posted on August 28, 2001 07:55:25 AM new
There were two threads about eHammer and an upcoming free listing day (August 31 and September 1) to which I wanted to append with a listings report, but they were removed from AuctionWatch during the time it took to prepare the tabulations.
Anyway, here they are:
eHammer listings - 28-Aug-2001
DATE 07/25; 08/28
Advertising 20; 20
American Antiques 258; 255
Antiques - British and European 23; 32
Antiquities 0; 13
Architectural 2; 8
Artwork and Prints 97; 57
Asian Antiques 8; 5
Autographs 0; 1
Books and Magazines 72; 18
Breweriana 0; 1
Casino and Gambling 0; 1
Charity 0; 0
Circus and Carnival 0; 0
Coin-Op 0; 0
Coins and Currency 0; 2
Collectibles 114; 143
Comic Books and Art 1; 0
Computers - Electronics 0; 0
Domain Names 0; 0
Ephemera 100; 76
Ethnographic 2; 1
Everything Else 1; 1
Figurines-Plates-Ornaments 8; 2
Firefighting-Law Enforcement 0; 0
Fraternal Organizations 3; 0
Glass 56; 40
Jewelry 50; 34
Kitchen Collectibles 14; 26
Latin American 1; 1
Mechanical Music 0; 1
Medical-Scientific-Technology 2; 2
Militaria and Weapons 12; 4
Music - Compact Discs 0; 0
Music - Instruments - Equipment 4; 8
Music Recordings 8; 4
Native American 3; 5
Natures Finest 0; 0
Nautical 1; 3
Oriental Carpets 0; 0
Photography 25; 8
Photography Equipment 0; 0
Political 0; 4
Pottery and Porcelain 30; 24
Religious 4; 5
Silver 4; 4
Sports 8; 4
Stage-Screen-TV Memorabilia 1; 0
Stamps 0; 0
Textiles and Vintage Clothing 6; 1
Tobacciana 0; 10
Toys 71; 38
Trading Cards 0; 0
Transportation 0 ; 1
Twentieth Century Design 5; 13
Vintage Radios-TVs-Telephones 0; 1
Western Americana 2; 2
posted on August 28, 2001 11:15:20 AM new
While I think the number of listings has some validity the most important issue is quality of items, bidding activity and sell through. I look at other sites like epier and bidville and see 1000s of items of VERY low value/quality. So what would you rather have 10,000 $1 items or 20 $500 items??? eHammer is the place for me for better things. I buy on ebay and sell on eHAMMER. Thier new subscription option allows me unlimited auctions with no listing fees and no comissions for $95 per month.
posted on August 28, 2001 02:14:37 PM new
ASgunslinger >
I'm new here so please don't take my question as any form of sarcasm! How many different sites do you "track" with listing and tabulation reports?
Hi. Thus far I'm tracking (or had been tracking) the following auctionsites:
321gone
bargainandhaggle
bay9
bidville (site now reports statistics)
carnaby
ehammer
epier
sellyouritem (taken over by toollady)
snaprat
yahoo!auctions
upperbid
All my reports include total listings and listings by category, and where estimates can be made, the sell-through rate.
I am open to suggestions of other auctionsites of interest for posting here or, if it becomes necessary, elsewhere.
posted on August 28, 2001 02:32:01 PM new
Hi dimview,
I appreciate your quick response. I'd like to get your input on my site but I have been informed that I cannot say a word about it without being asked a direct question by another member. If you wouldn't mind, please drop me an email to [email protected] so I can give you more information.
posted on August 28, 2001 02:46:51 PM new
kitcatclock >
I haven't seen a bargain and haggle listing update in a long while (I think you only posted once). Are you still tracking them?
Yikes. You're right, the only report was almost three months ago. Definitely time for an update.
posted on August 29, 2001 06:58:39 AM new
An eHammer thread was deleted?
WOW, so the mention of a free listing days on these boards is somehow NOT newsworthy?
Sheesh.....
At any rate, I would hope folks would stop by eHammer and check it out, some nice antiques there and very few mass produced "beanie" type items.
I'd love to take advantage of eHammers free listing, but sadly, I'm out of good stuff to sell!
As to listing numbers, I was able to sell more on eHammer (with its mere 1000 listings), in one week, than I have ever sold on Bidville (with its over 700,000 listings)...
Could it be, that the key is quality, not quanity?
posted on August 30, 2001 02:10:59 AM new
Of all the VOTE sites we check out regularly, eHammer consistently has the highest bid and sell through rates. - a rare example of a site that does not have many listings (comparatively) but does have sales.
Another site in the same category as eHammer is Old and Sold - but even they don't get the same bid and sales rate. They do have a good site though and we encourage folks to check there to.
By the way eHammer has free listing days 30 Aug through 1 Sep and has added a bulk loader tool.
