A New Ebay? Check it out!

Oh, it's so CUUUUUUTE!

Well, I hope you have a lot of success selling to the other 57 members of Low Bid.com

Well, I can't quit ebay entirely. But it doesn't hurt to try over venues

I'm with you. You have to try and branch out a bit in order to see if you can avoid some of the fees that eBay charges... Unfortunately they can get away with the high fees because they have the established customer base.

I tried ePier for a while...their site seemed very kludgy and cumbersome to use (and nothing sold)... I looked at this one here and it at least does have the right look and feel to it...but as with most non-eBay places, I just didn't see any bidding going on...

But, with free listings, maybe I'll give some of my items a shot over there...who knows...

Mike

I checked on Lowbid, they are up to 58 members. Oh, wait, that was me...

Seriously, there is a golden opportunity for someone to take advantage of eBays' decline here, I think it was Donna that pointed out Overstock as being in prime position and I agree. But whomever it is will have to advertise, there will be no grassroots reproduction of the ebay story.

overstock has many ingredients that will keep a ceiling on it really growing and competing...

and lowbid has the name bid in it that and auction in a sites name will also place a ceiling on real growth...

OK, so lowbid is at 89 users now....I just joined LOL We'll see how it does...

speaking of lowbid.com....seeing that they're *like* ebay....could Auctiva add them as a selling site to post to?

...if not, I could always cut and paste template html...if they do that....I haven't checked how to list things yet...BUT I WILL

thanks for the suggestion smash*n*fashion...I hope it works....

I've also tried www.ebid.com ...but with no luck yet....I've only listed a few things there...but I like the feel of lowbid...it "looks" like ebay so it seems to be a nice alternative so far, we'll see

thanks again,
kathleen

oops.... www.ebid.net not .com

You can make a listing here and then SAVE it and then select that listing from the Saved Listing page and then use the GET HTML command (yes, several steps, but easy to follow)...and then you can use that to paste into your auctions that are on other sites besides eBay.

I honestly doubt that Auctiva would add a place with fewer than 100 users as one of the locations where you can automatically post, etc...

If anything they'd probably go to Overstock or Yahoo next ( seeing as how those are the next two in the popularity line )...but I wouldn't hold my breath for them branching out. eBay is their bread and butter and I doubt they will be branching out seeing as how they are doing all their work right now to add more features...

Just my thoughts...

Mike

Hello

Lowbid.com should have over 500 members. Had 474 on September 28th. Their Auction and Forum are on separate database so you have to register separate on each one.

It appears most users don't signup on the Forum. Check out the following Link: http://www.lowbidforum.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=124&whichpage=3

I prefer http://ez33.com I found it on ebaypowersellers too, it's new but man the features are awesome... I just hope it catches on.... ebay fees are getting rediculous!

Wll, I think i should try www.lowbid.com as well.

Here's a link that will show several selling venues and the amounts of items for sale.

It also shows whether the site is up in numbers or down in numbers.

http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php