HappyBidDay Starter Auctions Still a Steal

HappyBidDay starter auctions are a wonderful place to win products almost guaranteed. Here is the latest starter auction at HBD - ended at 1 cent! (auctions start $1.00, not $0.00). If you are new to HappyBidDay, there is still time to win these starter auctions with almost no risk at all. Also, for a limited time if you use the coupon code HAPPY, you can get 20% off bid packs.

All you need to do is buy one bid pack, and wait for a starter auction. Remember to bid first on a starter auction because if you win other items, you will not be eligible for starter auctions. Once you win the starter auctions, concentrate on other auctions. Another thing to remember is gift cards are easier at this site than electronics, so look for gift cards that are bundled together with bids. 

HappyBidDay Bonus Codes

HappyBidDay is having a promotion for extra bids which is really good if you want to stock up on some bids. Here are the codes: DOUBLE100, DOUBLE200, DOUBLE500. As the coupon codes suggest, you can double your bids when you buy these bid packs. This is only valid till the end of the month, so you should act soon if you want to bid here.
Before bidding, remember to read my post on Almost Guaranteed Wins on HBD. 

SuperBowl Specials Penny Auctions

Penny Auctions try to give some great deals before events like Christmas. This is understandable because the whole retail industry is into these. At the same time, these offer some of the best deals for consumers and penny auction bidders. Usually, you can get heavily discounted bids which reduce your overall expenditure and thus maximize your profits.

Several penny auctions are having promotions right now. Most notably, HappyBidDay has a great promotion for the SuperBowl. You get 50% off bid packs! That's right, a straight out 50% discount. This should be really helpful for serious bidders.

Of course, don't be carried away. Read my HappyBidDay winning strategies before you decide to get started on bidding, so that you know what kinds of auctions are easiest to win.

Enjoy the game!

Almost Guaranteed Wins at HappyBidDay

Like many penny auctions, HappyBidDay has what are called as beginner auctions. These auctions are not open to everyone. Rather, they are only open to the people who are new to the site. This means you cannot participate in these auctions if you have been winning items here. However, if you just joined the site, this is great!

One of the reasons HappyBidDay beginner auctions are really good for you a a bidder is that they are extremely low in competition. This is not surprising - they have quite a few of these and there are not as many active beginners. In addition, HappyBidDay is a new penny auction unlike Quibids which is well established and more popular. Therefore, you can win these with ease.

I looked at the three latest beginner auctions, and all three ended within 1 or 2 bids! That's an incredible saving for any penny auction. You can get the gift card, and what is even better, get some free bids along with it as well! These free bids can then be used for everything else on the site.

After you win some beginner auctions, I would suggest bidding on gift cards only because these are less competitive than electronic items. Also remember that when you buy your first bid pack, use coupon code HAPPY to get 20% off for the first bid pack (you'll need this to get started). If you want to be active, go for the bid packs that come with 'insurance' i.e. if you don't win, your bids will be refunded. All these nice aspects make HappyBidDay a great site for all penny auction bidders.
(Remember that unlike traditional auctions, at HappyBidDay, the bidding starts at $1.00 and not $0.00)

Penny Auction Winning Strategies for Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner, and a lot of shoppers are looking for the best online deals for their friends and family. Of course, penny auctions are a great way to start off this search.

However, penny auctions aren't all a bed of roses in that you cannot really know whether you will win or lose. Thus there is always an element of risk involved in any penny auction bidding. You, as a bidder, need to make sure that you minimize your risk and maximize your winning chances.

There are several penny auction strategies that I discuss throughout this blog. However, I wanted to write something specific for Christmas.

Lets take a look at HappyBidDay, a fast growing penny auction that recently completed 1 year of service to penny auction bidders. If you are bidding here, how do you win?

One common mistake is that you like a particular product, like Kindle fire, and start bidding on it. This is a bad strategy!

