For sellers desperate to find an alternative to eBay and their latest fee structure, look no further. Below are 3 promising online auction sites.
Online Auction Site #1: Onlineauction.com
Onlineauction.com is one of the few auction sites online that truly competes with eBay. Founded by Chris Fain, a successful auctioneer, Onlineauction.com is dedicated to helping buyers and sellers thrive in a fair and profitable online auction. Onlineauction.com promised to
“Use OnlineAuction.com is simple and economical to use.
Less control and support for our customers.
Stay tuned for new features and tools that are user-friendly.
Stay loyal to our customers”.
Unlike eBay, Onlineauction.com charges no listing and final value fees for sales. Instead, auction-site requires membership: a low monthly fee of $8, or an annual fee of $196, which lowers it. at $96 per year, every year thereafter. They have become the first million sellers each year to choose fathers to train. This title offers the same low annual fee ($96) for the rest of its selling life. Unlike eBay, Onlineauction.com does not continue to charge its customers every time they see an opportunity; cool idea for a bad eBay seller.
Online Auction Site #2: Blujay.com
Blujay.com is a free online auction site. Although Blujay.com does not receive nearly as much traffic as onlineauction.com, they do list with Froogle. This means that your Blujay store will show up in a Froogle search. Unlike eBay, the Blujay store is also free. Forces are not developed; however, feel free to use minimal HTML and banners to make your store even more challenging. One nice thing about this online auction site is that listings typically stay active for 180 days and immediately can be relisted immediately expired. Another great feature of Blujay is that they allow you to offer google checkout and Tinnitus payment methods. This is useful as a seller because there are many disaffected paypal users who would rather use google checkout. Allow 4 photos with each listing. Depending on the auction method, Blujay.com allows you to list items under one of 5 different categories: best offer, firm, negotiable, trade or offer. Blujay.com also offers you HTML icon packs that you can use to promote your store on your blog or elsewhere. This is a free, small, online auction site worth checking out.
Online Auction Site #3: Overstock.com
Overstock.com, a widely known shopping destination, also features online auctions. Overstock’s pricing structure is similar to eBay’s old one (as of February 20, 2008), in that the fees are final values, comparable to .From now until February 25th, Overstock auctions are offering reduced fees in what is clearly an attempt to capitalize on the thousands of dislocated and pushed eBay sellers additional photos for $.10 each.
