Use bid hints to win lowest unique auctions

Hints make winning our online auctions easier

Know where the current leader is...

Our auctions rely heavily on your skill to make one of your bids the lowest unique bid in order to win. Winning just got a whole lot easier with the introduction of BidBudgie's revolutionary new Bid-Hinting system.

Bid early for the best chance of winning...

The earlier you bid, the more hints you'll get for free! We've decided that players who bid early should be rewarded, so here's how the bid-hinting system is applied throughout the lifespan of an auction.

When the Bid Bar is less than 30% (green)

All Free
Every bid you place will receive a FREE hint automatically as soon as the bid becomes non-unique, regardless of when it is made non-unique.

When the Bid Bar is between 30% and 69% (yellow)

Free but limited
You can still get a limited number of FREE hints for any non-unique bids during this time, but this is your last chance to get any free hints.

When the Bid Bar is between 70% and 99% (orange)

Limted & not free
You can still get a limited number of hints at this time, but they're no longer free. You will be charged the same fee as the Bid Price for each hint you request.

When the Bid Bar is FULL (red)

No more hints
That's it! You can't get any more hints once the Bid Bar is full. Don't forget that your hints from the earlier stages will still be there to help you.

How does the unique bid hinting work?

What does the bid hint tell me?

The hint will tell you whether your bid is "Too High" or "Too Low" in relation to the amount of the current leading bid. This will help you to understand where to bid in order to win.

Bid hints are constantly updated...

Once you've been given a hint on one of your bids, it's there forever! As the auction progresses and more bids are placed your hint will update so that it always points you to the current leading bid, right up until the end of the auction.

How do I get unique bid hints?

This depends on the status of the auction's Bid Bar:

  • When the Bid Bar is GREEN the hints are automatically assigned to each bid for you
  • When the Bid Bar is YELLOW you click the 'get hint' button next to the bid for which you'd like to receive the hint, then check the confirmation popup and choose whether or not to reveal the hint
  • When the Bid Bar is ORANGE it's the same as when it's yellow, except that the popup will also confirm the cost of revealing the hint before you confirm
  • When the Bid Bar is RED you can't get any more hints!

How many hints can I have?

The number of hints you can get varies at each stage of the auction. When the Bid Bar is GREEN the number of hints is unlimited - the more bids you place, the more hints you'll get. Once it's YELLOW you can only get the number of hints indicated in the left-hand column of the auction view. When it changes to ORANGE the number of hints allowed is again shown in the left-hand column, but this time you'll be charged for each hint. After the BidBar is RED then you can't get any hints at all.

What about the FREE auctions - how do the hints work?

In our free to bid auctions, we've removed the GREEN stage from the hinting cycle completely and left the remaining 3 stages as normal. BUT, we've changed the percentages a little:

  • The YELLOW stage runs from 0% up to 49% where hints are free but limited
  • The ORANGE stage runs from 50% up to 99% where hints are not free and are limited
  • The bid bar will turn RED when it is FULL at which point no further hints can be received