posted on February 7, 2005 12:43:44 PM new
Anyone know of any good alternatives to ebay, especially in the jewelry category?. I checked and not much happening in yahoo or amazon auctions....nothing like ebay anyway.
posted on February 7, 2005 01:14:32 PM new
I just sold 4 jewelry items on Overstock, I tried selling them on eBay twice with no bids...there invoice system is a real pita but you can use Paypal(to make this eBay related) to send an invoice if you don't like Overstocks system.
posted on February 7, 2005 01:32:20 PM new
You won't find any alternatives to ebay. They are the giant on the hill. But there are a few that are good sites in addition to ebay.
Yahoo, Overstock are decent but require more hands on to keep the fees from killing you on non-sales.
Epier is a nice site for listing your items with great image hosting and doesn't require any hands on once you list. No listing fees and a very small Final Fee. It also has auto-relist making it a true non-hands on site. Downside is simply no traffic so very few bids. I average 1-2 sales a month there.
Avoid Bidville, Bidway, Auction Addict, ioffer.
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[ edited by stonecold613 on Feb 7, 2005 09:10 PM ]
posted on February 7, 2005 01:35:24 PM new
I really wish there was a good alternative. There isn't one in the auction business. My advice is to do what I think a lot of people will be considering doing - Move as much of your business off ebay into your own site, and use ebay auctions as a way to gain customers and bring them to your website. My goal is a year from now to have ebay be just a part of my business plan, where a big fee increase will hurt, but won't potentially put me out of business.
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