The reason is simple - there are too many bidders involved and even though you might win this for cheap, it is not a guarantee and you are up against some more experienced bidders. Instead, from my research, the best way to win on HappyBidDay is to bid on gift cards. You can then use these gift cards and buy whatever you want from these stores. See the two auctions below, both ending at 1 bid only (rare for good penny auctions, but still an occurrence at HBD).

Both these auctions are for gift cards - Amazon and Walmart, and both ended after just 1 bid! (HBD has prices start from $1.00, so $1.01 means 1 bid win). Isn't this better than battling for your favorite electronics item with 10 other determined bidders? What's more, HBD actually gives free bids along with most gift cards, which is all the more reason to like them! In addition, for Christmas, you can get 20% off your bid pack purchase and also get a winning guarantee for higher bid packs - totally worth it! Check out the HBD Offer of 20% Discount and Win Guarantee.

Best Holiday Season Deals at Penny Auctions

A lot of penny auctions are having their Cyber Monday deals around the season. Not surprising, since they want to attract new members. This is a great time for penny auctions in general, because people are always looking for the best deals online, and penny auctions can potentially give you the best deals that no one else in the industry can beat.

Penny Auctions for Holiday Season
So how are penny auctions doing? Well, they do have some great deals, but I found the site HappyBidDay has one of the best promotions. If you are not yet a member, this is a really nice time to join because you can save so much on bids (and since it is relatively new, it is not as competitive as Quibids).

If you are new, just use the coupon code HAPPY and you get 35% off your bid packs. This is a huge saving, considering that you will be bidding against people who have paid so much more than what you have paid, and thus, for the same amount of money spent, you have many more bids to outbid them. This is actually a good strategy because you are effectively bringing down your cost per bid, which allows you more freedom to bid on products and also be more aggressive if need be.

Winning Strategy
A lot of people ask me about winning strategies because ultimately that's what they are interested in. This depends from one site to another. Since I am writing about HappyBidDay here, let me tell you about HappyBidDay winning strategies.

I have written previously about this and want to reiterate - go for the gift cards. Once you have the initial bid pack ready, you can go for a kill here, simply because there is so much less competition for the gift cards. Look at the latest Target gift card auction below: closed after 2 bids! (here bidding starts at $1.00 instead of $0.00 which confuses people, so take advantage of that too!)

Electronics can be competitive. I would suggest gift cards. Another great reason for bidding on gift cards is that you get free bids along with the card, which can then be used to win other auctions. This can actually be cyclically sustainable if you are smart with your strategies.

Remember to use HAPPY when you register as a promo code.

Happy Birthday HappyBidDay!

While the rest of the penny auction industry celebrates Halloween, HappyBidDay is celebrating its 1 year birthday. This is a really great accomplishment considering how many penny auctions go out of business much sooner. It shows that bidders are happy with the site and it is well trusted among the bidders. HappyBidDay has slowly but steadily made a name for itself and will soon be a leader in the industry, competing with the bigger sites.

HappyBidDay has some great promotions lined up to celebrate this event.

For new bidders, you can use the coupon code HAPPY to get 20% off your first bid pack purchase. In addition, the two higher bid packs will give you a win guarantee, which means if you don't win any auction with these bid packs, HappyBidDay will give you back all the bids! In addition, you get 100 happy bids just for registering. These can be used on special Happy Auctions on the site.

For existing users, use the coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY to get 35% off bid pack purchases.

For this event, the win limits have also been increased: 10/week and 40/month.

Also, for the first time ever, HappyBidDay will auction off two 1,000 bid packs! That's a lot of bids, enough to win some really great items over and over.

HappyBidDay Starter Auctions are a Steal

So HappyBidDay is having these special starter auctions for new members. I am not eligible for them because I am a veteran bidder there, but if you are not yet a member, you should certainly check this out. These auctions are ending at a ridiculously low price and competition. The last 2 I checked ended with just 1 bid! (Here auctions start at $1.00 and not 0.00).

