny Auction Watch Meets HappyBidDay.com Founder

HappyBidDay August 31, 2011

Last week I met with the founder of the up and coming penny auction site HappyBidDay.com.

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The FTC Now Warning Consumers About Pitfalls of Penny Auctions

Federal Trade Commission August 25, 2011
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Week 9 Penny Auction Watch Friday Giveaway: Win Amazon.com Gift Cards, Free Bids, an iPod Shuffle!

August 19, 2011

Looking to try penny auctions for free? Enter the Penny Auction Watch Friday giveaway and win free bids, Amazon.com gift cards or an iPod shuffle.

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PennyOx to Launch Soon, Plans to Cut Bidding Time in Half

Penny Auction Timers Clock August 18, 2011

New penny auction site PennyOx.com plans to cut bidding times down by at least half when they launch soon.

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BigBidzUSA.com Barely Off the Ground, Lists Penny Auction for $75k

August 13, 2011

BigBidzUsa.com is a brand new penny auction site, but it’s already for sale on Flippa.com.

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BigDeal.com Shut Down Today, Contracted with BidCactus to Honor Bids

bigdeal now out of business August 9, 2011

BigDeal.com, which grew to become one of the top penny auction sites, has just shut down today. They’ve contracted with penny auction BidCactus.com so that bidders can still use their unused bids.

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PAW Giveaway Friday’s Week 8 Interview & Prizes from BidWealth.com

penny auction bidwealth gold auction item July 29, 2011

Penny auction site BidWealth.com is a penny auction just for gold and silver coins. We recently interviewed them to learn more about this new penny auction. Also, this week for the Penny Auction Watch giveaway BidWealth is giving away two silver dollar coins to two lucky winners.

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UPDATE: Site is Back Up – Penny Auction iTicketBid.com is Down Right Now

Thumbnail image for UPDATE: Site is Back Up – Penny Auction iTicketBid.com is Down Right Now July 28, 2011

Update: 10:59 am CST – iTicketBid’s site is now back up. Penny auction iTicketBid.com is down right now. The site has been down since a bidder reported the outage at least 2 hours ago. Their domain name is registered until 2020. After waiting for months, some not even receiving responses from iTicketBid, penny auction bidders have questioned [...]

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Penny Auction Flutteroo Had Tons of Money and Users yet Shuts Down

out of business flutteroo penny auction uk July 20, 2011

Flutteroo.com/.co.uk , a UK based penny auction site, has now just shut down. The message on their site tells us that the Directors of Bargain Retailing have ceased trading and in turn shut down the penny auction’s operations. Updates will be posted on their site, but at the moment customer accounts have been “frozen” and [...]

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Pulse Auction Running Fundraising Event BID for Women in Distress on July 15th

July 14, 2011

PulseAuction.com – the no fee per-bid penny auction site,  is fundraising for Women In Distress of Broward County by offering special penny auction items that are set to end at various times tomorrow, July 15th, 2011. 80% of net proceeds from the penny auction items are going directly to Women In Distress to help further [...]

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Smokoo’s Unique Open Door Policy

smokoo July 14, 2011

We were just browsing on Smokoo.com to check out the results of their latest penny auction for a new car and found the following introduction video from Smokoo that was just published last month. What’s pretty surprising and impressive, in our opinion – is their “open door policy,” which they say allows anyone to meet [...]

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