Affiliate since: 07/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

There is one thing you will need for auto-bidder and that is deep pockets!

Many is the time that I have been watching an auction and suddenly the price goes crazy and the next thing you know the price has gone up by a couple of dollars in no time at all and remember that if we are talking about two people in auto bid mode then that's 100 T credits for each person, gone in the blink of an eye and there is always then a queue of people ready to swoop in the hope that both auto bidders have exhausted themselves

I know that some people like the auto-bid and it can be useful in that people are bidding against somebody who is clearly in auto bid mode it can scare everybody away but it can also clear you out of T credits like nothing else so like I say, unless you have a heap of credits burning a hole in your account I would always hold off using auto bid

If you have time to spare I find a much better method is to watch and see what is happening. Most of the time you won't even have to bid as most people bid before the Going, Going, Gone. This will let you see how the auction is going, how much action there is, whether there are any auto bidders and who is in the auction (checking their profile helps)

Normally I would wait and watch whilst other people waste their T credits and only when the timer starts to hit Going, Going, Gone do I bid, normally at the second 'Going'. It does not always work but using this strategy gives you the best chance to win with the minimum of expenditure
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There is one thing you will need for auto-bidder and that is deep pockets!

Many is the time that I have been watching an auction and suddenly the price goes crazy and the next thing you know the price has gone up by a couple of dollars in no time at all and remember that if we are talking about two people in auto bid mode then that's 100 T credits for each person, gone in the blink of an eye and there is always then a queue of people ready to swoop in the hope that both auto bidders have
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Affiliate since: 07/29/2014, Power Rank: 99999999

I prefer bidding manually over using the auto-bidder. With manual bidding you are almost guaranteed to use less bids. You have more control of when to place each bid: beginnIng, middle, or end of each countdown clock. The auto-bidder always works to make you the highest bidder no matter what. Every time a bid is placed that is not yours, the auto-bidder places a bid for you. This process ends up using more of your bids, especially when more than one other person is bidding against you.

Manual bidding definitely takes more time and patience. As the saying goes, "Time is money". So for some auto-bidding may make more sense. Also, when auctions run for a few hours, auto-bidding is a savior if you need to step away form your computer for a few minutes.

I have used both methods and I still like manual bidding the best.

Good luck in your auctions.
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I prefer bidding manually over using the auto-bidder. With manual bidding you are almost guaranteed to use less bids. You have more control of when to place each bid: beginnIng, middle, or end of each countdown clock. The auto-bidder always works to make you the highest bidder no matter what. Every time a bid is placed that is not yours, the auto-bidder places a bid for you. This process ends up using more of your bids, especially when more than one other person is bidding against you.

Manual
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Affiliate since: 09/12/2013, Power Rank: 249 | Read btrust's 62 other Ask SC answers

So far I have won two Pricebenders auctions, and both are using the auto-bidder.
The strategy here is choosing the right time to activate the auto-bidder.

A maximum 100 bids is a good start to enter into the auto-bidder, depending on the popularity of the product. The more popular the product the higher your bids should be entered.

You shouldn't activate the auto-bidder until no one use it anymore, otherwise you only pushing the price up rapidly.

And according to my experience, using the auto-bidder in a Double MRP auction is not effective because so many bidders enter just for collecting MRP.
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So far I have won two Pricebenders auctions, and both are using the auto-bidder.
The strategy here is choosing the right time to activate the auto-bidder.

A maximum 100 bids is a good start to enter into the auto-bidder, depending on the popularity of the product. The more popular the product the higher your bids should be entered.

You shouldn't activate the auto-bidder until no one use it anymore, otherwise you only pushing the price up rapidly.

And according
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Affiliate since: 06/05/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read George's 4 other Ask SC answers

The better one is always the manual bid because with this you get the satisfaction of participating in auction, but with auto-bidder you would not get it.

There are different benefits for using both:-

With the auto-bidder you can take time to do some other things online or read a book or play a game etc. etc. Here you should be careful about using the auto-bidder for loosing so many Tcredits. You have to see the timing of using it. You should have more than hundred TCs to go on auto-bid other ways there is no use if someone else is also using the auto-bidder. You can set the limit on the price and the number of TCs with auto-bidder and watch where it goes and deactivate it at any time and reactivate when you need to.

Now with manual bid, you are always in command and you can wait till the timer goes down to 10 seconds or less and bid, looking for someone else coming in between and it is fun to wait for that. Here you won't loose much TCs as you are waiting till the last and enjoying the auction.

My opinion is that THE BETTER CHOICE IS TO BID MANUALLY.
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The better one is always the manual bid because with this you get the satisfaction of participating in auction, but with auto-bidder you would not get it.

There are different benefits for using both:-

With the auto-bidder you can take time to do some other things online or read a book or play a game etc. etc. Here you should be careful about using the auto-bidder for loosing so many Tcredits. You have to see the timing of using it. You should have more than hundred TCs to go
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

With regards to Pricebenders auctions, SFI has given very many tips as to how to win.

