BuzzDraft has burst onto the daily fantasy sports scene as the hot new contender in the industry. Some serious coin has been spent on this baby and you can tell it has the potential to be a great new place for daily fantasy grinders to call home. It’s obvious BuzzDraft is really concentrating on the user experience with a host of features to keep you engaged from the drafting process to sweating your players down to the wire. Here’s my first impressions of using this new site.

Interface

The BuzzDraft.com interface is slick and seamless, navigating around the site is a breeze even for a rookie.  I signed up using Facebook connect and had my own account in under 30 seconds of opening the site! For finding games they have a lobby style system that lists all current games available for registration which is sortable by sport, buy-in, game size and prize pool. They list their feature games above the lobby and make it very easy to get registered and begin the fun part, drafting a winning team!

The drafting screen is laid out well and simple enough to use to put together your selections. BuzzDraft gives you $100,000 in salary cap to make the best possible roster of 11 players. Getting to draft 2 QBs and a Flex is great and I wish more sites would add it as it gives the game more depth and skill. BuzzDraft has all the critical player stats listed for each guy like avg. FPPG and even lets you “favorite” a player you might want to keep tabs on. It does however lack the in depth stats some of the other sites offer but doesn’t really bother me as I like to use Rotowire.com and other sites for research anyway. Once you’re all done selecting your team you just slap on a team name then head to the “Player Pulse” section of the site once the game starts.

This area gives you live custom scoring updates from all your games as well as information on players that you have “favourited” from the draft screen. It also includes featured game registration and a site wide chat box so you can talk trash while watching the game unfold. I think this is a perfect screen to have up on your laptop or iPad while watching the games on a Sunday. 

 

BuzzDraft.com is also the site where you can not only select NFL Pros for your fantasy team but also play against actual NFL Pros! They have signed pros from NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB to come on the site and play in fantasy leagues against qualifiers every few weeks! Details on how to win a seat to qualify can be found here ( http://blog.buzzdraft.com/information-desk/how-to-qualify-to-play-against-the-pros) This is just awesome for fans and something brand new in the fantasy industry!

Game Offerings
BuzzDraft.com offers games on all major sports and currently has NFL running with plans for NBA and NHL games being launched in a few weeks. As this is a brand new site I’ll give them a break but would love to see the addition of college ball games as well. For game selection they have heads-up games (1 vs 1) 6 player and 10 player leagues as well as large multi-player tournaments where you can win a lot by investing a little! Some of their games are also double or nothing where half of the field doubles their buy in! These are my favorite as they are pretty easy to win as long as you set a decent lineup and your big players don’t choke completely.  Their buy-ins range from $1 to $100 so there’s something for everybody as well as FREE games if you just want to test it out at first.
Player Rewards

The player rewards at BuzzDraft are like nothing I have ever seen before at a daily fantasy site. They have a full featured VIP tier system that lets you earn your way up to 50% rakeback equivalent! Full details here (http://blog.buzzdraft.com/information-desk/vip-program) The higher in rank you go the faster you earn “BuzzDraft Points” which can then be redeemed for hard cash bonuses or cool merchandise from the BuzzDraft points store.

The store has stuff like Buzzdraft t-shirts to custom sports jerseys with your screen name on the back. You can also cash in points for tournament entries, StubHub gift cards or even if you play enough….Superbowl tickets! Let’s just say it pays to play at BuzzDraft for any serious fantasy player.

Rake

The rake at BuzzDraft is pretty low compared to other sites at around 9%. But with their VIP program it gets reduced significantly as you go up in tiers making it the least expensive site to play on.

Customer Service
Buzzdraft keeps up with theme of putting its players first with its great customer service. They are available by e-mail, phone or live chat and have always been lightning fast and super friendly when I have emailed them with questions.

Deposit/Withdrawal Services

Getting money on and off BuzzDraft is simple as they accept all major credit cards and Paypal. Users who sign up through this website will receive a special 20% deposit bonus on their first deposit by Clicking Here.

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