hello i'm new here
i wonder what does auctiva earn since all this features are free?
is this a gimmick? or a trial period?
will there be any fees in the future?
thanks
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Welcome, I could as a very satisfied user be evangelistic but if you look in Auctiva's 'About Us' section or glance at other posts you will see why it is free.
Auctiva has no trial period, Sellethon does on their statistics tool but this is not esential but can be useful.
Fees, in the future, who knows, Auctiva's CEO does not intend to at present, see recent posts by 'Auctiva Jeff' for confirmation.
Auctiva has no trial period, Sellethon does on their statistics tool but this is not esential but can be useful.
Fees, in the future, who knows, Auctiva's CEO does not intend to at present, see recent posts by 'Auctiva Jeff' for confirmation.
This does not answer the question very well. Computers cost money, web space costs money, IT costs money, web design cost money. How does Auctiva pay for this?
I thought it was free in the US because they sell their own insurance as part of the Auctiva Checkout. I'm not sure why it's free in the UK, where we can't use their insurance, but I suppose it's good for them to get more exposure for their business.
Well specs7, "der I never thoRt of dat !" 
Give me a break, have you looked at the places I suggested to hanz !
(FYI - I have only been involved with computer hardware and software for over 20 years !)
Give me a break, have you looked at the places I suggested to hanz !
(FYI - I have only been involved with computer hardware and software for over 20 years !)
Hi Super I nearly did not join because I thought the insurance was compulsory, for a change they must make enough from the home market to subsidise us.
Somewhat different to eBay's exchange rate where 1 cent = 1 penny (uk).
Somewhat different to eBay's exchange rate where 1 cent = 1 penny (uk).
Free sites generally make their money through advertising. Myspace, youtube, and bebo are all totally free and therefore millions of people sign up to them. So they now have a huge number of people they can directly advertise to and generally they know these peoples details so can tell the company who wants to advertise exactly what age range and profile they are advertising to.
So the free website can go to someone who wants to advertise and say: i have so many users on my site every day, put an advert or pay-per-click banner on my page and may me for it. And that is how myspace, and all the other free networking sites end up making millions. I guess auctiva hopes to grow and grow and then they can charge more and more for the adverts they let onto their pages.
Does this help?
So the free website can go to someone who wants to advertise and say: i have so many users on my site every day, put an advert or pay-per-click banner on my page and may me for it. And that is how myspace, and all the other free networking sites end up making millions. I guess auctiva hopes to grow and grow and then they can charge more and more for the adverts they let onto their pages.
Does this help?
In addition to advertisers paying a pretty penny, Auctiva also sells custom templates as well as insurance. No clue how much they charge for their templates, but just think of all the free advertising they get with everyone who uses these templates!