The following one needs to be remembered when ever we want to enter the auction.

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Use Pricebender's Auto-Bidder with care! This useful tool can ensure your bids are entered automatically, so you won't have to stand by monitoring an auction...but it should be used carefully and with your budget in mind.

Tip: Let's say you think an item's final price is going to be $5.75. A smart auto-bid might be to set up, say, 10 TCredits for between $5.50 and $6.00. Of course, keep in mind that if the price never reaches $5.50, none of your bids will be placed. Conversely, if the price goes beyond $6.00, someone else may win the auction after your ten TCredits have been automatically bid.

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Considering this, I would suggest doing a manual bidding.

It requires lot of time time and patience. But it will ensure, we don't lose our valuable money through TCredits, etc even if we fail to win the auction.

Cheers!! All the very best!!
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With regards to Pricebenders auctions, SFI has given very many tips as to how to win.

The following one needs to be remembered when ever we want to enter the auction.

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Use Pricebender's Auto-Bidder with care! This useful tool can ensure your bids are entered automatically, so you won't have to stand by monitoring an auction...but it should be used carefully and with your budget in mind.

Tip: Let's say you think an item's final price
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Affiliate since: 03/27/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Stefan's 93 other Ask SC answers

Great question.

Using the auto-bidder in Pricebender auctions can be both strategic and but also very tragic. Let start off by describing what I mean by tragic.

Do not use the auto bidder unless you are quite familiar with the penny auctions. You must know the type of auctions, the best time of day to enter the auctions, and who the big hitters are. Also, you should know how to physically turn it on, set it, and turn it off. Be sure you know all of these processes before using the auto-bidder, because if you don't, you could find out rather fast how one can drain 200 TCredits in a matter of seconds.

Scenario - tragic

You just bought 200 TCredits or got your 125 SO. You are all fired up and ready to go and you jump in to first TripleClicks auction. You decide to use the auto bidder and plug in your start price, pick your max price and enter 125 or 200 TCredits to use. You turn it on as you are first in the auction. You turn away for few minutes and come back and low and behold you got NOTHING left.

What happened?

A heavy hitter came in swinging with their auto bidder on and wiped you out in 20 seconds.

TRAGIC.

This is the worst possible scenario to be in. Two bidders with auto bidder on can literally drain 100 TCredits in a matter of seconds.

Lesson # 1, if you plan on using your auto bidder and don't want to lose all your TCredits, don't leave the auction with it on unless you know you have enough TCredits or you are ok if you lose them all.

The auto bidder can be very strategic if used correctly. If you want to take the first position in the auction or knock someone out, then make sure you have plenty of TCredits and turn it on and watch them stop bidding as fast as you turned on.

BEWARE.

Know your fellow bidders. Do not turn it on without knowing your competition as they might have theirs on too and don't really care if they lose 300 TCredits and the next thing you know, you have zero and they are still leading. Not the outcome you intended, right?

Lesson #2 - be prepared to turn it off as fast as you turned it on.

In general, auctions can be quite long and having to hit the bid button over the period of minutes to hours can be tedious. If you have tons of credits and you have a chosen an auction that is likely a slow time of the day, you can likely use the auto bidder to win that auction quite easily as most bidders wont go up against you.

However, sometimes it is best to enter auctions right towards the end catching people off guard. You have better control if you use he bid button of when you would place your bid and also won't lose bids if the opponent is using auto bidder if you manually bid since your bid won't keep rebidding if done manually.

In a nutshell, Auto-bidder is for the expert auctioneer who has lots of Tcredits, confidence, and no patience. For this person, it is better to win with it on. For the novice with a fixed budget and not much confidence, I would strongly advise not using the auto-bidder.

I hope this helps answer your question.

Good luck!
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Great question.

Using the auto-bidder in Pricebender auctions can be both strategic and but also very tragic. Let start off by describing what I mean by tragic.

Do not use the auto bidder unless you are quite familiar with the penny auctions. You must know the type of auctions, the best time of day to enter the auctions, and who the big hitters are. Also, you should know how to physically turn it on, set it, and turn it off. Be sure you know all of these processes before
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Affiliate since: 02/20/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read M Z's 6 other Ask SC answers

Interesting question !!!
It depends upon the item you go for.
Like SFI rules,Launchpad reading, first you should see how bidding takes place for both Auto-bidding and non auto bidding(Manual). Generally who wins observe meticulously. Following Tips may help you.
For new affiliate:-
Manual(not using auto-bidder), bidding is better/suitable,since you can budget your target according to your TC holding.

