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2. Auction sniping - Wikipedia

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   However, online auction sites, unlike live auctions, usually have an automatic bidding system which allows a bidder to enter their maximum acceptable bid. This is a hidden or proxy bid, known to the system, but not any other bidders; during the auction the actual bid is incremented only enough to beat the existing highest bid. For example, if ...

3. Online auction - Wikipedia

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   An online auction (also electronic auction, e-auction, virtual auction, or eAuction) is an auction held over the internet and accessed by internet connected devices. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Similar to in-person auctions, online auctions come in a variety of types , with different bidding and selling rules.

4. Jump bidding - Wikipedia

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   At first glance, jump bidding seems irrational. Apparently, in an English auction, it is a dominant strategy for each buyer whose price is above the displayed price, to always bid the minimal allowed increment (e.g. one cent) above the displayed price. By bidding higher, the bidder gives up the opportunity to win the item at a lower price.

5. PropertyRoom.com - Wikipedia

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   Instead of having traditional auctions with auctioneers where only people who attended could bid, PropertyRoom.com was created so that these goods could be auctioned online where people across the entire United States could place bids 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For the clients using PropertyRoom.com's service, they handle the pickup of the ...

6. Bid rigging - Wikipedia

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   If the phantom bid is the winner, the lot is hidden and comes back around for a second auction, or the second-highest legitimate bidder is informed that the first bidder was unable to make payment. In online auctions, the latter ruse is pulled via a (secretly illegitimate) "second-chance offer."

7. Vickrey auction - Wikipedia

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   Bidders submit written bids without knowing the bid of the other people in the auction. The highest bidder wins but the price paid is the second-highest bid. This type of auction is strategically similar to an English auction and gives bidders an incentive to bid their true value. The auction was first described academically by Columbia ...