Thursday, April 1, 2010

Anatomy of a Swoopo Early Winner

If you’re bidding on Swoopo with the hope that you’ll use only 20 bids and win a Digital Camera for a few dollars, it won’t be that easy. There are no sure techniques for pulling out a winner this early in an auction, although using the BidButler early can work. What are these early winners?

Early winners are those Swoopo bidders you see getting incredible deals of between 95% and 99% off. However, there are certain characteristics that early winners hold in common, and they aren’t always the same as standard Swoopo winners. So let’s break down exactly what those are. First is the best time of the day to bid. The following chart represents the number of early wins over a given time period - the higher the number the better.

Time of Day -------- Number of Early Wins
00:00 - 01:00 ----------- 23
01:00 - 02:00 ----------- 12
02:00 - 03:00 ----------- 15
03:00 - 04:00 ----------- 7
04:00 - 05:00 ----------- 12
05:00 - 06:00 ----------- 15
06:00 - 07:00 ----------- 19
07:00 - 08:00 ----------- 7
08:00 - 09:00 ----------- 15
09:00 - 10:00 ----------- 22
10:00 - 11:00 ----------- 21
11:00 - 12:00 ----------- 26
12:00 - 13:00 ----------- 19
13:00 - 14:00 ----------- 12
14:00 - 15:00 ----------- 11
15:00 - 16:00 ----------- 7
16:00 - 17:00 ----------- 3
17:00 - 18:00 ----------- 10
18:00 - 19:00 ----------- 12
19:00 - 20:00 ----------- 14
20:00 - 21:00 ----------- 15
21:00 - 22:00 ----------- 12
22:00 - 23:00 ----------- 10
23:00 - 24:00 ----------- 19

As you see, the highest number is on the time between 11:00am and 12:00pm, within an hour before noon. Here are some more statistics on early winners, as based on the table above:

• They spend $3.00 in bids, on average.
• They spend approximately 1.6% of the “Worth up to:” price in bids.
• They use a BidButler 64.7% of the time (excluding Nailbiters)

Compared to all Swoopo winners, the early winners compose approximately 10% of the group. It includes hard work to get into this group, with proper bidding strategy, tips and tricks and all of that.