Mother's Day special - Introducing Extended Bids Back Auctions

Dear SmartBidders,

Thank You for your support and enthusiasm over our "Early Bids Back" auctions. We have received a lot of requests over making the bids back period extend further to the closing soon stage to make it more fun! We are pleased to announce today that we will be running extended bids back auctions (indicated by ) over the mother's day weekend!

Here are the set of rules for our Extended Bids Back auctions:

1. As before, all your discounted bids will be returned if you don't win in our Extended Bids Back auctions. This period will be marked as "All Bids Back"!

2. Next as soon as the auction goes to closing soon, till the auction reaches last call (less than 25% left to close) - We will return half of your bids back. This period will be marked as "Half Bids Back"!

3. These bids will be returned as free bids and you will be able to use them right away in our regular auctions including any bids back auctions.

4. As usual, all paid bids which were placed in Closing Soon period (including the half bids back period) would be returned as reward bids.

There you've it - now through the mother's day weekend, get in the bids back frenzy! Since by the time bids back period is over, the auction is already in "Last Call" - don't get too far from your computer screen - chances are the auctions will close real fast! Good luck and have a wonderful "Mother's Day" weekend!

Play Smart, Win BIG!
SmartBid Team

SmartBid "Easter Egg" Jackpots!

Dear SmartBidders,

We would like to wish all our members a Happy Easter! To celebrate, we've added special "Easter egg" jackpots in select auctions. Find the lowest unique bid (our version of an Easter egg) during the closing soon period and receive a $5.00 jackpot! Each auction has a fixed number of Easter egg jackpots available, and jackpot status can be found on the right pane of the auction. Note that credits from jackpots will be instantly deposited in your account.

Eligible auctions will be indicated by an Easter egg icon. This is a limited time special which is only around for Easter - so join the hunt for some fun and free bids!

Happy Easter!
SmartBid Team

Introducing Bid Swap

Dear SmartBidders,

Today we are introducing an exciting feature that you all have requested - Bid Swap! Select auctions would be marked as bid swappable (look in the delivery section - most of our auctions are marked as bid swappable) and in the check out process you've an option for swapping the product with equivalent free bids - as simple as that!

So if you would rather have bids instead of the product, just click the check box for swap. The value of the bid package offered is our supplier's price, which may be lower than the listed retail price for some products other than gift cards. We can't wait to hear your feedback at support@thesmartbid.com

Play Smart, Win BIG!
SmartBid Team

Thank You for supporting charity auctions!

Dear Members,

We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your overwhelming support and generosity in raising money for the relief efforts in Japan. We have received over 350 members participation in our charity bid pack auctions! As we had promised, we will donate $1 for every bidder and we will make it a round $500 donation to American Red cross.

We want to thank you again for playing your part in raising money to help. As a token of appreciation, feel free to use "THANKS" coupon to get a 10% bonus on your next purchase - the coupon will be valid until next week.

Happy Bidding!

SmartBid Team
Play Smart, Win Big!

SmartBid Charity Bidpack Auctions

Dear SmartBidders,

We are introducing special bid pack charity auctions to help the victims of devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Participate in our red cross marked bid pack auctions - for every member participating in these auctions, SmartBid will donate $1 to Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts and help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.

Spread the word - with your help, we will raise money that will directly help hundreds of victims who need help now. Thank You for your generosity and Happy Bidding!

Play Smart, Win BIG
SmartBid Team

SmartBid BBB accreditation

Dear SmartBidders!

We just upped our commitment of maintaining a safe and fun bidding environment for all of you. We are now officially accredited by the Better Business Bureau (rating A- with 0 complaints).

Here are some of the steps we are taking:

Safe & Secure: In addition to BBB accreditation, SmartBid is now VeriSign trusted and McAfee secured. So bid confidently without the fear of spyware, spam, viruses and snakes!

Fair & Fun: We want to make sure the bidding environment remains fair and fun. As we grow, we are not only adding more auctions, we've also added stricter win limit (15 day limit to bid on the same featured product you have won) and exclusive intermediate iPad auctions for members who have won less than 10 auctions.

We are giving out a limited time coupon "BBB" for 10% bonus to celebrate our BBB accreditation. Go buy some bids and have fun!

Play Smart, win BIG!
SmartBid Team

President's Day Weekend Blowout Sale!

Dear SmartBidders,

We are celebrating President's day by bringing back our popular "ALL BIDS BACK" auctions this weekend - Win or get all your bids back for a select few auctions on the hottest items including a Royal Caribbean luxury cruise getaway!

Here's a quick rundown of how everything will work during our President's day weekend sale:

1. All your bids will be returned if you don't win in our All Bids Back auctions - they will be returned as free bids to your account as soon as the auctions close and you are free to use them in our regular auctions right away. They will be clearly shown at the top of the page with an American flag hat icon on top left corner.


2. Only paid bids are eligible for bidding in our All Bids Back auctions. You will be clearly shown the break up between your free bids (bids collected through coupons, rewards and other promotions) and paid bids in "My Bids Breakdown" panel.


3. These auctions will fall under win limit unlike the previous bids back special per our members' requests to give everyone a chance to win.
   

There you've it - with the whole weekend of hottest products sale and completely risk free bidding, win the luxury cruise getaway or any other hot products you always wanted! Have a wonderful President's day weekend!

Good Luck!
SmartBid Team