Zbiddy Online Penny Auction Website Scam & Reviews:

Zbiddy is one of the great and trusted online Penny auction website. I have stumbled on this penny auction website after one of my close aid/friend told me about this fabulous online penny auction website.  I then check all the details authenticity about this website. Let me come to the point, as far as my search and knowledge is concern Zbiddy.com is an incredible penny auction site.

Zbiddy is among the top penny auction websiteswhich has crossed more than 50,000 registered users. You can check their alexa rank which I have noted when I wrote this article:

•  Alexa Traffic Rank: 30,089
•  Traffic Rank in US: 7,259
• Page Rank:  2

Is Zbiddy Legit? Is Zbiddy scam:

The very question comes in mind about Zbiddy is Zbiddy reviews / Zbiddy scams / Is Zbiddy legit / Is Zbiddy a scam. Well, Zbiddy is legit. To support my sayings, my own friend has won items on Zbiddy. I have also posted some video testimonials below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC6f4-rfINA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj7MDBHKHUM

ZBiddy customer support:

Zbiddy penny auction website has all the three major supports. viz, zbiddy phone support, zbiddy live chat and zbiddy email support. Their customer support is really awesome. I sent an email and I got a reponse within couple of hours. Their working hours are listed below:

Zbiddy phone support: 1-888-406-6509 Monday through Saturday 8am to 12am EST.

Zbiddy Live Chat

Zbiddy email support

Zbiddy address:

ZBiddy.com
382 NE 191st St #76385
Miami, Florida 33179-3899
Fax:- 1-877-3883-BID(243)
Phone:- 1-888-406-6509

The reasons for the sad closing of BigDeal cannot be found by us. There may be some reasons for its closing.

Question for the users and members of BigDeal.com is: What about our bids or bid packages which we had on BigDeal? BigDeal has provided an excellent way for its members to have their bids intact. The members of Bigdeal who had bids in their account can now transfer their account to BidCactus.com! This is what is stated currently on Bigdeal.com:

The BigDeal.com website is now closed and is ceasing its operations.

The great news is that we have contracted withBidCactus.com to allow our users to transfer their bids. If you transfer your account, BidCactus will honor all of your outstanding bids. This means that you can continue bidding on exciting brand new products at a fair, trusted penny auction site.

So transfer now and stay in the game for more penny auction fun!

Thus, if you have been a member or user of BigDeal then you can get all of your bids back by transferring your account to BidCactus and enjoy bidding there.

If, as a member of BigDeal, you have any wuestion then you can contact them at rachel(at)bigdeal.com.

PennyAuctionInfo.com wishes all those associated with BigDeal  BEST OF LUCK for their future!

How To Transfer From BigDeal.com to Bidcactus.com?

You can now transfer your account from Bigdeal to Bidcactus by logging in with your BigDeal User ID and password on https://www.bidcactus.com/bigdeal/. Also, before transferring, you can review your bidding inforamtion.

Description of Bid-Bob.com:

Bib-Bob.com is another site added to the list of penny auction websites. It was launched recently.  As stated on website of bid-bob, it was founded in February 2011. However, they began to list items for auctions in month of May 2011. It started of with few items and began to increase. This website is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America.  Bid-Bob.com donates for charity its 5% of the gross profit of every auction provided a minimum donation of $5.00 is reached. As we found on their About Us page, Bob MacReynolds is the president of  this penny auction site. His email address is Bob.MacReynolds(at)Bid-Bob.com. His Phone no. is (800) 908-2373, ext. 1. Larry O’Dell is the Chief Financing Officer of Bid-Bod. And Jason Boccardi is the Chief operating officer of Bid-Bob.com

Contact Information:

• Phone No: 1-800-908-2373 (Live Phone support from Mon-Fri 1pm-10pm EST. Sat-Sun 2pm-6pm EST)
• Email Support: support(at)bid-bob.com
• Address: 353 Jonestown Road, #140, Winston-Salem, NC 27104. (This address is present on their Terms and Privacy page.)

Bid Package Rates at Bid-Bob.com:

Cost per bid at this website ranges from $0.50 to $0.75 depending upon the Bid Pack you buy. You can purchase bids on this website once you register.

