posted on January 27, 2001 10:19:49 AM new
Seems like this site is growing at a nice pace, and they have terrific customer service. I am very impressed and with a nice advertising campaign they might be as big as yahoo once was. Also the feedback import is neat. I like this site more than yahoo, and I have thousands of movies to list there. I as a seller will so my part to help advertise this site.
posted on January 27, 2001 02:43:14 PM new
I started listing there 2 week's ago at that time there were only 92,000 listing's.They're growing fast, hope they start doing some advertising to get the buyer's in.Haven't sold but one item.Not very encouraging.But I'll hang in there,and hope for the best.
posted on January 27, 2001 02:54:36 PM new
While it is good to see this site have so many listings, shouldn't people wait until they have bidders, and in turn, sold items before getting too excited?
posted on January 27, 2001 03:49:15 PM new
I have had bidders since the 2nd day of listing and have had 3 successfully completed transactions. More bids today and two weeks since I started listing.
posted on January 27, 2001 04:33:53 PM new
Well the importance of the listings is the buyers follow the sellers. The more items for sale, the more bidders. I just checked and they went up to over 154,000 listings today. I predict in 14 days they will be over 250,000 listings. With their advertising campaign to begin they might be the #2 auction site very soon.
posted on January 27, 2001 06:57:00 PM new
All I know is the ad campaign will begin on February 1st. I will let you know more details when I receive them.
posted on January 28, 2001 05:59:29 AM new
do i hear a bit of site spamming here for that site?? couldnt be that a person who works there is posting here in disguise, could it be?
posted on January 28, 2001 07:24:39 AM new
In reality:
1. Very few items are getting bids - check the completed auction listings.
2. A very large percentage of the total are automatic relists - you can relist an item 99 times!!
3. There are 1000's of listings for items that aren't really items (get rich quick schemes, etc. - the stuff that Yahooooo got rid of by introducing listing fees)
4. In the movies category (where I look), there are 100's of bootlegs and illegal videos just waiting to be reported.
All of this sounds too familar to me to think about listing stuff over there.
Also:
1. Customer service IS great (but, they don't have many customers yet).
2. The site IS fast (but, there are no ad logos or other junk that slow the big sites down).
3. It IS a great little community right now (but, wait until they start charging listing fees (they WILL!) and start creating a rule book to deal with all the scam listers that are showing up there).
Me? I'll wait for a few months to see what happens ...
posted on January 28, 2001 09:27:05 AM new
Actually RB you are very wrong If you really did surf AUXpal/bidville you would find that right now there is nearly 100 bid just in the video game catagories alone.
There are not thousands of get rich quick type auction I have been seriously following this auction site from day one.
This Auction site has grown 59% since january 9th
gem10a1: No 50% of the auctions listed on bidville have not been list buy some one associated with the site.
There is a seller the book barn who did list the frist 20 thousand or so auctions in the books catagory This web site has near 160 thousand listing The books catagory now has 41 thousand listings by many different seller as well as the book barn.
NO bidville does not have 100s of boot leg videos listed as the whole Movie catagory only has just over 700 listings and most of the videos list in the title as new Factory sealed videos and the DVD catagory is the same and RB in the movie catagory right now there is over 25 bids just in the DVD catagory at this time and there is only 33 item in the DVD catagory many auction with multiple bids.
This auction site is just over 2 months going it has grown from 40 thousand listings in it frist week to near 160 thousand today
And there are thousands of bid at this moment and the sites listing continue to incress hourly.
At this time Bidville has many more Item with bid then yahoo has seen in a long long time SOme items there have 15 to 25 bid
Wait if you must but while you wait the people who list on bidville now to help it grow have the promose of free listings when there fees are put in place.
there are many seller and from the looks of the bidding many buyers there right now there is 60 thousand listing and the average seller right now has 10 to 25 auctions running there are a few with a 1000 or more but I would guess there is about 4500 seller or more registered at this time.
I am not associated with bidville in any way but I have been listing there less then a week and I have Listing with bids already.
posted on January 28, 2001 09:55:04 AM new
I e-mailed BidVille about their ad campaign. They said that they couldn't tell me where they were going to advertise, but that it was going to be a fairly small campaign that would cater to sellers.
posted on January 28, 2001 10:52:38 AM new
dman ... I'm sure many people appreciate your pom-pom waving for this new site, but I see it a bit differently based on other sites that have come and gone.
wrt to the movies category, I can tell you right now that IF I were to report the illegal tapes, the bootlegs, copies of tv series and other copyright violation tapes, and IF BidVille actually did something about these, the number of listings would drop right now from 682 to around 550. That's just based on a cursory look. To give you a hint, all of those WCW tapes are illegally copied and are illegal to sell.
