posted on March 20, 2001 11:54:35 AM
I'd probably opt for the luxury goods website. The buyers in this niche have the disposable income and generally follow thourgh on their transactions a bit better than others.
I sell high end sunglasses, so it would probably be the best fit for my type of business.
posted on March 20, 2001 05:04:39 PM
I would attemp to find another all encompassing site like ebay with a diverse group of buyers and sellers.
A niche site would be a second choice for selling.
I already list on free site with little to no trafic and limited marketing they get me no where I wouldnt bother wasteing any more time in on that path.
posted on March 20, 2001 05:08:19 PM
Here's my answer. Now's what's your part of the contract? This assumes, all of the site works and has traffic to accomplish my goal- get rich quick!
D) A higher end site with all the bells and whistles, large marketing budget with large fees??
posted on March 21, 2001 07:18:27 AM
I'd chose A and then B
(A) because we sell a variety of items, and
(B) because we handle one item which is so restricted that we use a specialty site for such.
Of course my ideal would be an (A) site, based in the South, so that all items could be sold without the ridiculous West Coast legal restrictions.
Under the "presumption" that all of these sites are up, functioning, and have buyers...
Unfortunately, such a site doesn’t exist at the moment, and I personally, don’t foresee such, with the financial power to become successful anytime in the near future.
As far as I can see for an (A) type site to all of the sudden pop on the scene (an become an eBay contender), it would have to be produced by a group with an established, massive user/customer base to initially draw from such as PayPal, or an equivalent and I see no inclination in that direction. It would also have to have a serious working knowledge of the auction business AND massive funding. I’m not holding my breath.
The only 2 sites which have some on the scene and been able to compete with eBay have been Yahoo and Amazon, who both had major customer bases from which to initially draw. For what ever reason, both sites committed suicide and destroyed themselves; sad as both were serious contenders.
Regarding a good site (B), this type of site is even less likely to prosper as it attracts only a niche audience, and without massive funding and advertising, no one even knows it exists, except the limited audiences of boards such as AW.
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