• 54 Bids pack is for $40
• 86 Bids pack is for $60
• 139 Bids pack is for $90
• 250 Bids pack is for $150
• 546 Bids pack is for $300
• 1200 Bids pack is for $600

How Bid-Bob Works:

Auctions at Bid-Bob start at $0.01! You can bid on auctions if you have ‘bids’ which you get once you purchase Bid Packs. You can place your bid on an auction by hitting the “BID” button below the image of auction. The moment you hit the button, the price of the auction will go up by $0.01 and 10-25 seconds will be added to the timer running under the auction image. If the timer reaches zero and you are the last bidder then you win the auction. Then pay the price at which the auction closed plus shipping charges.

Payment Options:

Payment can be made through PayPal or by Credit Card.

An online penny auction site which started in September 2010 to cater to the needs of growing population of penny auction lovers. This website operates from Las Vegas, USA. They offer a range of products from TVs, gadgets, etc. BidnLoot is open only for people from USA. And hence it can be easily concluded that they ship only within US. BidnLoot does not bother about the penny auction lovers from outside USA and that’s why they don’t allow the non-US users to register. So, if you have an IP Address of USA then only you can register.

Contact Information of BidnLoot:

• Phone Number:  BidnLoot.com have phone support and their number is +17147452797
• Email address: support(at)bidnloot.com
• Physical Address: 5084 Sarab Lane
  Las Vegas
  NV – 89119
  USA
• Live Chat: This penny auction site does not have live chat support for its visitors.

How BidnLoot Works?

Being a penny auction website, its working is almost same with other penny auction websites. However, for new penny auction readers, we will explain it’s working in details. At BidnLoot, auctions start at $0.00 and there is a timer running below the image of the auction. The time remaining on the timer goes on decreasing as the auction progresses and will finally reach zero. To participate in aucitions you need bids. And for Bids you have to register and then purchase it from BidnLoot.com. Once you have bids, you can place your bids on the auction. Whenever a bid is place on auction, $0.01 or 1 cent or one penny is added to the selling price of the auction and 10-20 seconds are also added to the timer so as to give other interested users a chance to place their bids as well. If no other user is interested the timer will go on decreasing and finally reach zero and then you will win if you were the last bidder. Then you have to pay the auction price at which you win plus shipping charges.

Shipping facilities:

BidnLoot.com deliver the won items within United States of America. Also, to remmeber, they do not ship the items to the U.S. Sovereign territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island. BidnLoot charges extra bucks for shipment to addresses in Alaska or Hawaii.

Refund of Purchased Bids by BidnLoot:

Bids come in ‘Bid Pouches’ at BidnLoot.com. Bids once placed on the auction cannot be refunded. Whereas unused bids in your account can be refunded. The Bid Pouches you purchase expire after a period of six months. All these are there on their Terms&Privacy page.

Date of Launch: September 2010.

What does WebsiteOutlook say about BidnLoot?

It says “bidnloot.com has 1942887 traffic rank in world by alexa. bidnloot.com is getting 566 pageviews per day and making USD 1.7 daily. bidnloot.com has 0 backlinks according to yahoo and currently not listed in Dmoz directory. bidnloot.com is hosted in United States at Rackspace Hosting data center. bidnloot.com is most populer in . Estimeted worth of bidnloot.com is USD 1241″

BidBass.com is a penny auction website based in Southern California, USA.(As claimed by Bidbass). It has an array of products ranging from Apple iPods, iPads, cameras, laptops upto gift cards and many more. This auction site has been certified as secure by McAfee and TRUSTe. Users who purchase Bid Packages are charged $0.70 per bid. Also, here bids come in packages. Also, BidBass offers 5 free bids for registering by creating a new account. If a referral by you purchases a Bid Pack at BidBass then 10 free bids are awarded to your account.

How BidBass Works:

After registering with BidBass and having 5 free bids on our side you can proceed to auctions but only to Beginner Auctions (Auctions on which only new comers can bid). Bids can be placed by hitting the “Bid” button. The moment it is hit, 1 bid is deducted from your account and your name appears below the image of item up for auction. It means you are the last bidder and if the timer clock running under the auction reaches zero then you are the winner. But as expected, there will be other registered users as well who try to outbid you. So outbid your opponents and be the last bidder when timer reaches zero. Also, if the timer is under 20 seconds then for each bid placed 20 more seconds are added to the timer. Whereas if it is above 20 seconds then there is no effect on timer after bids are placed.

