Buyer Auction Manager 1 year anniversary Facebook sweepstakes are slowly coming to an end. As of today, there are only 10 days left. There are currently 45 people who entered sweepstakes and who are eligible to win one of four custom $25 eBay gift cards as pictured below:
Currently there are only 2 bonus entries. You get bonus entry for every person you refer who enters sweepstakes. If you still haven't entered, now is the time! If you already entered, share it with your friends and earn bonus entries for a better chance to win:
Winners will be announced shortly after 3/16/2013. Here is the link to enter: Buyer Auction Manager 1 Year Anniversary Sweepstakes
Good luck,
Robert
Four $25 eBay gift cards for 1-year-anniversary sweepstakes were ordered today. What do you think about the design?
If you haven't entered BAM facebook contest yet, you have until 3/16/2013 to enter and be eligible to win one of those gift cards:
1-Year-Anniversary Sweepstakes
Robert
Beginning and Plan A
Buyer Auction Manager (Full) was officially launched on February 24, 2012 so today marks one year anniversary. When I first started working on the original version of the software, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. It has been a long and bumpy journey but the software is better for it. It's now gaining momentum and growing faster than ever before. As part of this journey, I have learned a great deal and I'm learning new things every day.
As some of you may know, I created original version of Buyer Auction Manager for myself after noticing that some Buy It Now items were selling on eBay for low prices. My search did not produce any satisfactory software that would do what I wanted, so I created my own. Original version had only one module (Win It Now) that would search for newly posted Buy It Now items on eBay. After successfully using it myself for a while, I released it to the public as a freeware hoping that people would like it, save money and donate some of the savings. Was I wrong about that! Looking back, I think there were at least two reasons for this. I had no clue about advertising the software to get more users and if you can get something for free, you usually do not pay for it. I'm like that myself so creating freeware and expecting donations was a flawed strategy.
Time for Plan B
Since plan A was not working and my wife was starting to get upset because I was spending a lot of my free time on the computer without any results, it was time to double down and conceive plan B. I decided to leave the original version as it was and create a new version of the software where I would add additional functionality and improve Win It Now module. I started working on that new version in November 2011. I spent several months writing those improvements and finally in February 2012, I released what is now called Buyer Auction Manager (Full).
After the software was released, it was time to work on advertising. I started using Google AdWords, learned a lot about Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing, Social Networks and started a blog. I wrote several blog posts over 2-month period but after not seeing big results, I moved on to other things and abandoned the blog for a while. Towards the end of 2012, eBay started making significant changes to their website and functionality that relied on scraping started breaking so I had my hands full trying to fix everything.
At one point, I thought that eBay declared war on sniper programs because their auctions did not have End Time. They would only have countdown to the end of the auction. You cannot snipe accurately if you don't have precise time when the auction ends. Fortunately this was changed very quickly and a few weeks after that, End Time was back in eBay listings.
Recent growth and future
Since the end of 2012, I've been getting more people to try the software and some of those people offer suggestions and ask for new functionality. This is something that I like to see because it makes the software better for all users. I've been making a lot of changes recently and there are some more changes coming within the next month or so, a lot of it suggestions from people who use the software.
I'd like to thank everybody who offered their suggestions and supported Buyer Auction Manager over the last year. Without you, the software would not exist.
Robert
One-Year Anniversary Promotion
Buyer Auction Manager (Full) was released on 2/24/2012. To celebrate 1-year anniversary, I'm running sweepstakes on Facebook and giving away four $25 eBay gift cards. Sweepstakes started today, 2/17/2013 and end on 3/16/2013. After end period, I will randomly select 4 winners and each one will receive $25 eBay gift card.
How to Enter
To enter, click on the image below, like Buyer Auction Manager on Facebook, and enter contest. That's all you have to do. To increase your chances of winning, invite your friends and you'll get 1 bonus entry for each friend you refer who registers for the contest.
Good luck,
Robert
Blog for eBay buyers
I started writing blog posts for this website almost a year ago. I saw a lot of resources for eBay sellers on the internet but I couldn’t find much for eBay buyers. Most websites target sellers because they’re the ones who want to grow their businesses and are willing to spend money to make their lives easier and their businesses better. Since my software Buyer Auction Manager targets people who buy on eBay, I wanted to create a resource for buyers.
Writing is not my strongest skill so each post that I created took a lot of time and energy. After 2 months, I stopped posting. I started working on other things and could not find the time or motivation.
Goal for year 2013
My goal for 2013 is to make this #1 eBay buyer resource. You’ll start seeing posts by other authors and I’ll try to post more myself. If you’re interested in guest blogging or if you have something valuable for eBay buyers and would like to publish it, please contact me.
Also, if you have comments about particular blog post, feel free to post it. Comments are moderated so they have to be approved before they’re published but as long as it’s not spam and it’s relevant, it will be approved.
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I wish you Happy New Year 2013 and I hope you can score many good deals on eBay this year.
Robert