Archive for category: Penny Auction News

Founded in 2009 and the largest penny auction website and claims to have 8 million users, DealDash offers a wide variety of product categories - gift cards, electronics, computers, smart phones, and even automobiles. Unlike its competitors, DealDash auctions can be accessed on Android and iPhone mobile devices. Unless you don’t watch much television, you’ve probably come across one of their commercials featuring customer testimonials.

• DealDash has an A+ rating by the BBB (Better Business Bureau)
• The cost per bid is currently 13¢
• Provides free shipping to the contiguous 48 United States and Washington DC, but not Alaska or Hawaii. No international shipping.
• DealDash winners have the right to cancel or return an order within 30 days. Return shipping is paid by the customer. PLEASE BE AWARE that DealDash will not refund the value of the Bids spent to obtain the product. In the event that a user wishes to return a Buy it Now order the user also forfeits all the Free Bids given to them alongside the purchase.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: 123,099
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: 33,338

Contact information:
DealDash
12805 Highway 55, Ste 205
Minneapolis, MN 55441-3859
Phone: (855) 455-3325
Website: https://www.dealdash.com
Email: support@dealdash.com

QuiBids has been a leading penny auction site since 2009. Once the clear industry leader, Quibids is a distant #2 to Dealdash.com. And while the number of auction offerings has decreased, the website still offers the chance to win some great deals on branded products, gift cards, and more.

• The cost per bid is currently 40¢
• Free shipping to all 50 USA and Washington DC. Shipping to Alaska or Hawaii may incur costs. No international shipping.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: 58,004
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: 13,901

Contact information:
QuiBids Holdings, LLC
4 NE 10th St, Suite 242
Oklahoma City OK 73104-1402
Phone: (405) 253-2038
Website: http://quibids.com
Email: support@quibids.com

OrangeBidz was founded in 2010. The Upland, California based company is smaller than its two competitors. This fact may be quite attractive to players looking for a slightly less competitive environment and more personal customer service experience. OrangeBidz auctions a wide variety of products to thousands of players across the United States, and insists You are guaranteed a fun, fair, and honest auction experience.

• The cost per bid is currently is 75¢
• Free shipping to all 50 United States and Washington DC. Shipping to Alaska or Hawaii may incur costs. No international shipping.
• Orangebidz winners have the right to cancel or return an order within 14 days. Return shipping is paid by the customer. PLEASE BE AWARE that bids placed on the auction are not eligible for a refund.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: 697,605
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: No Data

Contact information:
OrangeBidz
569 North Mountain, Suite 245
Upland, CA 91786
Phone: (888) 492-5129
Website: https://www.orangebidz.com
Email: support@orangebidz.com

Nutbid was founded in 2014. This may be the coolest penny auction site you have never heard about. The Calgary, Alberta based company offers a high percentage of branded products, including Apple iPhones, Microsoft Surface Pros, and many more!

• The cost per bid is more complicated than its competitors. Currently, Nuts cost $.0308 each and the number of Nuts required to place a bid depends on the item being auctioned and will be between 2-10 Nuts per bid.
• The company provides free shipping to the contiguous 48 United States and Washington DC on “many products.” Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, or territories in Canada, “some restrictions or additional shipping/handling charges may apply.” No international shipping.
• NutBid's return policy is somewhat unclear. According to the website, 'NutBid allows customers the right to cancel or return an order in accordance with NutBid Returns Policy, which NutBid may change from time to time at NutBid’s sole discretion. Additionally, unlike most of its competitors, shipping expenses for returns will be paid by YOU unless the reason for the return is NutBid‘s error.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: 2,557,441
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: No Data

Contact information:
Nutbid
467 Oakside Circle S.W.
Calgary, AB, Canada T2V-4T8
Websites: (USA) https://us.nutbids.com | (Canada) https://nutbids.com
Phone: (403) 281-1614
Email: support@nutbid.com

Home of the original outdoor penny auctions. Bidding so easy it's almost unsporting! Find the world's best deals on hunting and fishing gear - and great outfitted trips - at truly incredible prices.