What happens if I win the item? Is this the question in your mind? Okay. After you win, a confirmation email will be sent to your registered email address and then you have to make the payment which is sum of final auction price and shipping costs.

Bid Package rates at BidBass: Cost per Bid is $0.70

• 25 Bid Package for $17.50
• 60 Bid Package for $42
• 140 Bid Package for $98
• 200 Bid Package for $140
• 400 Bid Package for $280

25  Bid Package means that package contains 25 number of bids and it will enable you to hit “Bid” button 25 times. So, use it cautiously.

Contact Details of Bidbass.com:

Only offline email support is available. No phone support is provided as for now. There is Live-Chat but it often remains offline. You can send in your queries to contact@bidbass.com

Shipping Details:

BidBass.com ships only within Us including Alaska and Hawaii. They ship the won items within 1 business day after making full payment.

Special Features of BidBass:

• 5 free bids on registering for an account.
• 10 free bids for referring a friend to BidBass. (You get free bids only when your friend purchases a Bid Pack.)
• Affiliated to Better Business Bureau (BBB).
• Bids do not expire for millions of years. :-p

Refund of Purchased:

Bids once purchased cannot be refunded at Bidbass.com for cash.

Payment options:

Payments can be made with credit cards.

Spicybids.com is an online penny auction site. They work as other reverse auction site or penny auction site works. Though they have not provided any address of their office but after looking their Terms and Condition page, it’s look like they are based in Hong Kong. Here is the print screen of their Terms and Condition page.

Who is Details of SpicyBids.com

Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Status: OK

Expiration Date: 2011-01-18
Creation Date: 2010-01-18
Last Update Date: 2010-02-12

Name Servers:
ns1.spicybids.com
ns2.spicybids.com

Administrative Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected (Email Masking  @whoisguard.com)
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 – 732
Westchester, CA 90045
US

Youtube URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/SpicyBids

Facebook URL: -nil-

Another website they own: http://www.spicybids.info/

Contact us page: http://www.spicybids.com/contact/

Support Email address: info@spicybids.com

Live Chat: No

Phone Support: No

Registration Page: http://www.spicybids.com/register_account

Shipping: All items are shipped within 5 working days, free of charge.

Payment Methods:
You can buy bids by using your credit card. Most major credit cards are accepted. Our authorized retailer DalPay Retail accepts all major credit cards including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and JCB.

Charges from DalPay Retail will appear on your card statement as dalpay.is/spicybids

PayPal: NO.

PC Requirements:

Supported system software:

Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000

Mac OS X 10.3 or higher

Linux

Recommended browser:

Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher

Firefox 2.0 or higher

Opera 8.0 or higher

Safari 2.0 or higher

Recommended internet connection:

512k broadband connection or faster

Is spicy bids for real?

So far, we are unable to identify whether they are real or not and since they are based in Hong Kong. Though they have Page Rank 2, WOT (Web of Trust) in Green and Alexa rank we can’t comment on this wesbite.

With this change, members of lincolnbidz will have a greater chance of winning the auctions.

Payment options at LincolnBidz: Credit cards and debit cards.

Bid Package Rates at LincolnBidz:

• 20 Bid pack for $15
• 40 Bid pack for $26
• 60  Bid pack for $39
• 100 Bid pack for $65

I hope you guys will enjoy reading it and will gain some useful information from experiences I gained in this Industry since last 2 years.

I have seen many Online Penny Auction sites getting down after running for a while. There are couples of things that can drive traffic or sale or income to your Penny Auction website.

1. SEO:   (Very Important)

Get some directory submissions, Social Bookmarking, Blog posting, Quality Backlink Building and Forum posting (SEO) for your website and try to target the keywords (anchor text) like Penny Auction, , “Your website keyword” promo codes, penny auction promo codes, reverse auction, etc.. It is a cheap and effective method as compare to other methods given below. If you really do a good SEO job then rather than spending on huge Google Adwords you can go for cheap SEO. Try out some small SEO company and a person and not some big company charging more $$$. Also, you will get users (traffic) from search engines.

