
Many of you remember a while ago when I posted about a site called Bassabids. The premise of the site was that you pay $2 per bid to bid on items. Unlike a normal auction, the winner was the person with the lowest unique bid. Since Bassabids was quite successful, I’ve seen one or two other sites pop up based on the same system. The best that I’ve seen is SoLow.
Unlike other sites of its kind, SoLow has the majority of its auctions free to bid on. You do not need to buy bids or pay anything in order to bid in any auctions other than the premium auctions, which cost $0.99 per bid. There are a variety of prizes, from a best buy shopping spree to a trip to Chicago. SoLow lets each user bid 20x per day. All of the auctions are timed, so there is no specific bid quota each auction need fill.
Another thing that differentiates SoLow from its competition is the detailed response after bidding. Instead of bidding and receiving no other information other than confirmation, SoLow will tell you whether your bid is the lowest bid, how many uniques are lower, whether you’ve knocked any others out, and how many other have bid that amount. While this does mean that it takes more cutthroat bidding at the end rather than blind strategy or luck, it also means that you are not left hanging wondering how low your bid is. If you have a mobile, it will even text a range of 10c or so where the lowest unique bid is currently.
Apart from the bids themselves, you can earn Bid Bucks which can be exchanged at the shop for merchandise. These are pretty easy to rack up, active users will have enough to get swag pretty fast. There is also a monthly prize of $100, and whoever wins that has a 1 in 10,000 chance at $2,000,000. You get entries for each bid.
For $9.99 per month, SoLow offers an “elite” service that gives you 100 BidBucks, access to special auctions, and 20 free premium bids per day. It may be worth it, especially if you win a premium auction or the monthly drawing.
SoLow is a site that is very mobile-friendly. All bids can be texted to the site, and optional hints, updates, and auction results can be texted to you as well. They are affiliated with a site called SendMe, and recognize almost all mobile carriers.
To sign up, you need a cell phone number, an email address, and you need to be 18 or over. To sign up, visit www.SoLow.com
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