• Get 10 bids for free when you sign up. $0.60 per bid after that.
• Deliveries are made solely within the 50 states of the United States (explicitly excluding the U.S. sovereign territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Some restrictions or higher shipping costs may apply if the delivery address is in Alaska or Hawaii.
• The company has a generous Returns/Refunds policy. According to the website, If, within 14 days of delivery of an item, you decide you no longer want the item, OUTDOORSMAN Auctions will refund you with the amount that you paid for the item as well as original delivery costs, provided that you have (i) returned the item to OUTDOORSMAN Auctions, (ii) the item is still in its original packaging and (iii) the item is not damaged or used.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: 3,127,220
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: No Data

Contact information:
OUTDOORSMAN Auctions
3531 W 3000 N , Smithfield, UT 84335
Phone: 435-770-7274
Fax: 435-752-2919

CentBids was founded in 2016. The company is based in Columbia and has websites in Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Germany, Ecuador, Mexico, and The United States.

• The cost per bid currently ranges from 75¢ for 9 bids ($6.79 bid-pack) to 45¢ for 400 bids ($179 bid-pack)
• Shipping at CentBids is generally free of charge and already included in the auction price. There are no additional fees or costs. After receiving the goods, you can return them at any time within 30 days without giving any reasons!
• within 14 days of delivery of an item, you decide you no longer want the item, OUTDOORSMAN Auctions will refund you with the amount that you paid for the item as well as original delivery costs, provided that you have (i) returned the item to OUTDOORSMAN Auctions, (ii) the item is still in its original packaging and (iii) the item is not damaged or used.
• Alexa Traffic Rank - World: No Data
• Alexa Traffic Rank - US: No Data

Contact information:
CentBids.com is provided by:
GoCaribe S.A.S.
NIT: 901.195.458-4 Registered in: Chamber of Commerce Barranquilla
Contact: Phone and WhatsApp: +57 304 55 90 250
E-Mail: support@centbids.com

CLOSED: 2008 - 2016

You may remember, Beezid is the company that paid Lindsey Lohan over $25,000 and $10,000 in Beezid credits for an 11-second video while the actress was on house arrest! Beezid was one of the largest penny auction sites in its heyday. When they went under, it affected lots and lots of Players. It wasn't just that Beezid went out of business, it was the way in which it happened. Rather than announcing they were closing, the company just went MIA (missing in action) in late October, 2016. And many felt scammed by Beezid.

Last contact information:
Beezid
355 Montpellier St Laurent
Quebec H4N 2G6
Canada
Phone: 877-423-3943

CLOSED: 2008 - 2018

UK based MadBid was Europe's largest penny auction company and operated websites in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Turkey; as well as Australia, India, and the United States. Like Beezid, MadBid's fortunes tanked in 2016 when they announced a 'pause' in operations. Unlike Beezid, MadBid kept its customer's somewhat informed. The nail in the coffin occurred when Europe's highest court ruled against MadBid.

Last contact information:
MadBid
66 Wilton Rd Victoria
London, SW1V 1DE
United Kingdom
Phone: 888-285-2646

CLOSED: 2010 - 2018

This auction site appeared so promising when it arrived on the scene back in 2010. HappyBidDay even donated 5% of select bid package purchases to breast cancer research. Despite the high hopes and relocating from the Northeast to sunny Florida then back to Delaware, HappyBidDay closed its doors in March 2018.

Last contact information:
HappyBidday
113 Barksdale Professional Center
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-294-0879

CLOSED: 2010 - 2018

There was a lot of excitement when Livonia, Michigan based PrimaBids launched in 2017. Their auctions included a lot of gift-cards, as well as gold, firearms, and electronics. Unfortunately, the company shut down in 2018.

