Bidson.com - What Is It All About?

An e-trading site based on entertaining and exciting auctions, Bidson.com offers two types of auctions. On the site, you can find both Lowest Bid Auctions and Penny Auctions. Assuming that you’re here to know more about their penny auctions, here’s how it works:

Penny auctions work just like traditional auctions. There is one exception however: You can only raise the price of the auctioned item by one penny ($0.01) at a time. Just like other penny auction sites, every auction at Bidson has a countdown timer. However, when a bid is raised, the timer is refreshed. Now, if the timer runs out and the bid isn’t raised, the auction closes with the last bidder rendered as the winner.

Something To Closely Keep In Mind

The auctions at Bidson.com are open ‘round the clock – 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Keep in mind that, during the remaining hours, the countdown timers are paused, which means they cannot finish during these hours. That said, bids can still be raised (and so is the price of the item) despite the paused time…with the countdown continuing the following morning. These mechanics will play a huge role in your bidding – and can spell the difference between winning and losing.

The AutoPilot Feature

One nice feature that Bidson has is the AutoPilot feature. As the name suggests, this lets you place bids on your behalf automatically – even if you are away from the computer. It will place bids in the last 5 seconds of the auction. Provided that the feature is activated and you have the spending power necessary, AutoPilot will place bids until you win.

To get the AutoPilot going, activate it by clicking on the “lock” icon on the left part of the screen, just right next to the bid button. Once the feature is activated, it will only deactivate if: (1) You win the auction. (2) You run out of bid credits. AutoPilot will not be turned off even if you log out of the site. To switch it off manually, just click the same lock icon you used to activate it.

“I Just Won! Now What?”

If you win an auction, Bidson’s team will contact you through email within the next 24 hours after the auction closes. The email will contain the invoice of the winning bid and the fees required to ship the item to your address. Once the invoice is taken care of, Bidson will ship the laptop, smartphone, fridge, or whatever item you won. It will take approximately 5 to 8 working days to deliver it, which is quite standard in penny auction sites.

Numerous Auction Types To Choose From

What users love about Bidson – aside from the numerous auctions; multiple languages and countries it supports; etc. – are the different types of auctions available. Users who are yet to win any 3 auctions at the site can participate in Rookie auctions. Then there are 24-hour auctions; Free Fall auctions where AutoPilot is unavailable; and Unlimited Auctions where everybody can participate.

This lets beginners, intermediates, and seasoned penny auction veterans to get a slice of the sweet pie minus the overly stiff, cut-throat competition – a problem among big and well-established penny auction sites.