What else attracts users on the Internet, if not "freebies"? The opportunity to get something cheaper than the market price, and even better - just win it for free … Agree, how pleasant it can be. On the basis of the user's desire to receive some kind of unconditional benefit, various deceptive schemes have been created for many years that swindled money and personal data from people.
In principle, nothing has changed now. If you take part in the "Win an iPhone for SMS" promotion, then most likely the funds will simply be debited from your account and you will not receive any phone.
In this article we will talk about a completely different resource. He, as it may seem at first glance, is another scam and lures money from visitors. It's called Bonusmall. "Divorce or not?" - this is the main question that worries its visitors. The question is quite logical - the opportunity to win some thing (for example, a player or a smartphone) for mere pennies looks too nice. However, people win! And on the Internet there are reviews of the winners of the auction, confirming the reality of the whole scheme.
As part of this article, we will try and figure out what the Bonusmall website is, how it works, and there areDo real strategies win in it.
What is Bonusmall
So, as you already understood, in this article we are reviewing an unusual auction. On it, users are offered to receive goods at a cost cheaper than its real price. Moreover, among such goods are expensive things that actually cost many times more.
If you look through the pages of the site, you will see different categories (mainly appliances and electronics). However, they also sell gift certificates and discount coupons.
Under each of the items you can still see the time until the end of the auction, as well as the nickname of the user who made the last bid. Characteristically, nicknames are constantly changing, and time continues to count down again. Obviously, it is not so easy to understand all this, so we are looking for information on how to win in the Bonusmall auction.
How to win here?
The rules of the site state that the one who offers the highest bid wins. This is obvious: the point of auctions is precisely to give the product to the user who gave the highest price to the product.
However, this resource operates according to the scheme of "Scandinavian auctions", which were once very popular. Here, each participant has a certain course of the bet (10 kopecks). Accordingly, the price of the product increases so much every time someone bets on it.
However, each bet costs 10 rubles. Therefore, in order to increase the auction value of the lot by 10 kopecks,the user (actually) pays 100 times more - 10 rubles.
The initial cost of the item is 100 rubles, and the end of the auction timer here is updated every 10-20 seconds. Thus, all participants try to be in time and make bids in the last seconds of the end of the auction. It updates, then everyone waits again, then another update, and so on.
What can I win?
You might think that this form of auction will be carried out with a budget product that is not of particular value. No matter how! On the site where the Bonusmall auction is held, as already noted, mainly electronics and various gadgets. In addition, there are gift certificates for purchases in large networks, as well as bonus betting packages.
The trick is that all auctions are divided into categories "regular" and "for beginners". In the latter, in particular, only users with minimal experience of playing at the auction can participate. They, accordingly, have a lower level of competition due to the fact that new players do not yet possess strategies for winning goods at a sufficient level (if any). And in general, goods for beginners are, as a rule, not as tough as you can see in top positions. Just the perfect option to try your hand and start bidding!
Auction Rules
The rules of the Bonusmall auction itself (how to play, what you can and cannot do) is a fairly small amount of information. In fact, there is nothing to remember here - you register, place bets and try to win. Of course, there are many who want to grab the goods at the lowest price - they all try to kill each other in the fight for the lot, which is why the auction timer is constantly updated, and the price is growing.
If you win a product, you will only be required to pay its cost (meaning the price at which you snatched it). Delivery will be at the expense of the organizers.
Another question is how to be those who are not so lucky, and who have already made a bet for a certain amount (for example, 10 bets, which is equivalent to spending 100 rubles). The organizers answer it this way: a person who has spent a certain amount on auctions in Bonusmall (free rates, of course, are not taken into account) can purchase a product at its full price minus the amount already spent. Thus, even in this case, visitors do not lose anything and can "take" their money by simply buying the lot. Bonusmall - divorce or not? Probably not. More like a regular online store with the opportunity to win.
Delivery of the won item
As already noted, the delivery of the won goods to the winners is simple - it is free.
A completely different matter is the delivery, which, in the case of self-purchase, must be paid by the user. According to the general rule, delivery across the CIS countries of goods, the cost of which does not exceed 5 thousand rubles, will cost 500 rubles, while for a lot that is more expensive than the specified amount, the user will have to pay 1000 rubles.
This momentit is important to clarify in advance so that there is no unpleasant feeling later when your invoice from the store suddenly increases. Some may even think that Bonusmall is a scam. But don't worry - the auction has a really large number of users, confirming that everything is fair.
Auto-bet tricks
In order for the price of goods to grow, and users to be even more actively involved in the auction, the organizers came up with an automatic system for setting a new price per lot. Simply put, we are talking about "auto-bet" - a system that makes it possible to place bets for the user within a certain amount. The use of such a system, of course, depresses many participants, because it is almost impossible to outbid the bots of other users! It starts to look like Bonusmall is a scam… Or not, it just becomes immediately clear that it is very difficult to win here.