Last contact information:
PrimaBids
P.O. Box 531151
Livonia, MI 48153
Phone: 866-774-6114

CLOSED: 2011 - 2018

Bidgunner.com was a Licensed Auction Company in the state of Georgia, and is also a Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer. Bidgunner.com partnered with Budsgunshop.com, one of the nation's leading online firearms retailers, to bring its customers brand new products at fantastic deals. In March, 2018, the following message was posted on its website:

Friends and patriots,
Bidgunner.com has suspended auction operations. If you would like additional information about Bidgunner, please email info@bidgunner.com.
Thank you to all of our friends and customers for being patriots and defenders of the 2nd Amendment we all enjoy.

Last contact information:
Bidgunner.com
PO Box 81836
Chamblee, GA 30366
Phone: 800-816-5260

CLOSED: 2012 - 2019

Cyprus based, Wellbid will be launching a new site - according to the message posted on its domain (wellbid.com). Wellbid is operated by Welmory Limited, incorporated in Cyprus and registered by the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Tourism under the number HE 245903.

Last contact information:
Wellbid
Arch. Makariou III, 2-4/703, P.C.
1065 Nicosia
Cyprus

CLOSED: 2010 - 2017

PennyGrab.com differed from the majority of other penny auctions in that they did not have timers in the majority of their auctions; although they did have Fire Grabs which utilized timers. Additionally, the company claimed it was backed by one of the Internet's Top 500 Retail Websites. That was obviously not enough, as the last word we heard from PennyGrab was in July 2017 when the following message was posted on its website:

PennyGrab.com is down for service.
Thank you for your patience.

Last contact information:
PennyGrab, Inc.
5445 Oceanus Drive #102
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone: 800-787-0368
Fax: 714-388-3959

CLOSED: 2013 - 2019

LazyBids was criticized for cloning the Beezid site that was substantiated by the code which included Beezid URLs throughout. The owner later admitted to cloning, but claimed it was nothing nefarious. Try to understand that! The last archived webpage for LazyBids.com appears on July 9, 2019

Last contact information:
dean@lazybids.com.
https://twitter.com/lazybidsus

CLOSED: 2009 - 2018

At one point, UK based Swoggi was one of the most well known penny auction sites. In December 2018, the following message was posted on its website:

We’ll be back soon!
Sorry for the inconvenience but we’re performing some maintenance at the moment. We’ll be back online shortly!

— The Swoggi Team

Last contact information:
Juniper Global
9 Bentinck Street
W1U 2EL London
United Kingdom

CLOSED: 2010 - 2017

Last contact information:
Penny Auctions Canada
349 - 1881 Steeles Ave West
North York, ON M3H 0A1
Canada
Phone: (416) 996-8714

CLOSED: 2009 - 2015

When BidCactus closed its doors in 2015, they announced the following:

**UPDATE: BidCactus has closed. However, Beezid (www.beezid.com) has agreed to honor all remaining bids from BidCactus. Former BidCactus members can input their old account info and will automatically be given an equivalent amount of bids on the Beezid website.**

Last contact information:
BidCactus
191 Post Road West
Westport, CT 06880
Phone: (203) 221-2875
info@bidcactus.com

CLOSED: 2011 - 2016

If the name alone didn't give it away, CoinSniper.com specialized in penny auctions of coins! The company provided a great experience and was always very transparent. Below is the message that Chief Numismatist and founder of CoinSniper, Rusty Scropper posted:

THANK YOU. It has been fun!

CoinSniper is now closed. There will be no further auctions.

I have had so much fun over the past five years working on, building, and growing CoinSniper - making it the most fun way to collect coins online! Meeting you and working with you to build your collection... it's what I love to do.

I have been offered a position with a prestigious business in the field as a numismatist, and it was too good to pass on. I foresee it being a lot of fun.

