Auctioneer Bid for Wine Announces Commission Free Birthday Celebrations

EXETER, U.K. - Sept. 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Online wine auctioneer Bid for Wine (www.bidforwine.co.uk) today revealed that the company will be marking its fifth birthday by offering customers a 0% commission deal for all sales via the site's marketplace style 'direct listings' during October. This will give sellers effectively free access to over 9000 buyers around the world.

Company Managing Director Lionel Nierop said 'We started Bid for Wine in 2008 to give people an easy and low cost way to sell excess bottles, wines one will never drink because tastes have changed or cases bought for investment. At the time Lehman Brothers had just collapsed and the world seemed to be in meltdown so it was an inauspicious start. Since then we've established a successful operation in Singapore and now offer a market leading calender of sales for clients who want a fully managed service. Additionally our year old partnership with Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions now gives Bid for Wine's customers access to a broad range of complementary auction services across fields ranging from books to fine jewellery'. He continued 'We're planning to use our birthday to remind people of Bid for Wine's core offering. Our platform is the UK's only genuine peer-to-peer venue for wine sales by auction or, alternatively, if you've an entire cellar to clear then we can manage the whole process - we're always very pleased to provide no-obligation valuations for potential consignors.'

Asked about the security and provenance concerns which might arise from direct sales Nierop remarked 'Before anyone is allowed to sell with us they're automatically vetted and if further investigations are needed then we do them. Feedback is incredibly important too - no-one likes getting a bad reputation. There's also a real sense of community on the site - lots of our customers in the city will sell to one another and then meet up over lunch to swap their bottles - which means that people do call us if they see anything potentially untoward. Our consignment director Chris and I are also in regular contact with a range of industry experts including several MWs who we use to advise on older wines and and some other queries'.

Other events to mark the anniversary will include a feature sale offering a vertical of Jaboulet's Hermitage La Chapelle from 1971 onwards plus offers on Torii Mor, a highly regarded Oregon Pinot Noir for which the company is an agent.

Bid for Wine has also announced that it will soon be trialling a premium 'bulk listing' creation service for marketplace sellers as well as rolling out a range of new technology over the coming months.