posted on January 31, 2001 08:53:10 PM new
I monitored, listened, and contributed to the
conversation concerning "are you staying or
going?" I left like most everyone that
spoke out. HOWEVER, I am not selling anything on other auction sites that were
suggested. Jack Wolfe intimidated me to no
end but I had sales, even for my "junk".
Does anyone out there have a success story===
are you selling? Is Yahoo a better auction
site without the likes of me---a seller of
used, low priced items? Where am I to go to
find buyers (that I know are looking for my
type of stuff?) HELP
posted on January 31, 2001 10:38:16 PM new
rollanotherone,
Are YOU planning on paying our listing fees if we come back to YaWho???
By the time you've waited for Yahoo to clear out the "junk" so you can list again (as you said you plan to do), I'm afraid you'll find an empty auction on which to pay listing fees.
But that's OK, just "roll another one" of whatever it is you're smoking that has you so 'high' on Yahoo, and you won't CARE that there's no one left there to bid on your things. Good luck!
posted on February 1, 2001 04:22:09 AM new
I have had one bid on Bidbay and one on Bidville, not that great, but I haven't had any on Yahoo in days either! My personal choice here is Bidville, I have talked personally to their customer service and every time I write them with a question I get a REAL response that addresses my actual question! Imagine that, YAHOO!
posted on February 1, 2001 04:23:38 AM new
Anyone who is suggesting that staying with Yahoo is a great move, well, only time will tell, but maybe they are afraid?
posted on February 1, 2001 06:00:12 AM new
I've had two sales on bidville, one book and
one high dollar (for me).
However, have had more sales on yahoo in the past two weeks than ever;.
I intend to use both sites and maybe move some items to ebay.
My junk, old tools, horse furniture etc, sell well on yahoo.
posted on February 1, 2001 06:03:35 AM new
I have sold 5 items on BidVille in a little over a week, I have sold stamps mostly, but the price range has been between .75 cents to $20.00. The service is great at BidVille and so far all of my winners have paid or have responded to my email that payment is on the way.
posted on February 1, 2001 07:01:30 AM new
Well if I am the last man standing, will be holding the fort for Ya'all when your done finding out that the grass isn't always greener.
If I decide to pay to list it won't be on YaWho either. I would pay eBay where the traffic is and have a better chance of selling.
[ edited by forshoppin on Feb 1, 2001 07:16 AM ]
posted on February 1, 2001 08:02:02 AM newrolllanotherone
Moves are not easy to make, but you can't hold on to the past either. The past is no longer there, it is now 'history'. It's best to move on and find other venues, and just let go. Out of every change, comes new adventures, and possibly betterment, for having had the courage to pick yourself up and go on with your life.
posted on February 1, 2001 08:21:37 AM new
I have 1 item, a book, left on Yahoo, then I am gone. I've sold 1 item on Bidville, a pair of earrings. Everything I have is used, under $10. I'm hoping Bidville will be the next Yahoo. They're making a good start at it. Now if AW will just set up a chat room and a listing link for Bidville I will be happy.
Glen
posted on February 1, 2001 08:40:13 AM new
I've listed on BidVille but am disappointed that they have not added catagories that I asked for - they said that they would.
I'm trying BidBay also to see how things go there. I like the fact that they have a personal page.
An interesting note that the host for my web site is pushing PayPal even tho they have their own merchant services and a shopping cart. The part that gets my goat is - are ready for this - if you are a business but offering a service and not selling merchandise your PayPal is FREE! No charges. What the heck is the difference? A business is a business. I know if I had been forced to open a merchant account with PayPal I would be a lunatic about this. I think that they have opened up a new can of worms. Yum!
posted on February 1, 2001 08:41:11 AM new
CharlieOne,
I just moved back to Yahoo, so will stay as long as I am comfortable.
Change is good, being stuck in an unhappy situation is not, we all have options by our own choice, not because someone else thinks it's what you need, you have to be content with yourself before you can be happy and scr... the rest who feel your life is to be lived as they expect to accomplish their goals not mine.
posted on February 1, 2001 08:56:50 AM new
Selling, selling you say, what's that.!!!
I have to say Bidville, is the one i'm hoping will work.
The ease of their site for listing and the extra advantages they have is a winner.I'm getting lookers but no bids so far.
The fb from my other sites, shows at the bottom, and it gets UPdated also...
I have something at bidbay and lycos, but both of those sites say they MAY charge fees and the frustration of trying to list is more than this ol bitty cares to go thru.
I want my YAHOO back, to be honest.
posted on February 1, 2001 09:03:31 AM new
rolllanotherone
My post to you was not meant to be sarcastic, or dictatorial. If you took it that way, please accept my apology. I was not making attempts to tell you what 'I' thought you, or anyone else, should do. Just to keep your options open. I wish you good luck, where ever you sell.
posted on February 1, 2001 10:38:57 AM new
justjoan --- I want Yahoo back too... but maybe with more bidders this time?