I think the thing I'm proudest of, besides bringing a whole new flair to coin collecting - a form of excitement that really has never been there - the thing I'm most proud of is the sheer number of collectors I've brought into and helped mature in the hobby. Bringing healthy collectors along is an incredibly difficult thing to do, and frankly most typical coin businesses aren't very good at it. I know from the many, many emails from so many collectors that have tried and enjoyed CoinSniper that this is the single thing I can look back on with the most pride.

For giving me that opportunity, I thank you.

CoinSniper may come back at some point, but for the foreseeable future, auctions are indefinitely postponed.

CoinSniper is definitely not for everyone. But for those of you who trusted in me to be honest and who had the heart and courage to try something different: I applaud you, I thank you, and I encourage you to continue collecting with the same vigor, skepticism and enthusiasm as you were kind enough to grace my business.

In the permanent spirit of doing right by the customer, as I closed down CoinSniper I definitely took care of as many of you as I could.

As of April 8th, 2016, all shipments show delivered, and all refunds are complete. If you are concerned because you have not yet heard from me, please reach out!

This has been a fabulous journey spanning many years and thousands of new faces, I wish you joy, I wish you luck, and most of all - I wish you COINS!

Happy coin hunting,
Rusty

Last contact information:
CoinSniper
rusty@coinsniper.com
facebook.com/CoinSniper
twitter.com/coinsniper

CLOSED: 2011 - 2015

AnniesBid held itself out as a different type of penny auction. Theirs was a charity-benefit model whereby each auction was connected to a featured cause or charity. For every bid placed in an auction, the company donated 10¢ to that cause/charity. The last we heard from the company was a Twitter post on April 27, 2015:

Hi bidders, our site is currently down for some maintenance.
It should be back up in a few days - thanks for your patience!
-The Annies Team

Last contact information:
AnniesBid
115 West Galer Street
Seattle, WA 98119-3396
Phone: 206-273-7777

CLOSED: 2012 - 2016

According to the company's website, BidSerious aimed to take an existing penny auction model of internet auctions to the next level with 3 key advantages focusing on Seller Participation. Since they shut in 2016, we never could find out what those 3 key advantages were!

Last contact information:
Bid Serious
P.O. Box 2782
Cypress, TX 77410-2782
Phone: 800-295-4136

CLOSED: 2006 - 2015

UK-based Bidson also offered auctions The Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. Starting in 2006, Bidson offered various types of auctions before offering penny auctions in 2012. Bidson acquired BidRivals on May 25, 2012. Towards the end of 2015, the company's site was returning errors. Then in January 2015, a letter was posted on bidson.com: Dear Bidders,

We are currently working on new Payment Gateway for our services.
Offering more local payment methods with lower fees than Paypal.

The changed regulations and higher reserves at Paypal caused a lot of delays in our services.
We promise that ALL commitments will be honored and we are NOT leaving the business!

We are also launching a better product range and fast international shipping methods.
Operating with local suppliers in Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Germany and United States.

Sorry for the problems this may have caused you.

If there is any question please contact us : support@bidson.com
Bidson.com

Last contact information:
Global Corporate Services, Registered Agent
704 North King Street, Suite 500
Wilmington, DE 19801
support@transip.nl
Phone: +31 (0) 71 - 524 19 19

CLOSED: 2012 - 2016

Last contact information:
RisingPenny
twitter.com/risingpenny
support@risingpenny.com

CLOSED: 2013 - 2015

Last contact information:
MNL Holdings LLC dba Puppids
3171 US Highway 9, Suite 231
Old Bridge, NJ 08857

CLOSED: 2005 - 2011

Swoopo (a service of Entertainment Shopping) invented of pay-per-bid auctions - a exciting blend of auctions and game dynamics. Customers competed for computers, game consoles, televisions, home and garden items, cameras, and more, often winning discounts of 70% or more off retail. Founded in 2005, Swoopo operated auctions in Germany, the UK, US, Austria, Canada and Spain.

Swoopo filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2011. On December 2011, its website was down for good.

Last contact information:
Swoopo
Entertainment Shopping AG
77 Oxford Street
London W1D 2ES
United Kingdom