Hi Demaxxus, there are many penny auctions out there and all based on the same principals, price starts at zero, no reserve... Swoopo was one of the first to start and bidz.com. Saying it's a skin of swoopo is like saying dnf is a skin of some other popular forum. Sometimes you win, sometime you don't, it's a game of average. Some people have a harder time to take lost than others and are quick to call anything a scam. Some penny auctions did cheat their users a bit like snapnames did to domainers but you don't go out and call sedo a scam.
I thought this might interest you:
http://swooposcam.ca
I don't think there is any links, sites, articles, competition, thoughts, ideas, blogs, forums that I haven't read about the subject.
Please read these reviews and let me know if anyone could think that PennyAuction.ca could be considered as a scam:
Largest Penny Auction forum:
http://www.pennyauctionwatch.com/pe...roduct.php/cat/2/item/100_www.pennyauction.ca
http://www.pennyburners.com/community/showthread.php?t=230
http://www.pennyauctionhelp.com/helpforum/showthread.php?111-Pennyauction.ca
http://pennyauctionlist.com/penny-auction-ca/
For your curiosity. I could go and spend $200 on an ad somewhere to get a few new registrations, or I could let a domain that I already own go for a few cents and make someone very happy. This is not going to be a domain marketplace, but in time, a combination of difference niche items including a domain here and there to bring new people to the site.
Hope you will take time to register, you get 3 free bids just for registering. If you have any other questions please be sure to let me know.
Take care,
David