2. Try to get some accreditation from a government body or anything that people know about it. For example: BBB (Better Business Bureau) for USA and Canada. This will boost the trust of users.

3. A new user who will land up on your site wants some security. In this online world, users tend to think that a site with “HTTPS” is secure. So, if you can get your whole website as HTTPS then it will be good and you can show it to the member that their information are safe.

4. MOST IMPORTANT: Though, it will incur some huge expenses, but try this out if possible. Try to do a massive advertisement in UK where you are based. For example, through News Papers, Television, or if there is any function or huge crowd then you can put up your banners or do some advertisements so that people can see it. Like in Spain, they get huge crowd when there is a Bull Fight function. And, if someone put their banner then many people can see it.  In India, publicity is done by putting up huge banners across the road (highways) or on Railway station or Bus Depot or in exhibitions where many people gathered and can see it.

5. Though this will not sound good but check the feasibility of it. I understand that running an Online Penny Auction Business involve huge investments but to sustain in the business we need cash inflows which we can only get if customers purchase your bid package. My concern is why are we only dependent on one income through the Penny Auction website? Why can’t we try other methods? You can post the banners somewhere at the very bottom of the page. So, the main website contents will not get disturbed. Here are few of them;

a) Have a small Google Adsense banner at the bottom of your website but make sure you add filters so that none of your Penny Auction Competitor’s ad displayed on your site. In this way you can earn some $$$.

https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=21593

b) You can also have some small affiliates banner. For this, you have to do some research on your visitors. From which keywords they are coming from search engine. For example, a user searched for how can I ship my Ipad 16 gb and they came on your site. Basically they are not looking for it but to ship what they have. So, if you have shipping company’s affiliate on your site and if they click on it and ship their item then you can earn for it.

6) You can also have a separate Affiliates page promoting various affiliate products.

7) Last but not the least:

Christmas is near and many are on shopping spree. Many people don’t like Penny Auction sites and they believe they are scam and it is a GAMBLE. So, why to miss such users??? As we are running a Penny Auction Site and we know that we can get items at wholesale rate then why can’t we have a separate page for users who don’t want to bid and want to directly purchase the item.

We can have “BUY IT NOW” option for them and they can directly purchase the item. Who knows if we become one of the best selling website in future and users recommend us and it will be our main business. Also, the main benefit is, in single effort, you are promoting two websites.

8 ) Promote your other brands or your own other products from this website. For example, you are running a Movers and Packers service and you can promote it from your penny auction site. May be you’ll get some good customers. After all it pays.

9) Try to accept all types of payments especially PayPal and credit card payments. But make sure to protect yourself from chargeback.

Additional Information:

1. You can have a separate mailing list category wise wherein a user will receive an email if there is any item listed in that category.
2. Many users are amazed that how an Online Penny Auction site earns. If possible explain it in short because if not then a novice user will think that the whole site is a scam offering items for just merely a CENT.
3. Many Online Penny Auction users demand a utility wherein they can check how much the winner has spent on an auction to win it. Because they want to make strategies before placing bids blindly. What you can do is, you can have a page wherein a user can see the winners of the same items and number of bids they used to win it and cost incurred. You can show the user then to win a $1000 item a user has spent 100 bids costing him $50 + winning auction price + shipping charges. This gives a clear picture to the Penny Auction users and creates trust.
4. Almost every user waits for a promotion to come before they purchase a bid package. This is the current ongoing mindset of a penny auction site user. So, always roll out a promotion and make sure you’ll not incur loss by giving heavy discounts because once you roll out a heavy promotion then a user will wait for another heavy promotion and will ignore the small promotions. So, it’s better to mention in the heavy promotion that this is a once in a life time or once in a year or month offer etc…

If you guys have any points that you want it to be added here then I’ll be glad to do so. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Many of the Internet Users are not aware how to stay safe while purchasing or shopping online. I can’t say these tips are fool proof but still they play an important role to safeguard your identity and personal details. Online shopping is really very convenient as you are few clicks away from your item that you’d like to purchase but do you think there are only buyers or sellers online. Nah!!! There are scammers and hackers out there in the online world to steal your identity, personal details and then they can siphoned off your money from your account or credit card. The question is how to avoid them at a great extent.

