How our online ebid auctions work
Express Bids offers only sealed bid online auctions across our three auction platforms. Our three auction platforms are namely: Low Bid auctions (Reverse Bid auctions), High Bid auctions and Dream Prize Raffles. You will find no Penny Auctions on our site. There is also no need for any auctioneers. Express Bids online ebid auctions allows you to bid and stand inline to possibly win the latest in high demand, technological advanced products currently on the market for as little as one pound GBP Sterling (£1) in value. Why buy in store when you can make a simple online internet ebid and possibly win in our fantastic online auctions.
All products auctioned by Express Bids, are brand new and carry a full manufacturer’s warranty.
Remember: 5% of ALL entry fees received for each bid placed in any Express Bids online auctions, will be equally shared between Express Bids supported charities, Cancer Research UK and World Vision.
Firstly, to get started you will need to register your details with us, so you can create your unique bidding auction account. To do this, just simply click on the Register for Free button or click Register on our tab bar. Then just complete the new or unregistered customer registration form on our registration page and click submit. You will then receive an automated welcome to Express Bids e-mail, where you will find a link which you will be required to click on to confirm your e-mail address to complete your registration with us (don't forget to check your Junk Mail folder should you not receive our automated e-mail within a few minutes of registration).
NOW YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN BIDDING in our fantastic online auctions and save yourself possibly hundreds of pounds, dollars or euro’s on the most high demand technological advanced products on the market.
Remember: You will not be liable to pay the bid value which you bid in any of our Low Bid online auctions and High Bid online auctions, unless you are the successful bidder come the end of the online auction period. The only value you are responsible for paying upfront is your entry fee for the auction in which you bid. All Entry Fees are displayed in each online auction.
Express Bids Low Bid (Reverse Bid) Online Auctions
To win in our Low Bid (Reverse Bid) auctions you will need to think of a value which come the end of the auction period you think will be the Lowest Unique ebid which no one else will have bid for the product you have selected to bid on come the end of the auction. For Example, if you feel that come the end of the auction that the Lowest Unique bid which you feel no one else will bid for this product will be £3 then you bid £3. Once the required number of ebids are reached for the auction you are bidding in, which are displayed alongside the product you are bidding on and updated when each new bid is received and if your bid is the Lowest Unique bid which no one else has bid come the end of the auction, then you are the Express Bids auction WINNER! All bids placed in our auctions are sealed bid auctions.
The Express Bids Low Bid (Reverse Bid) Online Auction example:
Bid : £1.00
Bid : £1.00
Bid : £1.00
Bid : £2.00
Bid : £2.00
Bid : £3.00 - Winning Lowest Unique Bid
Bid : £4.00 - Unique bid but not the lowest
Bid : £5.00
Bid : £5.00
Bid : £5.00
Bid : £6.00
Bid : £6.00
Remember: You will not be liable to pay the ebid value which you bid in any of our Low Bid auctions and High Bid auctions, unless you are the successful bidder come the end of the online auction period. The only value you are responsible for paying upfront is your entry fee for the auction in which you bid. All Entry Fees are displayed in each auction.
Let us get started:
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Click on the Low Bid button on the main page tab bar to view all products available on Express Bids website for you to bid on in our Low Bid (Reverse Bid) auctions.
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Find the product which you would like to bid on in one of our Auctions and simply enter your bid value in the box provided “My Bid is:” (all bids placed must be in whole/round Pound GBP Sterling values, no pence or cents e.g: £1, £2, £3) and click on the “Place Bid” button.
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You will then be taken to your “My Basket” page where you can either choose to checkout or continue bidding on our other products being auctioned before checking out.
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There is no limit on the number of auctions you can bid in at once before checking out. As you bid on each auction, they will be entered into your Shopping Basket.
Our Low Bid auctions do not operate in the same way as Penny Auctions do, where you never know when the auction period will end. Our required number of Low Bid auctions all clearly display the number of bids required for the auctions to close at all times. In Penny Auctions it may well be possible that you are bidding against a computer (bidbot) or fictitious bidders. Please be aware that you are bidding on legitimate online Penny Auction sites when bidding in their Penny Auctions.
Express Bids High Bid Online Auctions
To win in any of Express Bids High Bid auctions, you will need to think of a value which come the end of the auction time period you think will be the Highest bid which no one else will have bid for the product in the auction you have selected to bid in. For Example, if you feel that come the end of the online auction period that the Highest bid which you feel no one else will bid for this product in the auction you have chosen, will be £250 then you bid £250. Once the auction time period ends, which is displayed via a timer in the auction alongside the product you are bidding on and your bid is the Highest bid you are the WINNER!
There is a set entry fee of £5 for each bid placed in our Express Bids High Bid auctions, which our bidders are responsible for paying for each bid placed on checkout. In the High Bid auction, there is also a set minimum bid value for the auction which must be placed, so all bids placed must be above this minimum bid value.
Remember: Just like our Low Bid auctions, you will not be liable to pay the ebid value which you bid in the auction, unless you are the successful bidder come the end of the auction period. All you pay upfront is your auction entry fee for each bid you place in the auction you have chosen to bid in, which is displayed under the Minimum Bid Value in each auction.
In this auction you can save yourself hundreds pounds, dollars or euro’s on the value you would have paid in a high street retail or on line store.
Let us get started:
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Click on the High Bid button on the main page tab bar to view all products available on Express Bids website for you to bid on in our High Bid online auctions.
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Find the product which you would like to bid on and simply enter your bid value in the box provided “My Bid is:” and click on the “Place Bid” button.
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You will then be taken to your “My Basket” page where you can either choose to checkout or continue bidding on our other products being auctioned before checking out.
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There is no limit on the number of auctions you can bid on at once before checking out. As you bid in each auction, they will be entered into your Shopping Basket.
Express Bids Dream Prize Raffles
To win in any of Express Bids Dream Prize Raffles (auctions), all you need to do is pay your raffle entry fee. Once the required number of entries are reached which are updated and displayed alongside the product which you have placed an entry on and updated when each new entry is received in our raffle. A winner of all Express Bids Dream Prize Raffles will then be drawn at random from all entries received. The entire raffle draw process will be judged and overseen by an independent adjudicator.
Let us get started:
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Click on the Dream Prizes button on the main page tab bar to view all products available for you to enter on in Express Bids Dream Prize Raffles (auctions).
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Find the product and raffle which you would like to place an entry into and simply click on the “Place Entry” button.
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You will then be taken to your “My Basket” page where you can either choose to checkout or continue bidding on our other products auctions before checking out.
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There is no limit on the number of Raffles you can enter into at once before checking out. As you bid in each auction, they will be entered into your Shopping Basket.
If you are a winner in one of our auctions, what happens next?
If your bid in any of Express Bids auctions or raffles, is a winning one, we will contact you by phone or e-mail. You will then have 24 hours to confirm whether you want to go ahead with your winning bid and a further five days in which to pay by bank transfer. Please note that your winning bid is not binding, but if you do confirm that you wish to go ahead with your winning bid value, you will then be making a binding commitment to Express Bids Limited, so don’t say yes unless you are sure you wish to proceed with your purchase.
Good Luck and Happy Bidding!
Team Express Bids