Our prior win limit program was not functioning 100% (was advising some people that they had reached their maximum wins when they had not) , so we began creating something new.

The new program is in final testing and will be implemented shortly (so no win limits are currently in effect).  Here is a sneak peak:

Your current win total will be shown on the header.  If the win limit for the prior 7 days is say seven and you have six wins.  Then you will be able to bid on as many items as you wish.  However, when you win your 7th item – you will not be able to place any more bids on any other items.  This means that any autobidders you have placed will stop with the win.

If you sell your won item back to us for bids, you will receive a win credit.  That simply means that while you have won your limit, we subtract one of your wins and you are allowed to continue bidding.

We are examining not counting the following wins (and feedback is appreciated):

• On items priced under $30.  After all, people may not bid on a lower priced item if they are concerned about it impacting their win totals.
• Not counting a win if the closing price is under X amount.  X could be be $5 or $9, we are not sure exactly.  The point behind this is why would anyone who is close to their win limit, bid on an item if the price was low and run the risk of winning it which could stop them from bidding on an item they want later on in the day.  If this person felt that they should not bid, then the item may go for a very low price and this not conducive to our charitable goals.

Please remember that win limits on Bidazzled need to be different than win limits on your typical penny auction site.  As we are 100% Risk Free, there is far less need to protect people from a few big spenders.  Specifically, people who invest a lot in an auction will exit when their investment nears the retail price as there is no incentive for them to stay.  This then opens up an opportunity for someone else to enter the auction and win with very few bids.  This is not possible under your typical penny type auction where there is only one winner and everyone else loses.  In those auctions, people stay in till the very end.

We would love to have feedback on what you feel is fair and would work best.

Thank you all again for your support.

The Bidazzled Team

As of today, bids on Bidazzled need to reach our server before time reaches zero (as opposed to our prior 1.5 seconds).

This move is designed to make Bidazzled simpler and easier for people to use.  Here is what is going to happen:

• Countdown clock will start at 16 seconds (not 18 seconds) and will count down until a bid is placed.  At zero seconds, we need to check and see if any bids have been received at the server (it takes some time, not much for the bid to go to and back from the server).
• Right at zero seconds we will display a “Checking Server For Bids” message.  This should only appear for 1 second.  If a bid was received, the countdown clock will resume.  If not bid is received, the server sends out the final results of the auction and a
• Auction Closed page is displayed with a summary of the winners bids.

Note, some individuals have reported seeing “Ended” and then the auction coming back to life.   This is due to a lag which is not uncommon on the internet but in most cases (99%) it is the result of the user running other programs, having multiple windows open or even just 1 additional window on an auction site.  These programs require CPU time and can rob your system of the needed updates to keep Bidazzled up to date.

Remember, if bidding on Bidazzled – Prepare yourself and your computer to do so.  Follow our optimal computer settings (found on this blog) and the home page of Bidazzled.  A quick check list would be:

• A fresh reboot is a great thing
• Use Firefox, it handles javascript and Ajax faster than IE
• Open a single fresh window
• Do not download large files or multimedia while on Bidazzled
• Do not use other CPU intensive programs