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Welcome to Redibids! If you are new to Redibids, please take a moment to review how our auctions work. Redibids is not your standard auction site – it is a fast-paced, exciting auction model where you’ll have the opportunity to buy some amazing products at unbelievable prices! Here’s how it works:
1. Register With Us
Before you purchase bids or participate in any auction, you’ll be asked to register and create an account with us. That’s it! Now you’re ready to buy bids and get started.
2. Buy Your Bids
If you buy single bids, our bids are sold for $0.63 each. However, if you purchase a “bid pack” containing various quantities of bids, you will get a discount on the purchase price of the bids! For example, you may purchase 8 bids for $5.00, 16 bids for $10.00 or 32 bids for $20.00, entitling you to a 1% discount! Purchasing and using bids does not guarantee you’ll win an auction. You may purchase bids electronically when you initially register and log in or thereafter by using the “Purchase Bids” button.
3. Join One or More Auctions
On the left side of the main screen, you’ll see an auction that is live and in progress. You may participate in this auction or choose one or more additional auctions by selecting the “Live Auctions” button. The auctions are organized by product category. Select the auction(s) you wish to join. As you select them, a red check mark will appear over the auction. Then, press “Start Bidding.” The auction(s) that you selected are shown across the top of the main screen and you can scroll through them, left to right. You may also change the auction that is shown in full screen mode on the left side of the screen by clicking on that icon.
4. Bid on an Auction
Next, you simply bid!
Manual Bidding: you may bid manually on the auction shown in the left panel by pressing the red circular “BID” button. You may also bid manually on any of the auctions shown in the top scroll by pressing the “BID” button shown on that auction.
Automated Bidding: you may activate the automated bid function by pressing the “Auto Bid” or “Auto Bid All” buttons. Pressing the “Auto Bid” button will cause the system to automatically bid on only the auction shown in full screen mode on the left side of the screen. Pressing the “Auto Bid All” button will cause the system to automatically bid on all of your selected auction items, rotating between the auctions that you have selected in order.
Each bid that you (and each other bidder) place causes one of the grid blocks shown below the auction to turn blue. After ten (10) bids have been placed by you (or any other bidder) and the corresponding circles have turned blue, the price of the auction will be increased by $0.01. This process repeats until the auction ends.
5. Winning an Auction or Mini-Auction
The final price for the auctioned-off product is not known until the auction ends. Some auctions will end when the final auction price is just a few pennies. Others will end when the auction price is a few dollars or more. When the auction ends, the last bidder to place a bid in that auction will win the auction. All Auctions end fifteen (15) seconds after the reserve price is met.
Each time you place a bid, you will have sixty (60) seconds (your “Window” ) within which to see any mini-auction prize icons that may be embedded within the grid. You can then attempt to skillfully time your bids to land on the prize icons and win those mini-auctions. If the reserve price is met and the 15-second countdown timer is initiated during your Window, you will see the countdown timer. However, you will not see the 15-second countdown timer if the reserve price is not met during your 60 second Window. Being able to see the prize icons or countdown timer is not required to actually win the mini-auctions or the main auction, however.
The indicator to the left of the BID button flashes grey/red until you place a bid. Once you place a bid, the indicator turns green indicating the start of your 60 second Window. As your Window approaches its expiration, the indicator turns from green to yellow and from yellow back to the flashing grey/red indicating the end of your 60 second Window.
If you are the winner of an auction, you have the ability to purchase the product at the deeply discounted final auction price displayed.
6. If You Don’t Win
If an auction ends and you’re not the winner, don’t worry! You still have the ability to purchase the product using our “Buy Now” option. The retail price of each product is always listed below the product description for your reference. If you use “Buy Now” to purchase the item you have bid on, you will receive a discount off the purchase price of the item (up to approximately 80% of the retail cost). In addition, you will get bids returned to you for use in another auction (up to 20% of the number of bids you placed in that auction). Those returned bids are designated as “Free Bids”. You can select the Buy It Now option by pressing the red “BUY NOW ITEMS” button located beneath the main auction screen.
7. If you Run Out of Bids
If you run out of bids, you may purchase additional bids using the green “Purchase Bids” button. You will not be permitted to purchase additional bids until you have less than fifty (50) purchased bids and no Free Bids remaining in your account.
8. Promotional Game
If you desire, you may also participate in the Redibids free promotional game. When you purchase bids, you will be given, free of charge, one free promotional game piece for each bid purchased. You may also request free promotional game pieces through the no-purchase-necessary method of entry. Please see the Promotional Game Rules to do so.
During or subsequent to your bidding, you may reveal the results of each free promotional game piece through use of the reveal button(s) located in the lower right portion of the screen. You may select a different promotional game by pressing “EXIT” on the promotional game screen and selecting another game. Please see the Promotional Game Rules for additional information.