For example, you can specify how much you are willing to bid for a particular product and to what final amount you would like to increase the cost of the lot. This is convenient, but in practice (since the autobid works 2 seconds before the end of the auction), just before the end of the auction, it would seem, a lot of people appear who participate in the auction and do not let you win the lot. The auction comes to life, and the simplest (at least for Bonusmall) tactics no longer work here.
What is the benefit of the organizers?
In fact, a large number of bets is beneficial to the organizers. At first glance, it may seem that giving, say, an iPod Shuffle player for 170 rubles -it is unprofitable, and that the auction works for itself "in the red." However, there are "Bonusmall secrets" that hide the main thing (or rather, they do not hide, but simply mask) - the actual amount of funds that the owners of the resource receive.
See for yourself: each bet of 10 kopecks costs 10 rubles. This means that in order to "reach" from 100 to 170 rubles per player, users had to pay 7,000 rubles. Considering that such equipment can reach much larger sums at the auction, consider for yourself how much profit can come out in the end. We can definitely say that the organizers of Bonusmall (divorce or not - it has already become clear) do not suffer at all from this course of things.
Bonus Packages
Finally, there are also packages of bonus (or free) bets. They are both sold at the auction itself and offered to users for additional actions. For example, if you post a link to an auction somewhere on the VKontakte page, you can get 30 free bids (a one-time reward, but can be obtained without any extra work). There are many examples when you can get free bets - this is finding errors on the site, referring friends, and so on. It is immediately clear that Bonusmall, whose strategy is clear, is trying to attract as many people as possible. And to be honest, they do it pretty well. To understand this, just watch how fast the auctions update.
Worth playing?
Do you still think Bonusmall is a scam or not? This is reasonable, everything looks very tempting. But believe me, it's just a tricktrick of the organizers. In fact (and in practice you will understand this) it is quite difficult to win here. There are too many who want to get the treasured thing as cheaply as possible, and the price for each bet is too high - 10 rubles. Although in its form, you will agree, the price of the lot does not grow so significantly - by some 10 kopecks. This is what attracts bidders. They see the low cost and think about how cool the conditions are at Bonusmall… How difficult it is to win here, few people seem to think about it.
But "difficult" does not mean "impossible"! Sooner or later every auction ends. And even with a small probability, you can become one of those many who made a bet, but won. However, it's like a lottery - it's almost impossible to come up with a strategy suitable for Bonusmall (how to win here). There are only general recommendations, following which you can increase your chances of winning. But they can hardly be called effective - they will help (according to statistics) only one anyway …
Win recommendations
So, if you think about the general essence of the auction, you can understand the following pattern: the last bid will win. Your task is to at least always be the last one in order to close the auction with your action. Whether you get it or not is another question. The main thing is to bet in the last seconds, as close to the finish line as possible.
Besides this (general) trading principle, another good tip is to try to win 50 free bets. These packages go on sale all the time, but the competition forthey are relatively small. Thus, you can try to "grab" your modest, but also a nice bonus, and after that, be inspired to further victories.
Finally, try to participate in those auctions that you theoretically could buy. This, of course, is not so simple - to buy everything, but in general the idea should be clear to you. If you lose a significant amount of money on bets that lose - you can at least "deliver" to buy out the lot.
Payment methods
Since an auction is all about making a proper bid in the first place, it's important to mention the payment methods available to the user. So, the official website of Bonusmall lists several of the most popular payment systems: Robokassa, Yandex. Money, Visa and MasterCard, as well as Qiwi. This variety should be quite enough to make it comfortable for a domestic participant to buy bets, for example. Or, in this very way, you can pay the full cost of the lot (in case of redemption).
Reviews from winners
In order to stimulate you as readers a little and give you optimism regarding this resource (after all, as you noticed, we noted above that it is difficult to win here), we note that there are real reviews from those who are lucky. This shows that real people win, and not those who are associated with the administration of the resource or, in other words, work there. No, the lots that were bought below their market price are reported by bloggers and members of various communities where the Bonusmall topic is discussed; samemembers of the VKontakte groups also confirm … We managed to collect different types of reviews from completely different audiences - it would be very difficult to fake them, or write custom information there. Therefore, we can say with confidence that the win is real. Another thing is its low probability and the efforts that need to be made.
Contacts for communication
Again, another proof of the veracity of the organizers of the auction - it's contacts. Where have you seen that on a site offering, for example, to win an iPhone, they indicate the real address and telephone number of the administration? Yes, it never was and never can be! Unlike Bonusmall.
Here the official phone number of representatives of the management of the resource is clearly indicated, to which you can call for free from Russia and ask your question. Can you believe this phone is real.
In addition, there is other information about the resource - this is the official legal address (the company is located in the city of Perm) and Skype, and even the registration data of a legal entity acting on behalf of the auction. Obviously, this is too complete information for a resource that can be suspected of fraud.
So don't worry about the transparency and honesty of Bonusmall. Better take care (if you want to participate in this) to find a working strategy for getting lots (if you can). Or just place bets, gain experience, maybe someday luck will smile on you.
