Functionality

bidorbuy’s winning SMS alerts

bidorbuy was recently selected a winner of the Clickatell’s 2011 Personalized Priority Awards in the Enterprise category.
“Your innovative use of SMS to keep online bidders updated with competing bids and the use of two-way messaging to allow bidders …

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Spend some time with Recent Buys

Thanks to one nifty analytics tool (sorry, we’re not telling you which one – you know how it is, no free advertising), we have discovered that you, our valued bidorbuyers, are under-utilising the Recent Buys section.
How so?!

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Enjoy the new-look item pages

(And, sellers, banish those strips in your thumbnail images!)
It comes as no surprise. After the revamp of the home page and the category pages, the tide had to reach the item pages too.
We took it slowly and gradually, …

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The July 2011 new look bidorbuy

Modern… clean… absolutely fantastic.
Those were the words some of you used to describe the new-design bidorbuy that greeted you today.
We agree.
It took a lot of efforts from a lot of people. And the result is stunning. As of …

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Search-and-shop

A not-so-new bidorbuyer recently complained bitterly because, according to him, it was not possible to search for his favourite sellers on the site.
Reluctant as we are to contradict our users, sometimes we simply have to.
The “search for sellers” …

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Not just a pretty interface

We don’t need to blow our own trumpet, but, from time to time, we simply like to do it. This time, we have good grounds for a hearty self-pat on the shoulder.
Even bidorbuyers who always dislike change love …

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10 ways to promote yourself online

A good part of the bidorbuy sellers’ fees is spent by the powers-to-be (i.e. – us) on advertising, with the aim of attracting more buyers.
However, that does not mean that you as a seller can afford to sit …

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Mastering the colour wheel

Shopping decisions are often based on visual effect, most notably the colour. When you as bidorbuy seller set about choosing the colour palette for your listings, forget your personal preferences. Instead, concentrate on what kind of message a …

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