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My competitors takes no time in leapfrogging my bids to stay in the top 3.
However when I say enough is enough and drop to position 4, they don't lower their bids (And
im talking big gaps (ie #4 - 18 cents, #3 - 42 cents).
If position #3 is using autobid, their price drops to 1 cent more than mine so they have
no incentive. This forces position 1 and 2 to be stuck at their relative position.
Before, the autobid, the constant raising and dropping of bids was creating a sort of top 3
timeshare. And if the competion was not using third party bidding software, I would get a
bigger portion of the timeshare.
I guess my only option is to use autobid in position #4 and stay 1 cent below #3 maximun bid,
until they either learn about ROI or go out of business.
This autobidding sucks.
I don't know, maybe it is your system, or maybe their were no results. But i just entered them into the search function, and this is what returned. Who knows, the internet always has been "sketchy."
We got side-tracked on the "SearchBoss" commentary, but when you said the Autobidding sucks, you didn't realize a major plus that you have built in for yourself, concerning the example you gave.
By bidding up $.01 under the #3 spot, you have created a cushion between you and #5. Previously in the "Flat Bid" environment, you would have dropped to $.01 above #5, to minimize the bid gap. But now, #5 has to think a little harder about outbidding you, because now #5 has to bid from $.17 to $.42 to outbid you! :)