Swoopo

SIGN UP BONUS: Swoopo, despite its popularity, doesn’t give away much of anything in the form of freebies or bonus credits. Perhaps they feel this has become too contrived as a way to lure people into the habit of participating in low bid and penny bid auctions.

Members of Swoopo purchase bids in advance at 50p per bid. BidPacks are sold in packs of 20 at £10, 55 at £25 (save £2.50), 115 at £50 (save £7.50), 170 at £75 (save £10.00) and 560 at £250 (save £30.00).

You do receive 5 FreeBids for every invited friend that purchases a BidPack and joins in on Swoopo’s low bid and penny auctions. Free bids for Swoopo are valid for seven days and must be used within that time frame.

NUMBER OF AUCTIONS: Swoopo has their low bid auctions and penny bid auctions categorized in easy to follow categories.

They have close to 50 Beginner’s Auctions running at a time. These are special auctions that are exclusive to members of Swoopo that have yet to win an auction. Your competition is limited and no more skilled or experienced than you are. This evens out the playing field and gives newbies an opportunity to perfect their bid strategies before taking on pro bidders.

They then have close to 200 Live Auctions running. Items up for grabs in these low bid or penny auctions range from Consoles and Video Games, Home & Garden materials, Watches and Jewelry, iPods and mp3 players, laptop and notebook computers and many other surprises.

In the majority of Swoopo auctions, each bid increases the amount by 10 pence. But there are also penny bid auctions on Swoopo where the amount only goes up 1 pence – just like MadBid’s penny bid setup.

Swoopo has 20-second auctions, 15-second auctions and 10-second auctions. These time intervals are actually how many seconds the clock increases each time a low bid or penny bid is placed. When the clock ticks down to 0:00 – the person holding the last bid has earned the right to buy that item at the bargain price bidding ended at.

You can either place single bids or select how many bids you’d like the BidButler to execute within a given range. The BidButler will wait until the final 10 seconds of the auction’s countdown clock to execute the bidding.

EASE OF NAVIGATION: There is plenty of good content and information on the site that can be easily located. Navigation is simple as the Home Page serves as the portal to everything; accomplishing everything a Home Page is supposed to.

Scroll down menus let you view the auction categories and your current ongoing auctions. You see current Swoopo promotions; you can read about the latest low bid or penny bid auction winner on Swoopo; auctions that are down to their final hours and minutes and other live ongoing auctions. You can see for yourself the contrast between what the item’s current bid is in relation to its actual market value.

The “My Swoopo” section connects you to all pertinent information regarding your account. You see all of your current and past auction activity; you can purchase BidPacks; and edit details regarding your account.

The Help section of Swoopo is full of relevant information for anyone new to low bid and penny bid auctions. You can find details regarding delivery, shipping, defective products, and properly managing your account in the left side navigation menu.

OVERALL RATING: Swoopo has been labeled the originator of “Entertainment Shopping” and it’s impossible to argue that. While there is a gamble to participating in these low bid and penny bid auction sites, it can be incredibly fun and rewarding for those that develop a knack for it. Swoopo is one of the best online auction sites out there right now. It’s just too bad that they don’t offer many free or bonus credits. More people would likely give these low bid and penny bid auctions a try if there wasn’t such great potential for losing money. Free or Bonus credits – with great incentives to earn more – would seemingly get more people joining and bidding.

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