Penny Auction Sites 101

 

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What is a Penny Auction Site?

Let's start by answering that question!

 

A Penny Auction Site is a website that offers products that can be yours, possibly at a discount, if you win an auction.

 

Most penny auctions require that you buy bids for fifty cents or more each.

 

Then with your purchased bids in hand you can start bidding on an item whose auction has begun.

 

There are many variations but the most basic and common scenario is that each time you bid you are risking the amount of that bid and hoping to win by being the last one left when the clock finally hits zero.

 

Eventually nobody else tries to out-bid the last bidder and that person wins the auction.

 

If you keep track of the total cost of your bids and the retail price of the item, you can figure out when you have no possible discount left and you can either leave the auction or, as is the case with some auctions, you can apply either all or perhaps just some percentage of your bids so far to a purchase of the item at the listed retail price less the "your bids discount" they allow.

 

They will tell you all of this in advance and they usually have auction analytics software running to keep track of a lot of the math for you so that you know when you are "busted" and cannot go on, or if you should attempt a buy it now strategy.

 

You will also need to gain expertise and confidence to execute these decisions quickly and efficiently.

 

If you get good enough and pick the right auction sites you could increase the consistency of your winning and find an acceptable ratio of wins to losses.

 

Different sites have different rules and details that you can familiarize yourself with at their website using the text and videos they have available.

 

Also it helps to know the reputation and rating of each penny auction site.

 

There are many factors which can clearly separate one online penny auction site from another.

 

We have noticed many unique and one-of-a-kind attributes throughout the wide range of action sites.

 

In this competitive world of online penny auction sites each killer feature that can set one site apart from the rest can mean greater success in the long run.

 

Of course the penny auction industry is still just in it's infancy and there's a lot more to come as it evolves... so we will observe carefully as the penny auction model continues to grow. It is one of the few ways you can get things at a price substantially lower than retail.

 

Sites that offer fast shipping and allow you to either apply your bids or get a bid refund and purchase items at a reasonable retail price are leading the way towards a more stable and satisfying user experience that will lead to more bidding.

 

In it's purest form, this gives you a chance to get something cheap and if you do not win the item you can still buy it at a fair retail price. This lowers bid risk and increases bid confidence. Of course many sites offer varying degrees of "purity" on this feature to maximize profit.  Therefore the strategy for using each site can vary.

 

Penny Auction Site Ratings

- Beezid

- Bidash

- BidBlink

- BidCactus

- BidCity

- BidFire

- BidFun

- BidHere

- BidRivals

- BidRodeo

- BidSauce

- Bidsomax

- BidsTick

- BidYell

- BidZillion

- BigDeal

- BreakNeckBids

- BuyLowAuctions

- DealDash

- DirtyBidz

- FantasticBid

- foopile

- for10cents

- Gankit

- IGotThisCheap

- LetsGoBidding

- NailBidder

- PennyCave

- Plundr

- PonGow

- QuiBids

- RagingBid

- RockyBid

- Sellmoo

- ShopBig

- SkoreIt

- Snaglo

- SwipeBids

- Swoopo

- Wavee



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