Spent some time this AM looking at Bidville - true, I did see the odd bid here and there, but I saw many many sub catagories with no bids.
I do have some items on Bidville, and feel "special" somehow as one even has a bid! (whoo hoo).
Could it be we are all beating our heads against the wall looking for a good place to sell? Could it be that the only ones really selling are doing so over on (dare I say it?) ebay?
posted on February 1, 2001 11:08:54 AM new
The thing with the new sites is this.......
Some folks comein here and claim better sales there than on yahoo.
For them this could be true so you run and list there and get nothing.
Maybe what you sell is not what the aura of that site holds.......
Before you list on any of the new sites don't look for random bidding.
Look for bidding in the categories you sell in.
*example* Totally made up example
If you sell beanie babies *rolls eyes*
Auxpal doesnt have any bids but alot of listings....don't list
Dutchbid has a lot of listings but doesnt have bids either.....don't list
Epier doesn't have any listings or bids.....LIST you never know if it has bidders and you can be the first and build a buyer base.
Popula.......doesn't even want your friggin beanies, don't bother
Bidbay...hot action for beanies, listings and bidders. LIST NOW
Now if you sold antiques your hot beds of activity might be a completely different combination of sites for your category.
Don't just show up at a random site and blindly waste an evening typing adds.
Do a little research first.
If you aren't going to set up a booth in an antique mall selling NSYCH teeny-bopper t-shirts why would you do the same thing online??
http://www.lovepotions.net
posted on February 1, 2001 11:09:53 AM new
CharlieOne,
I wasn't offended at all, I will hold the fort fer ya'all too!! Good sellers are hard to find, when you feel bad or offended I feel bad. Closed doors lead nowhere. Ya know the old cliche' when you love someone, set them free, they will come back.... =)
I hope=)
posted on February 1, 2001 11:11:14 AM new
[b]Is Yahoo a better auction
site without the likes of me---a seller of
used, low priced items? Where am I to go to
find buyers (that I know are looking for my
type of stuff?) HELP[/b]
First off, never let anyone intimidate you.
Second, I also sell low-priced "junk", used books primarily. I do very well on eBay. I only sold 1 item every 10 days or so on Yahoo regardless of if I had 5 or 50 auctions up, which does not make for enough business to justify paying listing fees.
I currently have about 100 items at BidVille and just made my first sale! I think things will improve over there, but it will take time to build up.
Basically, buyers are looking for a bargain, I believe, or for that rare item they can't find anywhere else. That's why they come to auctions. I know that's why I buy, when I do.
eBay is my first choice because of the large buyer base. You can find buyers for what others might call "junk."
Personally, I've had a few buyers thank me for offering items so that they didn't have to pay full price from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
posted on February 1, 2001 12:25:38 PM new
lovepotions ---- I agree about the research. I always do it, heck its kind of fun and you get to learn whats hot and whats not.
Seems to me, the problem is basicly bidders - no one but ebay seems to have them in sufficient numbers to make this auction thing work.
Yahoo was just starting (IMHO) to attract bidders, now, who knows...
I would not be at all surprised if most of the small number of bids I see on other sites are comming from sellers. A nobel attempt to promote the site, and make it look busy. For what its worth, I have done this myself...
posted on February 1, 2001 12:28:35 PM newlovepotions
Thanks for asking! Basically this:
1. popular and maybe not-so-popular fiction
2. nonfiction
3. modern books
4. older, more rare books
Sorry if that's not specific enough. I get my inventory from the usual places: garage sales, estate sales (the older books), semi-annual library sales, my library bookstore (they have an ongoing supply)
So the stuff I have up for auction during this past week is mostly older, more rare books. Now, whenever I pull another box out of my basement, depending on what's in it, the entire focus can change. One time you might check me out and find Tom Clancy and Stephen King, another time you might find a book from the 1700's (that was last summer) or a collection of mysteries by Erle Stanley Gardner that originally cost 65 cents apiece.
I love books and can't stress that enough. They've been very important in my life and that's what I intend to stick with. It's been a nice, lucrative pastime. Can't wait till both my kids are in school to see what I can really do with my time!
My user ID is the same here as at eBay and BidVille for anyone interested in my selections. That'll give you an idea of the gamut it runs and the kind of success I've been having.
posted on February 1, 2001 01:41:09 PM new
rolllanotherone
THE GRASS IS GREENER ELSEWHERE FOR ME AT LEAst.
at yahoo!....my sales jumped in the last 2 months before the demise at yahoo then nose DIVED! to only 4 listings. i sold 1 of them in the last 2 weeks at yahoo price 9.99...
ebay..... is really SLOW i think ebay has had its hey day and is now in a steady decline.soon to level off to low end merch.been doing ebay for 3 years and its pitiful there these days.
i started SNAPRAT.COM .....about 2 1/2 weeks ago moved all my yahoo listings(210) there have sold an average of 60.00 each week with zero deadbeats in ranges of 5.00 to 50.00
no bids at epier in over 3 months
fishgolf was a pretty site for golfing and fishing only .....no bids
our id is ....arealmess..... at all other sites except ebay and lycos we sell collectable an antique stuff never new stuff
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE wherever you list
posted on February 1, 2001 06:50:52 PM new
I haven't moved my auctions. I will when I get the time try out some of these free sites if they build up some more with bids. They haven't had enough time to really build up the sites to make it worth the time. Time is money. My mainstay auctions are on Yahoo and Ebay. They are the bread and butter along with my websites.
