by auctionwatcher on January 20, 2010
BidZilla.com has a few unique features that sets them apart from other penny auctions. In each BidZilla auction window bidders will find a few features that they may not be familiar with on other similar bid-fee auctions. Once you login the Bidzilla system will check your Internet connection and syncs it with auction servers. Then you will [...]
by auctionwatcher on October 28, 2009
The owner of GetitforaCent.com recently introduced himself on the forum and just told us more about his new penny auction site and what got GetitforaCent started.
Penny Auction Watch: What got you interested in the entertainment shopping industry?
GetitforaCent: I started out working as an auto mechanic, working for dealerships. I did that for about 4 [...]
by auctionwatcher on October 28, 2009
Hello, Ryan from Bidso.com here.
We certainly wouldn’t keep you waiting, and have officially begun development of Phase 2 development which will take approximately 2-3 weeks to go live. We have hired one of the most reputable programming teams around and they are allocating all their resources to complete this project as fast as possible without [...]
by auctionwatcher on October 24, 2009
In today’s The New York Times article Losing Out After Winning an Online Auction, Alina Tugend warns readers of auction fraud and even mentions penny auctions Swoopo and GoBid:
“There’s a lot of ways to lose money with online auctions,†said Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League, a nonprofit group. … To make [...]
by auctionwatcher on October 19, 2009
Penny auctions have arrived in Japan with Saruok.com-サルオク.
Saruok has a few testimonials and it looks like some items are shipped from Amazon.jp.
Saruok seems to be pretty popular, so far there have been 1,673 ended auctions.
According to WebsiteOutlook.com, Saruok has 1143 daily pageviews with an Alexa ranking in Japan of 34,986.
by auctionwatcher on October 13, 2009
Ryan wrote this article to tell us why penny auction bidders should try reveal price auctions.
What the heck is a reveal price auction and why should I care?
The question you need to ask yourself is why do you participate in ‘traditional’ penny auctions? If the answer is to save money, and not for entertainment, you [...]
by auctionwatcher on August 23, 2009
We just got message by way of our awesome forum, (which has just been converted over to vBulletin!) of a new penny auction coming soon: Bid Raptor.  We think it’s pretty neat when penny auctions show themselves by posting in the forum, even cooler when they tell us they WILL be legit. We sure [...]
by auctionwatcher on August 22, 2009
Rocky Bid just sold a unique item that you won’t see on another penny auction:
It’s a hand signed 40″ x 30″ “Pete Rose First Day” photo by world-renowned baseball player, Pete Rose. The piece of baseball history is valued at $795 and went over very well with the Rocky Bid crowd. 1,469 bids were [...]
by auctionwatcher on June 17, 2009
Bid Throttling: The strategy where a bidder constantly hits the bid button as soon as a competing bid is placed.
Take Note: On some penny auctions this is against the terms of service.
Be sure to read all rules pertaining to the penny auction site you are registering for before you purchase bids and play.
Thanks for [...]
by auctionwatcher on May 26, 2009
Just what is a penny auction?
A penny auction is an auction where bidders pay-per-bid for an item and the time increases with each bid. The winning bidder is the bidder whoever is the last to bid when the timer counts down to 0 seconds. Not all auction websites are the same so make sure [...]