Auction sniping (also called bid sniping) is the practice, in a timed online auction, of placing a bid likely to exceed the current highest bid (which...

the auction market. In order to make this transaction fairer. Auction sniping is the practice of placing a bid at the last moment of the auction. According...

doing enough to combat shill bidding. There are techniques such as auction sniping, which let buyers avoid shill bidders. Fraud committed by buyers includes...

auction is used in some online auction systems to prevent auction sniping. In these auctions, a computer randomly selects the time when the auction will...

A Vickrey auction or sealed-bid second-price auction (SBSPA) is a type of sealed-bid auction. Bidders submit written bids without knowing the bid of the...

A Dutch auction is one of several similar types of auctions for buying or selling goods. Most commonly, it means an auction in which the auctioneer begins...

An online auction (also electronic auction, e-auction, virtual auction, or eAuction) is an auction held over the internet and accessed by internet connected...

software on the bidder's computer, or by an online sniping service. eBay Germany banned automated sniping services in 2002, but the ban was declared illegal...

first-price sealed-bid auction (FPSBA) is a common type of auction. It is also known as blind auction. In this type of auction, all bidders simultaneously...

Snipe Islet Snipe Fly, insects in the order Diptera, genus Rhagionidae Auction sniping, a strategy of placing a winning bid at the last possible moment Snipes...

Look up sniper or sniping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sniper is a military or police member or civilian who shoot targets, humans or animals...

Auction theory is a branch of applied economics that deals with how bidders act in auctions and researches how the features of auctions incentivise predictable...

A virginity auction is an auction, often publicized online, where a person seeks to sell their virginity. The winning bidder will win the right to be...

An English auction is an open-outcry ascending dynamic auction. It proceeds as follows. The auctioneer opens the auction by announcing a suggested opening...

collecting, and indexing auctions from the eBay web site. This case involved automatic placing of bids, known as auction sniping. However, in order to succeed...

A Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) auction is a type of sealed-bid auction of multiple items. Bidders submit bids that report their valuations for the items...

A reverse auction (also known as buyer-determined auction or procurement auction) is a type of auction in which the traditional roles of buyer and seller...

An art auction or fine art auction is the sale of art works, in most cases in an auction house. In England this dates from the latter part of the 17th...

Chinese auction is a type of the all-pay auction, where the probability of winning depends on the relative size of a participant's bid. The choice of the...

The generalized second-price auction (GSP) is a non-truthful auction mechanism for multiple items. Each bidder places a bid. The highest bidder gets the...

A government auction or a public auction is an auction held on behalf of a government in which the property to be auctioned is either property owned by...

The dollar auction is a non-zero sum sequential game explored by economist Martin Shubik to illustrate how a short-sighted approach to rational choice...

actual intrinsic value, and ultimately encourages the practice of auction sniping. "Proxy bidding". Archived from the original on 2003-12-03. "Fastest...

A Calcutta auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, horse race or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in...

Aalsmeer Flower Auction (Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer) is a flower auction that takes place in Aalsmeer, Netherlands. It is the largest flower auction in the world...

multiunit auction is an auction in which several homogeneous items are sold. The units can be sold each at the same price (a uniform price auction) or at...

Auto auctions are a method of selling vehicles based on an auction system. Auto auctions can be found in most countries and are usually exclusive to licensed...

A penny auction is a collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent...

A Walrasian auction, introduced by Léon Walras, is a type of simultaneous auction where each agent calculates its demand for the good at every possible...

Charity auctions are a way of raising funds for charities. These events are typically hosted in hotels or ballrooms, and dinner or cocktails may be served...