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Penny auctions are a type of online auction and in this type of auctions a person puts up an item for sale for much less than the actual worth of the product. For example, if I want to sell my TV, I can list it for $1.00, but everyone that bids has to pay a dollar for every bid they make. I would make money if I could get 1,000 bidders to each bid $10.00. While the person bidding could get the item for $11.00, all of the other people would have lost every cent they bid.
Some penny auctions are used to let the world know about online sellers. They would be listing items of great value for one penny with no reserve, and then when seven days goes by, the highest bidder gets the item, no matter how low the price remains.
Another reason for penny auctions is to begin a bid in order to attract attention about an item with a lot of popularity, so they can get the bidding started, already knowing that the ending price will be within a certain price range. If the seller doesn't get the price they wanted for the item, they may still have made a loyal customer, which will continue to come back to them for other things in the future.
Penny auctions are a great way to get very valuable items at rock bottom prices. Each site for online auctions features some popular items for way less than you could ever buy them at stores.
