posted on June 29, 2001 05:06:41 AM
No, but I do dual list everything (books, DVDs and VHS) on Half.com and Amazon Marketplace, and simply delete the listing from the other when it sells on the competing venue. It works on these venues since it's an immediate purchase, and no waiting for bidding to end. Your item has roughly twice the chance of selling when you dual list since Amazon and eBay/Half both have about 20 million users, and many don't frequent both sites. You have to be quick and diligent about deleting from the other venue though or you could run into a bind!
Haven't done it on eBay and BargainandHaggle since you could be caught in a bind when bids come in simultaneously for both. I imagine that could and would happen a lot. Both sites have good sell-through so it could get dangerous. You're gonna get Negged if you start cancelling bids to sell on the other venue.
posted on June 29, 2001 05:39:18 AM
thanks for the insight - bargainandhaggle isn't a bidding war though - a little haggle which usually doesn't take long...
posted on June 29, 2001 05:46:13 AM
some of the haggling can take days, especially when someone makes an offer and then forgets about it. I've had some open offers span weeks.
Watch out for deadbeats. They're on BargainandHaggle just as they're on eBay. I just had some FVFs refunded due to deadbeats and the Customer Rep encourages you to Neg the offending party. Customer service is real responsive and the fees were refunded within hours. They don't send you automated responses like they do on eBay. A real person actually writes you!
Did you notice Gegy stole some of that cartoony flavor of BargainandHaggle??? Neither appear to have the sterile quality of Bidville or ePier or in some ways eBay. BargainandHaggle has a great site layout. Not cluttered, and the color scheme is very easy on the eyes! They also just announced some site improvements.
I never thought about listing all the places you sell in EOA emails. Great idea, but what kind of wording would you use??? Some of us sell on every single venue under the sun! Can't list them all, or can we???
Here's a link to BargainandHaggle's pricing changes effective July 1st. Note they're right up there with eBay fees, although no risk of losing a listing fee.
posted on June 29, 2001 07:52:55 AM
that's my concern - i don't know...
by the way, where did you see an announcement for bargainandhaggle site enhancement.
i emailed them and the reply was they don't have an announcement board - isn't that a little strange...considering all that can happen to a site and the alleged # of sellers...
posted on June 29, 2001 08:20:17 AM
I list on half.com, Ebay, and Yahoo. I list my trading card sets on all 3 sites, and then have my single cards on half.com and Ebay.
I hadn't thought of including my info from the other sites in my EOA notices.. Hmmmmm
I learned not to put the same item in more than one place unless I had more than 1 available. I did that at one time, and had 2 different people buy it on the same day.. had to figure out who got it first, and apologize to the other winner. Chances of that happening AGAIN are probably slim, but I'm not taking any chances.
Received an email from BargainandHaggle outlining site improvements. Don't see any mention on their site.
Here's the text of the email.
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Offerings from Bargain and Haggle
- The site that offers something others can’t. CONTROL!
http://www.bargainandhaggle.com/
DOUBLE FEATURE PROMOTION -
TWO FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!!!
- Read on…
Volume 1, Issue 10
June 28th, 2001
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June 28, 2001 - Bargain and Haggle has sent you this bi-weekly
newsletter because your account indicates that you would like
to receive special notices about our site.
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Today’s Offerings
<*> What’s Happening?
<*> Site Scoops
<*> Did You Know?
<*> What’s Happening?
Bargain and Haggle offers you control over the features on our site.
DETAILED FEE STATEMENT… New for July 2001!!! Starting next
week, we will send e-mail notification of fees about to be charged to
your credit card. AND you can review the detail for those charges
on-line. This will make much easier for our users to reconcile to
their
monthly statements.
NEW NEGOTIATION PAGE!!! Effective immediately new negotiation
page layout make much easier to manage your haggling.
Check it out at http://www.bargainandhaggle.com/negotiations
NEW CATEGORY LAYOUTS!!! Effective sooner than immediately,
new sub category pages that allow more opportunities for your items
to be featured. And features are still only $19.95
Thank your fellow users for making these enhancements a high priority
feature. We look forward to your feedback on new functionality. What
other features would you like to see? Contact us and let us know,
because we listen.
http://www.bargainandhaggle.com/contact/
For June 29, 2001 ONLY - TWO FEATURED ITEMS FOR THE PRICE
OF ONE!!! How do you do it? SIMPLE!!
<*> Use the http://www.bargainandhaggle.com/sell/add_product.asp
to list an item for sale
OR
<*> Use the http://www.bargainandhaggle.com/negotiations/seller.asp
to edit your current listings.
Then e-mail your Item #'s to [email protected] with
“DOUBLE FEATURE” in the subject line to request your credit.
All requests for credit must be received by midnight - Pacific Daylight
Time on June 29, 2001.
Traffic on the Bargain and Haggle home page increases every
month and to feature an item is still only $19.95. Feature your
favorite
listing for greater exposure today.