Following are the tips to make sure that you are safe enough to carry out an online transaction.

1. Secure your Computer: Always make sure that your Firewall, Antivirus and your Antispyware are up to date.

2. Always shop on Trustworthy sites. For example, Amazon, eBay etc.. These are well known sites.

3. Before you register on a site, always check what are the information are they seeking. Aren’t they asking you to provide your personal information like Social Security number, Credit card numbers, your bank account details.. etc… Be Alert and never turn to that site if they are not a known site and asking for such details.

4. Always remember that a reputed and trustworthy sites will never ask for credit card or personal details through emails. Such emails should be mark as Spam/Junk/Bulk.

5. Whenever you make a payment, make sure that the URL of the payment gateway must have ‘S’ ((HTTPS)) as this represent a secure page.

6. Always check the complete URL. For example, if you are making a transaction on eBay and the URL must be like payment.ebay.com/….. but after you checked the URL it seems as payment.ebbays.com/…..  !!!!Thats a trick!!!!  Often Hackers do play this trick to siphoned out the money. Once you enter your details on such page then they will collect your information and will actually go back to your site or any shopping site and …….take your money….

7. Try to make the payment with a credit card or PayPal:

Under federal law, the shopper can dispute the charges if he or she doesn’t receive the item or have any unauthorized charges on their credit card. Also, you can file chargeback with your credit card company or in case of PayPal, you can dispute the payment but make sure that the seller is a verified user. PayPal in collaboration with eBay offers Buyer Protection to their buyers.

8. Whenever you make any purchase, make sure you take a print out of the confirmation page or save the confirmation email that you have received.

9. Always check your credit card statement online rather than waiting for credit card statement’s hard copy.  In case of any discrepancies or if you feel something fishy then immediately block your card or raise a dispute with your credit card company. Always keep/save the phone number of your credit card company in your mobile. So, in case of emergency, you can call them and ask them to block your card.

10. Know your rights: Usually, as per federal law, any item purchased through online shopping must be delivered within 30 days else the buyer can cancel the transaction and can ask for a refund. You can also cancel a purchase if the item is defective or not as described.

Want to know what BBB (Better Business Bureau) says about Penny Auction Sites.

BBB (Better Business Bureau) has warned online Penny Auction users that they must do an extensive research on a Penny Auction site before placing any bids on the auctions.  BBB (Better Business Bureau) has wrote/issued warnings in many of their post on the website after getting complaints from consumers using Online Penny Auction sites. The majors complains among the several that BBB has received are that most of the users have complained that the Penny Auctions sites are using BOTS or SHILL BIDDING to drive up the price. It means that they are using fake bidders and a user will lose their money. The second major concern is that the credit card is being charged automatically without the User’s permission/knowledge/consent.  Others complains which BBB has received in abundant are like facing difficulties while solving the issues with the Penny Auction company. In getting refunds from the company.

We even on PennyAuctionInfo.com received several complains like the item that they received was broken or old or Item was not as described on the site.

BBB has advised Penny Auction users that before they enter into bidding on any auction site, they must keep ready and go through the following checklist:

1. Check whether the Auction site is accredited by BBB. Not every penny auction site is accredited by BBB.

2. Before you register, make sure you read the print carefully. You must read the Terms and Condition, privacy policy, etc.. You must also check whether the site set a “RESERVE PRICE” on auctions.  Pay close attention to details on registration page and annual charges, minimum bidding requirements, maximum prize amounts and how to get a refund.

3. Before making bid on an item, check the cost of the item in the open market. It could be possible that you may spend more while bidding than the actual cost of the item.

4. Closely monitor your credit card statement for any discrepancies. As Many consumers have reported that they have been charged an annual fees or they have been automatically charged for a bid package even though they didn’t purchase it.

5. Complain to BBB if you have any issue with the Penny Auction site. Here is the link to initiate the complain:

http://www.bbb.org/us/Consumer-Complaints/

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