Maybe if you sit down and do a break down analysis of costs and your break even point you can see wear you can increase the revenue or decrease costs in order to absorb the fees of either Yahoo or Ebay. It seems that things sell faster on these sites and time is money. I wish people listing on other sites much success. For myself they seem to time absorbing for the profit turnaround time at this point.
On Yahoo I sell mostly ($3.00to$300.00) low priced items and I have stayed with Yahoo (and Ebay) because that is where the buyers are a least for me. I see the Yahoo fee as a challange to better hone into my choosing what to sell skills and how to sell it.
Wishing you many sales fiddler54 no matter where you sell.
The best advice is to do what is best 4 your bottom line.
posted on February 1, 2001 08:03:12 PM new
OK, I will give this a shot.
I have been listing on BIDVILLE for about ten days now. I have 52 items there, I did not list them all at once.
I sell Glass, china and collectibles.
My results as of now:
Just sold a small lot of Snowbabies items for my "take it" price (good deal for me)
Another item is closing at my minimum as I type this. (not a bad deal)
five more of my items currently have bids. Four of these were listed with $1.00 minimums and no reserve, one of these has 4 bids. these items have 28 days to go yet.
One more item has received a minimum bid and has several days left.(decent deal)
What I have found is that some experimentation may be required. Changing the bid format helps. I have never before listed $1.00 no reserve auctions, but Some of these items I have had a while, or picked up as extra items in lots with stuff I was really after. The idea was to try and draw some more browsers to my items. I am convinced that this is working for me at this point. I should mention that I featured some of these $1.00 items with the referral dollars I gathered at BIDVILLE.
My point is to find a site you are comfortable with, then try something different. Now is the time to experiment. You will at the least come away with the knowledge of what does not work. Also, try taking a look at some auctions that are getting bids and borrow some ideas that way.
Another idea that seems made for BIDVILLE, is tell your customers that if they use you as reference, you will pay the shipping on the first item they win off you on BIDVILLE.
This is possible if you are getting the funny money to feature items with for better exposure. (This is something I am doing, but would advise anyone else to consider carefully before offering this.)
One final point. I don't know why, But I do not recognize any of the bidders curently on my items, these are not even the folks I referred.
posted on February 1, 2001 08:03:55 PM new
Thanks Traceyg, I appreciate a reply which
actually addressed my question. There are
some people that like to make controversy
out of everything with their comments. They
must sit all day just making "smart" replies
to person's questions or opinions. It is
interesting how very far the topic can stray.
I have some of my very best items sitting on
epier right now and they have received a very few looks and no bids. With many stores
closing in my area like K Mart and Wards, it
just makes me wonder if the problem is not
the economy in this country right now. The
news paper today was full of the news of
major businesses down sizing, etc. This
country is going to have so many people
unemployed, they don't have the money to
buy.
posted on February 2, 2001 09:45:23 AM new
I really think the answer is one that's already been suggested. Research the different sites, look at the categories you sell in and see if they have bids or just lots of listings. Sounds like things may be changing on BidVille, as I've been watching Glass and Pottery and hadn't noticed adequate bids to induce me to list there. I've had some luck on DutchBid (could use some additional listings to make things competitive) and especially on the FairMarket Network via Lycos. You've got to be willing to research and also do some legwork with your customer base.
As someone pointed out, the secret to success on any auction site is BIDDERS, and where bidders go, sellers follow. I'll continue listing a few items on Yahoo!, until my credit runs out--more for a means of pointing bidders to our listings on other sites than because I'm hoping to make money on sales there.
posted on February 2, 2001 04:00:47 PM new
An easy method for checking around all the different sites to see what is selling where for your type of item, use Universal Search on AW or on GOTO. You will find many obscure sites, many that are unfamiliar to me. Try it, it can be quite fun.
[ edited by quickdraw29 on Feb 3, 2001 10:42 PM ]
posted on February 2, 2001 08:08:05 PM new
I'm sell a little bit on Yahoo. I just started post on Bidville,had one sale so far.I have alot of items that I just can't sell on E-Bay anymore,so I have to find another place for them.Sometimes I feel like your items get buried in the listings and go unnoticed.Page views are much better on Yahoo than E-Bay.
