Unwiredbuyer.com - They pay you $20 through Paypal to sign up!
For those of you that haven’t heard of this new service, Unwiredbuyer.com is a new way for you to mobily bid on ebay auctions. You never have to miss the end of an auction again. Unwired is an Ebay compatible application which works side by side with your ebay account and cell phone. Anytime you watch an item on ebay, unwired watches it for you as well. Then during the last few mins of auction, unwired can either send you a text message reminding you its ending, call your phone and allow you to bid over the phone, or both.
Unwiredbuyer.com has been receiving amazing reviews. Ebay even awarded it the Honors for Most Innovative Apps in its Developers Challenge of 2006.
Now Unwiredbuyer.com has made the deal a little sweeter. They normally encourage new customers by offering a $10 reward for your first completed bid. Now they’ve doubled it to $20! At first I was a little skeptical. ‘Do I have to fill out a bunch of forms?’ - ‘Do I have to complete promotional requirements like with the free xbox stuff?’ - ‘Do they release the $20 a few cents at a time over a period of use?’…. I was suprised to find it very simple. Its a normal registration process. You then have to put an item on your ‘watch list’ on ebay. Then just answer the phone when they call a few minutes before you auction ends and follow the automated bidding process.
I couldn’t find any golf related auctions I was dying for, but really wanted to test out the service, and of course get my $20, so I picked a ebook that had no bids at 0.01. I figured even if I won the auction, it would only cost me a few cents and I wouldn’t get hit with shipping… When I got the phone call, there was 3 minutes remaining. I bid the minimum of 5 cents and hung up the phone. A few minute later I checked my gmail account to find the bid/win confirmation from ebay along with an email from unwired stating the $20 was on its way. Twelve hours later I received another email, this time from paypal, stating I received funds from Unwiredbuyer.com!
I don’t think it could of been easier. For those that want to give it a try, I’ve included a quick how to below.
1.Signup for Unwiredbuyer.com - use the email address your paypal account is assocaited with.
2. In the 2nd step of set up, give them your cell number and uncheck ‘Receive calls by default’ and ‘Receive notifactions via SMS’ if you don’t want to get calls everytime you watch an item. You can go in and have them call you for specefic auctions that are on your watch list later.
3. During the 3rd step, you’ll associate your Ebay account with Unwired. Make sure your account has 10+ feedback or you’ve been a member for more then 12 months (part of their rules - see below) - complete registration.
4. Search ebay for a cheap ebook - or just click here for the search results
5. Add the ebook to your watch list
6. Visit your watched list at unwiredbuyer and ‘update auctions’ if you don’t see the ebook. Check the ‘call me’ box on the right side.
7. Sit back and wait for the phone call before the auction ends (usually within the last 2 or 3 minutes). Follow the instructions and use the dial pad to make a bid.
8. Win or lose, you should have $20 in your paypal account by the next day!
RULES (from their site):
- To qualify for the $20 signup bonus, the user must register for UnWired Buyer and use the service to bid on an auction using their phone within 30 days. The $20 signup bonus is for new users only.
- New users MUST USE UNWIRED BUYER TO BID ON AN AUCTION WITHIN 30 DAYS from date of signup. This promotional offer cannot be transferred or forwarded.
- TO QUALIFY, USERS MUST HAVE AN EBAY FEEDBACK SCORE OF 10 OR MORE (or the user must have been a registered eBay user for over 12 months).
- The $20 Signup Bonus is limited to one (1) per valid eBay account.
- The $20 Signup Bonus is valid only to legal residents of the US and Canada.
- UnWired Buyer employees and their families are not eligible.
- UnWired Buyer reserves the right to request additional information regarding the claim and the right to confirm conformance to eBay user regulations. Any misrepresentation or fraudulent information disqualifies the bonus.
- UnWired Buyer, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify this offer at any time.