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bidorbuy

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Launched in August 1999, bidorbuy.co.za is Africa’s largest online marketplace that brings buyers and sellers together to trade almost anything through online auctions and fixed price sales. bidorbuy.co.za is the largest site of its kind operating in South Africa.

The majority of goods sold on bidorbuy are new items (as apposed to second hand goods) with the ratio of fixed price listings relative to auction listings on the increase.

bidorbuy also operates a payment system as an optional add on service to users in order to speed up the receipt of payments between buyers and sellers as well as to assist sellers in reconciling payments they receive from buyers. This payment service is called bobPay and includes payments made by credit card and EFT. Many smaller sellers are unable to qualify for credit card merchant accounts themselves and therefore opt to make use of the built in bidorbuy payment system. In addition, bidorbuy provides sellers with a variety of other tools to make it easy for them to manage their sales through the bidorbuy system.

bidorbuy provides large sellers with customised tools to make bulk listing of products easier and can integrate directly with popular online shopping cart solutions. This together with the innovative online payment solutions offered makes bidorbuy.co.za a clear leader in the South African online buying and selling marketplace.

Recent Milestones

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  bidorbuy — bidorbuy.co.za, an online auction based in South Africa, has acquired the Cape Town-based group-buying site UbuntuDeal.co.za, highlighting the group-buying craze in the e-commerce sector, worldwide. (4/11/11)
  Posted 4/11/11 at 5:55am via memeburn.com
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  bidorbuy acquired UbuntuDeal Group Buying. (3/30/11)
  Posted 12/6/12 at 10:36pm via co.za
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  bidorbuy added Jaco Jonker as Chief Executive Officer. (1/1/11)
  Posted 8/8/10 at 4:43am
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  bidorbuy — South African online marketplace, bidorbuy, has launched its Kenyan operation with over 18,000 products on offer. (9/21/10)
  Posted 9/21/10 at 10:37pm via bizcommunity.com
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  bidorbuy added Gerd Naschenweng as Chief Technology Officer. (3/1/10)
  Posted 4/12/13 at 6:58am
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  bidorbuy added Jaco Jonker as Chief Financial Officer. (9/1/08)
  Posted 4/13/11 at 12:07am
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  bidorbuy added Andy Higgins as Founder.
  Posted 8/8/10 at 4:43am

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Sources

1. bidorbuy Acquires Group Buying Site UbuntuDeal (bidorbuy.co.za) [edit]
bidorbuy launches in Kenya (bizcommunity.com) [edit]
Group-buying craze: Bidorbuy snaps up UbuntuDeal (memeburn.com) [edit]