0 0 8 , ▁bid or bu y ▁focused ▁on ▁developing ▁its ▁car ▁section , ▁attract ing ▁many ▁car ▁deal ers hips ▁to ▁list ▁on ▁the ▁site , ▁making ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁online ▁car ▁shop ▁windows ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Later ▁on ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁the ▁property ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁expanded ▁when ▁trade ▁fe eds ▁from ▁several ▁online ▁property ▁ag encies ▁were ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁bid or bu y . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁purpose ful ▁endeav our ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁distance ▁itself ▁from ▁a ▁site ▁that ▁only ▁offers ▁second - hand ▁br ic - a - b rac ▁and ▁instead ▁to ▁grow ▁the ▁trade ▁in ▁brand - new ▁items ▁of ▁mass ▁consumption . ▁ ▁To ▁that ▁end , ▁bid or bu y ▁has ▁enabled ▁the ▁sell ers ▁who ▁have ▁their ▁own ▁e - commerce ▁sites ▁to ▁integrate ▁their ▁sho pping ▁cart ▁with ▁bid or bu y ▁and ▁largely ▁autom ate ▁the ▁listing ▁procedure . ▁As ▁of ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁bid or bu y ▁had ▁ 3 2 ▁main ▁categories , ▁each ▁with ▁several ▁sub - categories . ▁With ▁the ▁property ▁sub categories , ▁which ▁are ▁ordered ▁by ▁cities ▁and ▁even ▁sub ur bs , ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁categories ▁and ▁sub categories ▁sur pass ed ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Tr ading ▁formats ▁ ▁Au ctions . ▁In ▁the ▁beginning , ▁bid or bu y ▁featured ▁only ▁online ▁au ctions . ▁ ▁Bu y ▁Now