As you can see, both the above auctions ended with just 1 bid being placed. This is a great opportunity for people who are yet to join HappyBidDay.

For those who don't know, HappyBidDay is an excellent site for a number of products, but most notably, their Amazon gift cards with free bids are easiest to win. They are also run by very honest owners so you can be assured they are not a scam. They are not as popular as Quibids (yet) so the competition is low.
If you are new, you can use the coupon code HAPPY20 to get 20% off your first bid pack purchase. Also take note of their special 'insurance' for bid packs - if you don't win, you will be recredited the bids.

Exciting HappyBidDay Offers

After the popular football promotion, HappyBidDay is at it again! This time, there are plenty of other offers that you can get. There is a special offer that gives you discounts on bid packs (you can get the code my logging into HappyBidDay - I am not supposed to post it here because it isn't for everyone, just for the members).

If you haven't already tried out, you can register today to get 20% off your first bid pack using the coupon HAPPY. With this coupon code, you get an additional guaranteed win - if the bid pack you buy doesn't result in a win, you get all your bids replenished for free!

Football Season on HappyBidDay

HappyBidDay is celebrating the football season with some nice products and promotions. The promotion is the famous Bid Back Madness for 1 week starting today: every bid that you place will be returned as a free bid that can be used in special Happy Auctions.

In addition, there are some nice products on auction. There is a football jersey that can be customized to your team and size. There is also an NFL football on auction. Since not all bidders would be interested in these specialized items, those that do can get some great deals.

If you are new to the site, use the coupon code HAPPY to get 20% off first bid pack purchase.

Amazon Gift Cards Deals: The Best In the Industry

Penny auctions are well known for great deals on products, but not every penny auction is well suited for all kinds of products. For example, Quibids is really good for some high-end products, vacation packages, etc. So where do you find Amazon Gift Card Deals?

I like Amazon gift cards because Amazon has a million products that you can buy and you are thus not restricted to only certain items that are auctioned off in the penny auctions. This is why I really like to look for Amazon gift card deals and I found HappyBidDay to be the best of all.

Here is why: The Amazon gift card auctions here end really cheap, even during the most competitive times. The best thing is, these gift cards are bundled together with several free bids and in most cases, the number of free bids is more than the bids that you spend winning the product! This is crazy because you get more bids than you started off with while also getting a great Amazon gift card.

Here are some of the latest auctions at HappyBidDay - notice that these are on a Friday night, one of the most competitive times for any penny auction. Also note that the auctions start at $1.00 and not $0.00 like other penny auctions.

The auctions ended after 15, 15, 8 bids only. And there are 50, 75 and 50 free bids with these auctions. They are really low in competition and something every penny auction bidder should try out. You can keep collecting a lot of bids on these Amazon gift card auctions which help you win even more of these (note that electronics are still competitive, so you should stick with Amazon gift cards). Also, for a limited time, HappyBidDay is having a promotional discount on their bids, so do check that out as well.

Bid Back Madness is back at HappyBidDay

The hugely popular bid back madness is back at HappyBidDay! It is only for a week, from August 17th to 23rd. During this time, every single bid that you place in an auction will be returned to you as a Happy Bid, which can then be used on any happy auction. This is a great rewards program where your chances of winning are literally doubled. Even personally I've had great success with their bid back madness (pity it doesn't last forever!) You get the bids in your account as soon as the auction gets over.

Anyway, if you are interested, check out HappyBidDay. If you are not yet a member, you can Register Here (coupon included) to get 20% off your first bid pack purchase, which is a great saving.

HappyBidDay Rewards Program: 150 Free Bids!

HappyBidDay is having a huge rewards program this week, giving 150 free happy bids for every day you log into your account! These bids can be used on special happy auctions on the site. With so many bids, you will never feel short of bids and can just employ the penny auction strategies you want to use.

