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Entertainment shopping

StuffBuff is Now Live!

by auctionwatcher on February 13, 2010

Although the action-packed Blink auction format is not yet ready, StuffBuff.com is now live and users can start selling their own items on this exciting new eBay alternative.
StuffBuff.com would love feedback from auction enthusiasts. They have provided us with an embed code for a live demo auction that resets every 15 minutes. You can join, [...]

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Bargains & Black Friday Penny Auction Deals

by auctionwatcher on November 27, 2009

This guest blog was sent into us by David of www.pay-per-bid-online-auctions.blogspot.com.
Everyone Loves a BARGAIN!
Even as I type the title to this blog entry I find myself unconsciously capitalizing the word BARGAIN (there I go again, seriously, without even thinking about it – wow!)  There is something wonderful about a bargain – ahh, [...]

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StuffBuff’s Blink

by auctionwatcher on November 12, 2009

We told you about StuffBuff’s Live Haggle auctions, now that StuffBuff has launched in private beta we can tell you about StufBuffs entertainment shopping product Blink. Like Live Haggle, Blink is a custom application using PayPal’s new payment system X.com
With Blink sellers set a price on an item and the more watchers the item has, [...]

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StuffBuff Private Beta Invite

by auctionwatcher on November 11, 2009

Looking for an alternative to eBay & Craigslist? We told you about StuffBuff awhile back, they will even have a penny auction format (more details coming soon). Today StuffBuff launched in private beta mode and they’ve extended an invite to the first 150 Penny Auction Watch readers, the early beta items will be simulated auctions. [...]

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PsychoAuction to Open PsychoBanker

by auctionwatcher on November 8, 2009

We just received an e-mail from a reader to inform us that former trader Nicolas Dickreuter of penny auction PsychoAuction.com, will soon be opening PsychoBanker.com.

“This is how it works: You can buy the “nothing” at the current price and with each purchase the price will increase by a percentage. When somebody sells it, the price [...]

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Bite for Free on BidBugs

by auctionwatcher on October 16, 2009

Based in India, the new entertainment shopping auction BidBugs promises free “bites,” their version of bids, by way of referrals, daily login, random allotment, and social networking promotion. BidBugs may appeal to penny auction bidders, but it is not like a traditional penny auction. To win items on BidBugs a user must have the most [...]

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StuffBuff Makes eCommerce Social

by auctionwatcher on October 2, 2009

UPDATE: 11-12-2009, StuffBuff is in Private Beta & We’ve released info on StuffBuff’s entertainment shopping Blink Auctions. Read more here.
Michael Langer recently contacted us to introduce his new social eCommerce auction site StuffBuff.com StuffBuff has not yet launched, but they’re so cool that TechCrunch50 chose them out of thousands of startups to attend the TechCrunch50 2009 [...]

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RackUp-The Early Bidder Gets the Worm

by auctionwatcher on 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 veteran [...]

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Queensland Mansion on Lowest Unique Bid Auction JustLower

by auctionwatcher on September 5, 2009

Another post to add to our new Entertainment Shopping category!

A few months back we told you about eBay style penny auctions, Just Lower was one of them that we mentioned.
iBidCondo’s condo auctions brought to mind JustLower.com’s upcoming auction (once enough bids are purchased)  for the Sanctuary Cove mansion in Queensland, Australia:
So far 31 [...]

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iBidCondo: Real Estate meets Entertainment Shopping!

by auctionwatcher on September 3, 2009

iBidCondo: Entertainment shopping enters the real estate world.
Created by president of Constellation Property Group Eugene Marchese,  iBidCondo is a new way to buy real estate and give back to the community.

Could this be a good way to move condos in a real estate market ridden with REO (Foreclosure) and distressed properties?
If you do decide [...]

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