For Experienced Affiliate :-
Can think of going for both AUTO -BIDDER and NAB.
Auto-Bidder can be used when affiliate is having sufficient TC in his kitty. The product selected like 100 PSA, 06 Month SO subscription,I-pad and other required item. Important factor is when to join. See the list of bidders and their bidding pattern,if there are too many active and aggressive bidder,then you may quit or set the limit target.
Manual bidding --- For product like 300 TC, S-builder,15/35 PSA, Manual bidding can be resorted. Specially for fist time bidder 1WA can be tried.Timing is also a very important factor.
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Interesting question !!!
It depends upon the item you go for.
Like SFI rules,Launchpad reading, first you should see how bidding takes place for both Auto-bidding and non auto bidding(Manual). Generally who wins observe meticulously. Following Tips may help you.
For new affiliate:-
Manual(not using auto-bidder), bidding is better/suitable,since you can budget your target according to your TC holding.

For Experienced Affiliate :-
Can think of going for both AUTO
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Personally, I think using the autobidder vs. not using it depends on a couple of things:

1. How bad you want or need the item
2. Do you have the time to sit at your computer for the duration of the auction
3. How many TCredits you have to spend
4. How much cash you have to buy more TCredits
5. Time of day the auction is being held

If you don't have the time but you have the TCredits and/or the cash to buy more, you can keep within your price range by using the autobidder and let it do the bidding for you without over-bidding.

If you analyze the previous auctions as to what the winning bids were and what times the auctions ended, you should be able to have a pretty good guestimate of how much to bid.

If you have the time on hand and you're not doing anything else, skip the autobidder.

So I don't really think one is any better than the other. I think it has to do with your level of patience and time, and also how many TCredits you're willing to invest in the auction.

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Personally, I think using the autobidder vs. not using it depends on a couple of things:

1. How bad you want or need the item
2. Do you have the time to sit at your computer for the duration of the auction
3. How many TCredits you have to spend
4. How much cash you have to buy more TCredits
5. Time of day the auction is being held

If you don't have the time but you have the TCredits and/or the cash to buy more, you can keep within your price range by using
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Affiliate since: 06/15/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Cacey's 47 other Ask SC answers

When I participate in auctions there is always someone utilizing the auto-bidder. There are many different strategies to winning auctions. Some people are very aggressive where they auto-bid from start to finish and are relentless with there bidding even when they are outbid. Some folks are more laid back and conservative. They lay back and wait for some of the bid action to go down before they chime in with there own bids.

Most of the time when I sit and watch auctions it's the auto-bid approach that wins.

Then there are auctions that are not as hectic where auto- bid is not necessary.

A great approach either way is to bid on auctions for your skill level. Each level has a skill set because there is a skill to winning these auctions.

PriceBenders offers:

*First Win Auctions for people who have never won an auction
*Junior Auctions for people with 9 wins or less
*Regular Auctions
*Big Dog Auctions

Stay within your skill level and approach every auction with the attitude that your going to win. These people are relentless so you can't be afraid to bid bid bid. Sometimes you get lucky and bid on products that not to many people are bidding on and win them for very cheap.

But auto-bidding is definitely a tool that will help you to win auctions. You won't have to use them all the time, but most of the time these are how people are winning auctions. This is a skill that has to be learned.


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When I participate in auctions there is always someone utilizing the auto-bidder. There are many different strategies to winning auctions. Some people are very aggressive where they auto-bid from start to finish and are relentless with there bidding even when they are outbid. Some folks are more laid back and conservative. They lay back and wait for some of the bid action to go down before they chime in with there own bids.

Most of the time when I sit and watch auctions it's the auto-bid
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Affiliate since: 01/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tanya's 15 other Ask SC answers

I must say this particular question is interesting to me. Since beginning with SFI it has simply amazed me how the auto-bidder works for people!
To be quite honest with you I utilized it once! Never again! I was curious if it actually has some sort of leverage over the game; since Pricebenders truly is a "Game of Play" a " Mind Game of sorts". I believe the auto-bidder is a "tool utilize to bully other players into dropping out of the Game Quicker!" Here are my Reasons:

1) Run out of T-Credits quicker-2minutes instead of 20minutes
2) Opponents become intimidated by the speed of the Auction
3) Loss of Control
4) The Plan in which the opponent started with has now been Quickly Disrupted, in other words instead of (50) T-Credits being Spent (100) have now been spent in 1/4 of the time
5) Anger, Frustration, and a variety of other feelings are occurring and possibly even NOT wanting to "Play the Game" anymore due to this shady action (in their mind this is how they are feeling)
6) Lastly, Never win "The Game"

Now, on the other hand it's imperative you have a strategy when you are going into these auctions! Many SFIers have TONS of coins and WIN ALOT!! My advice be PATIENT! Never walk away from the PC at the ending seconds because that is when you have the best odds of winning!
Good Luck!
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I must say this particular question is interesting to me. Since beginning with SFI it has simply amazed me how the auto-bidder works for people!
To be quite honest with you I utilized it once! Never again! I was curious if it actually has some sort of leverage over the game; since Pricebenders truly is a "Game of Play" a " Mind Game of sorts". I believe the auto-bidder is a "tool utilize to bully other players into dropping out of the Game Quicker!" Here are my
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