In addition, for those who are not yet a member, for a limited time, you can Register Here to get 20% off your first bid pack purchase. This is a significant amount of saving, especially if you can get the bigger bid packs and want to stay on the site for long.

Penny Auction Promotions: How to Make Use of Them

You will find lots of penny auction offers and sometimes it can be overwhelming. However, penny auction offers are extremely profitable to the users, so it is important to know how they work.

First off, you should look for honest, legitimate, low competition penny auctions which run some really attractive offers. For example, HappyBidDay has loads of freebies when you join in and something exciting happening all the time (in fact, if you Register Here, you can get 15% off your first bid pack).

Mostly, it is the newer penny auctions that have lots of offers and promotions. This is because they want to promote their site to new bidders. This is certainly a good thing from the bidders' perspective, especially when you know that the business is legitimate. After all, you could be the early adopter for the next Quibids.

Penny auction promotions help the bidders in several ways.
Free bids: If you can get free bids right off the top, nothing like it. You can use those to decrease the overall cost of bids. Or you can just try your luck winning an auction (it is hard but possible).

Discounts: Discounts actually help you save even more than free bids. You can end up saving tens or hundreds of dollars if you pick the right penny auction promotions.

You can find lots of good promotions on my Facebook fan page. You might also Google for your favorite penny auction coupon codes but you might not find all the promotions.

In any case, you should certainly make use of the promotions that are offered by penny auctions to increase your winning chances and decrease the overall cost of bids and thus increase your profits.

Mystery Surprise at HappyBidDay

HappyBidDay is having mystery surprises this whole weekend. All you need to do is log into the site and you will get your mystery surprise. Today, I had a discount coupon from them which gave me 10% discount on bids purchased. If you are not a member, you can Register Here to get 12%-15% off your first bid pack purchase only.

These discounts are interesting because it reduces the overall cost you spend towards the bids. This increases profitability for the bidders in the long run. Since it is a very trusted site, you don't need to worry about buying more bids. They are having great products and the inventory seems to keep increasing, so I sure am excited about the future. They recently started auctioning gold and silver bullion, which I personally like a lot but there sure is something for everyone.

Winning Sustainably at HappyBidDay

HappyBidDay is a popular penny auction which is growing well in terms of new products offered to the bidders. There have been many inclusions in the past few weeks. However, this post is not intended to show how awesome the products are and how you can win an iPad2. Instead, it is about the more humble Amazon gift cards.

HappyBidDay is a relatively new penny auction so you don't have a lot of experienced bidders. However, for the very big items, like iPad2, there is a healthy amount of competition, so your chances of winning are as good as any other penny auction. However, it is the smaller gift cards that interest me because they let you win sustainably.

Let me explain. Unlike other penny auctions, at HappyBidDay, the gift cards (Amazon is popular but there are plenty of others too) always come bundled up with free bids. Thus you will see a $15 Amazon gift card bundled together with 75 free bids.

Now, here is the interesting part: Auctions at HappyBidDay start at $1.00 and not $0.00. Competition is not about the final price but the number of bids placed on the auction. See a typical gift card auction at HappyBidDay below:

You can see the $15 gift card is bundled with 75 free bids, and the closing price is $1.51. This means a total of 51 bids were placed on the auction. Assume that the winner was very aggressive and every alternate bid was placed by the winner (this is a highly unlikely scenario at HappyBidDay. The winner usually spends even less bids). This means the winner placed a maximum of 26 bids. This is for an item that has 75 free bids along with it!

What does this mean? The winner, in the end, has more bids than she started off with and has an Amazon gift card as well! This is what I mean by winning sustainably at HappyBidDay. If you concentrate on the gift cards, you get free bids along with the gift card and in many cases, the winner ends up with more bids than she started with!

If you are not already a member, you can Register Here (coupon code in-built) to get up to 15% off on your first bid pack purchase.

