Website: www.BidsTick.com
BidsTick
Finland
Domain Registered: April 2008
Auction Type: Penny Auction
PAI Member Rating:
(82 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)
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Bidstick, one of the more established penny auction sites on the web behind Swoopo offers a very limited amount of products, there auction platform differs from other penny auctions in that there auctions tend to have a shorter duration and that there products are primarily technology based. Bidstick could be a resource for bidders to get technology based products due to the trending of the site visits from search engines.
Update 4/16/10:
One of the more established penny auction sites on the web today is BidsTick, an “old” player in the game right behind Swoopo. BidsTick used to stand out amongst the pack by being one of the first few online penny auction sites that had a chat box. Unfortunately, that feature seems to be down, as many regulars at the site have noted.
Another impressive feature on BidsTick is their testimonial page, where the site encourages their winning bidders to post videos of themselves together with the items they’ve on YouTube, which then get posted on the site in exchange for 100 bids. We feel that this unique approach to sending the message across to their visitors that the site is legitimate is a good move. This erases the doubts of potential bidders, especially with testimonials from people who’ve been lucky enough to win a laptop or HDTV for only 5 to 10 bucks.
So let’s go to the downside of BidsTick. First of all, this penny auction site has a somewhat dull homepage. Compared to other sites, Bidstick simply looks boring. Of course, it boils down to aesthetic preference, so we’ll let that one go. Another thing we’ve found out is that the site has a very limited range of products. After observing the site for a month, BidsTick has had less than 15 product changes, with “regulars” like an LG refrigerator and ATV repeatedly up for grabs since last year.
Electronics seem to be the main focus of the site, with Apple products, HDTVs, and notebooks auctioned off on a regular basis. If you’re looking to purchase such items at a bargain price, BidsTick may be for you.
(4.00 out of 5)
DENIS DAVIS
on 17 Nov 2010 at 4:15 am
FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT SUPPOSEDLY WON SOMETHING FOR .25 HOW MANY BIDS DID IT TAKE YOU TO WIN THAT AT .1 INCREMENTS AND YOUR BID PACK COST YOU .70 FOR EACH BIDS AND IT TOOK YOU LETS SAY 13 BIDS. THATS 13 BIDS X.70 = $ 12.10 not such a great deal afterall.
people are so gullible
Bobbie D
on 25 Nov 2010 at 8:57 pm
Still a bargain if it is a big ticket item! But yes, I agree, you have to factor in ALL your expenses to win that bid.
Jerry
on 10 Dec 2010 at 4:07 pm
It is also wise to research what an item sold for on the site before. That way you can hold your bids (.70 each) until the price gets closer to the targeted sales price. Let the other bidders run the price up with their bids!
tom
on 07 Jan 2011 at 6:52 pm
I am not sure but I think one of the site I visited before only allow you to set up a bot to autobid, which bids when the item reach the count down time and you are not the winner, until the item reached the stop limits set by you. you don’t actually click to bid each time when you wants to.
I think the so-called “winners” on those testimonial pages all left out how much they spend to win the price, just claim how much they paid after winning the item (probably not including delivery charges as well).
Laurel
on 12 Jan 2011 at 1:41 am
Why are any of you moaning about $12.10 or the price of shipping if you are receiving a $800 or $1500 item for the cost of bids ($12.10) and maybe $100 for the item its self?? That is retarded. You are getting a huge deal. You can not get anything in life for free so wouldn’t getting said item for 80% off be something to smile about?