Introducing Bid4mobile, the new sim free buying platform designed to provide independent dealers and retailers with access to stock direct from the manufacturers at amazing prices.

Bid4mobile have direct relationships with major manufacturers and large wholesalers, allowing them to benefit from buying large quantities of stock at prices unobtainable to dealers.

Their online buying platform then places the sim free stock on sale at the cost price and dealers have the chance to put in their desired price for the handsets they want to buy. A UK pilot has been running successfully for the past 2 weeks, and with over 100 dealers signed up to the system already, Bid4mobile's mission to provide a level playing field and a more competitive advantage for the independents is well under way.

Bid4mobile works via an online bidding platform, yet unlike ebay, is designed not to outbid rivals, but just quickly fill the order book for each product. Customers only enter their maximum price that they would want to pay for the handset, and then receive it at the lowest entry price, often saving twice, once on their original price and secondly on the actual buying price.

The bidding only lasts for a few hours, and by entering your maximum desired price, you don't have to keep checking it like you would do on an ebay auction. You also have the starting price information available (cost price to Bid4mobile) so you can easily determine how much you would like to save.

The platform has a buy now option, as some handsets will be so desirable that they will need to be restricted in quantity and time lines.