Best Time to Bid on Penny Auctions

What is the best time to bid on penny auctions?
This is a very important question that every bidder needs to answer in order to optimize her winning chances. So what is the answer? It depends! Not very helpful right? But let me explain to you more in detail.

When you are looking for the best time to bid on a penny auction, what is it that you are looking for? You want to find the least competitive times in a penny auction. This is when you should bid because the lower the competition, the higher your winning chances. (Remember that no one can ever guarantee you a win at penny auction and anyone claiming otherwise is a snake-oil salesman you should steer clear of).

Finding the Least Competitive Times
It is important to find the least competitive times for your penny auction. Essentially, competition at any penny auction depends on -

• The number of bidders currently online
• The number of products up for auction 
• The number of popular items up for auction 

These three factors, in a nutshell, determine the least competitive times for any penny auction.

How to Find this Information?
It is not easy to get this information. Almost all the trackers I have seen are no good. You should observe general trends. For Quibids, you should read my post Best Time to Bid on Quibids which will give you great insights into this information.

For other sites, as a general rule of thumb, afternoons to early evenings are less competitive. For example, at HappyBidDay, the afternoons can give you products worth hundreds of dollars in gift cards for a couple of bids each, along with plenty of other free bids to use. However, late at evenings and nights, it becomes more competitive like a regular penny auction.

You should know what is the best time to bid on a penny auction to improve your winning chances. Again, another rule of thumb is to avoid weekends, although some penny auctions have great products on weekends. It is almost always a trade-off.

It's Still Unpredictable 
For new penny auctions, it is easier to predict competition. However, for any penny auction, it is impossible to do so with certainty. Just a couple of aggressive bidders can change the whole dynamic of the game. You need to understand that penny auctions are inherently unpredictable because their outcome depends not only on your own actions but also on the actions of other bidders. By knowing the best time to bid on penny auctions, you are merely bettering the odds and adopting a wise strategy.

HappyBidDay Extends Bid Back Madness

The immensely popular Bid Back Madness at HappyBidDay has been extended to July 31st. During this time, any bid that you place, you get back in your 'Happy Bids' account which can then be used on exclusive happy auctions. This is a very convenient way to rack up on Happy Bids.

HappyBidDay has started gold and silver bullion auctions as well, which I really like because they are easier to win. If you are joining HappyBidDay, Register Here to get a discount on bulk bids (15% off on 225 bid pack or 12% off on 150 bid pack). HappyBidDay is a new penny auction with low competition so everyone has a winning chance.

Edit: There is an exciting 16GB iPad2 auction today at HappyBidDay for those who are interested.

Gold and Silver Bullion on HappyBidDay!

I am really happy to see gold and silver bullion on HappyBidDay. I like these products as collection items and a good economic investment for the long term and a hedge against uncertainty. HappyBidDay has introduced both gold and silver bullion on their site. Not many penny auctions give away gold and silver coins, so it is definitely a welcome news. Plus, the prices are cheaper than anywhere else!

The 1oz silver coin auction I was following ended after just 8 bids at $1.08! (here auctions start at $1.00 and not $0.00) This is a great saving for the bidders.

If you haven't yet joined HappyBidDay, I recommend it as a good penny auction with low competition (much lower than Quibids!) Register Here to get 12-15% off your first bid pack purchase (depending on how big the bid pack is).

Telescope in 31 Bids at $1.31!

I was just following this auction and it is a nice deal at HappyBidDay. Well, it is probably not a very big deal, but I would have loved to own a telescope! I like penny auctions that have items that are exciting to a niche audience only because then they are less competitive and there is a higher chance of winning. I don't suppose everyone would be interested in the telescope, but for the winner, it is the best deal he could hope for, spending less than $10 to win a telescope! (note that auctions here start at $1.00 instead of $0.00)

You can find lots of good products on this site. One very famous category is (if you don't like telescopes!) Amazon gift cards that come with free bids, so if you win, you can replenish your bids. If you buy higher bid packs, you can get 12-15% off by Registering Here.