posted on March 24, 2001 08:52:42 PMDo you think that they will offer any competition for Ebay?
Unfortunately no. I don't have anything against eBay but I don't think a monopoly is a healthy thing for consumers and for all intents and purposes eBay is a monopoly in my mind.
posted on March 24, 2001 08:57:38 PM
uaru: I think I agree with you!
I like 321gone and bidville. They are both nice sites, but there's always the problem of TRAFFIC...
you can list all ya want, but until buyers become comfortable with the idea of going to some of these others sites and searching for their wants... or posting their "wants" on the available wanted boards, sellers will have a hard time listing items in vein.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:57:22 AM
Also, is it still true that Bidville isn't included in the "mega auction search engines"? I never use them myself, but if people do, and Bidville is listed, they would at least hear of it. I never hear of Bidville except on the Other Auctions board.
I am listing on Yahoo right now because I have "credit" money they gave out some months ago for Ebay FB. I've sold a couple of items, very low cost. If this experiment demonstrates that the traffic doesn't warrant spending their listing fees, I won't continue listing after my credits are gone. But if stuff does sell, it's less expensive for me than sales on ebay, Marketplace, and half.com [I sell books].
posted on March 25, 2001 11:54:05 PM
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I think the key to getting other sites in the game (which is SORELY needed, IMO) is to train more people to use multi-auction search sites rather than single-auction searches. Remember when eBay went ballistic and tried to block AW universal search? That should be a clue to where their fears lie.
Wall Street's numbers on eBay also heavily depend on maintaining that dominant share and being able to raise prices because of it. Without that, it becomes a whole new ballgame, and a better one for the sellers.
posted on March 26, 2001 07:40:31 AM
Yahoo was good while it lasted...Bidville doesn't seem to have any traffic. Virtually nothing seem to get a page view, much less a bid. I moved one item from Bidville over to eBay and it already has five bids in just a couple of days.
