posted on October 21, 1999 09:22:53 PM new
Auction listings have been increasing dramatically on auctions.com since its launch.
Following is a list of auction.com's top 40 categories.
1 Baseball 28841
2 Beanie Babies 4440
3 Football 4309
4 NASCAR & Auto Racing 1773
5 Jewelry & Watches 1170
6 Basketball 1011
7 Non-Sports Cards 897
8 Comics & Comic Art 815
9 PC Computers & Access 678
10 Electronics Other 616
11 Other Bean Bag Figures 573
12 Gemstones 510
13 Star Wars 493
14 Furniture 461
15 Coins & Numismatic 401
16 Toys 396
17 Audio 385
18 Action Figures 373
19 Other Ty Collectibles 372
20 Magazines 255
21 Books & Manuscripts 251
22 Appliances Small 246
23 Barbie 234
24 Diecast 219
25 Hockey 217
26 Appliances Large 213
27 Art, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture 206
28 Lawn & Garden 195
29 PC Software 165
30 Tobacciana 161
31 Star Trek 146
32 Pez 133
33 Figurines & Decorative Collectibles 125
34 Clothing 124
35 Movie Memorabilia 123
36 British Royal Collectibles 116
37 Clocks 110
38 Sporting Goods & Equipment 83
39 Office Equipment & Supplies 80
40 Grabbag's "everything else" 79
Total number of items top 40 = 51995
In addition, there are a hundred or more additional "top tier" categories with smaller numbers of items that, when combined, will add several thousand additional items to the total.
posted on November 9, 1999 12:22:03 PM new
Say Pat, is there ANY way to view **all** the books listed for auction at Auctions.com, or must one keep clicking & clickin' and clickin', until one is in the mini-eenie-weenie-MICRO-CATEGORY?
I'd like to know HOW I can browse a list of ALL current titles up for auction. Is there a way? The itsy bitsy categories make browsing an unpleasant, time-consuming experience.
Thanks for any advice, and I hope there is some solution to this dilema.
I call it the magic blue button. Clicking on it lists all items in order of closing. It reads "View all auctions in the categories below" and then "GO"
The magic blue button appears at the top left of the category listings just under the main category listing.
The button also exists on all remaining pages, meaning you can be more selective if you choose.
posted on November 9, 1999 03:42:55 PM new
Yeah, and the "magic blue button" is something that Amazon desperately should have had. Browsing over there is a pain in the ***. Auctions.com offers the ability to check the specific category or browse the larger selection. I think it is fun to browse more so than use the search.
Particlarly when the total number of listings is less than one billion, then it is very important that the option to simply BROWSE is really important.
I did not even notice *Magic-Blue* as I guess the way it shows up on my browser as an oblong, it simply looked so much like ad-links, I totally ignored it.