Also, check out the ONLY featured auction under DVD's - look anything like the "junk" Yahoooo was trying to get rid of?
Anyway, I wish you the best with this new site.
I actually listed a dozen items there last week (items that get looks and bids on eBay from the 1st day). None of them have received any bids. But it's free (so far) so it's no big deal.
Like Gold's (remember all the good talk about that one last year), if the buyers don't come, the site will die.
PS - Video games are NOT movies! I'd be willing to bet that most of the bids on these games are from kids and that most of the sellers will be very disappointed
posted on January 28, 2001 10:57:10 AM new
gem10a1- Yes I work for bidville on weekends, and ebay on weekdays since Yahoo laid me off! lol.
dman3- You are correct on everything you said. Nobody can take away the fact that they are growing, and fast! By today they will be over 160,000 listings. I read on the other threads that they can import your auctions from other sites too even websites, which is a major timesaver. Its better to start listing before sellers start pouring in. I love the feedback site too.
newauctionguy- They wont need to do much advertising from the start since they are growing so fast. Word of mouth is the best advertising.
I am far from a bidville pompom waver I am a ebay seller who beileves you shouldnt put all your hope in one venue on the web for selling I list and sell from many sites.
by the way I checked out these Wrestleing videos you point out there are there is 8 of them not over 130.
There is lot more bidding on this auction site then you are trying to lead people to think there is.
This site need about 150 thousand more listings or so and it will be bigger as far as listing then yahoo is yahoo is falling should be falling under the half million listing point in the next 2 or 3 days.
at the rate bid ville is growing and yahoo is dropping bid ville will be the #2 auction site on the web in the next two weeks or so.
Some catagories are already showing higher % of bidding activity then yahoo already.
posted on January 28, 2001 01:01:33 PM new
Like Gold's (remember all the good talk about that one last year), if the buyers don't come, the site will
die. "
Copied from the post above. I think about bidbay when I see this. I wonder why they don't get bidders?
posted on January 28, 2001 01:23:39 PM new
SEABHS those are some very good points, and here is my personal view. Bidville unlike Golds lucked into yahoo and eBay raising fees. Bidville was at the right place at the right time. Alot of sellers will not pay listing fees and will wait longer to sell the items. In one day they gained 10,000 listings which is tremendous growth. To attract more buyers they will need to advertise, and they will starting in February. Bidville will be the #2 auction site its not a matter of if, just when. I also checked and alot of items are getting bids, and dont forget many use the instant win, and those dont show up.
posted on January 28, 2001 02:43:33 PM new
dman: "by the way I checked out these Wrestleing videos you point out there are there is 8 of them not over 130"
I use those as a simple example that would be easy for the layman video person to check. There are far more illegal vids on Bidville right now that are not wrestling stuff.
chum: "Bidville will be the #2 auction site ..."
So what? It's becoming very obvious to me (and others) that Yahooooo doesn't want to be number 2 in this business. Otherwise, why would they commit suicide?
The problem with Yahoooo is that their actions are also turning off a lot of people who use their other features (news, etc.) ... me included. I have changed my homepage to MSN because of this.
Don't get me wrong folks. I sincerely wish Bidville can make a go of it. When it comes to on line auction sites (and 3rd party payment services ... I took exactly the same attitude when PayPal promised the world, and very few now unhappy people "listened" then either), I take off my rose-coloured glasses
posted on January 28, 2001 06:01:59 PM new
I'm excited about this site as well. I've listed several dozen items, and plan on listing a few hundred in the coming days. I've had several auctions close with bids, one of them had a small bidding war and the bid was raised 16 times before it closed! A couple of other lots have several bids on them, and the rest with one bid.
Two other positive things:
1) Their referral payment is only a positive thing. That is how Paypal got so big
2) I've received many e-mail messages from soon to be, or former yahoo sellers that they have moved to this site. I've not had that happen with any other auction site.
Finally, customer service responds within hours, and is helpful.
One suggestion, in case they read this forum. One thing I would really like to see is a search button that is easier to access on the main page. It is kind of hidden in the lower right corner.
posted on January 30, 2001 06:17:04 AM new
Just checked the DVD listings on BidVille today. The total has gone way up which is great to see. However, the average starting bids for the majority of these are slightly higher than retail at Future Shop or other DVD brick-and-mortar stores,a nd when you look at the "take it" prices for many of them, they are way out of line. By the time I factor in the exchange rate and the cost of shipping, I could buy 3 of the same ones here. It will be interesting to see how many end up being sold ...
What this world needs is a Canadian on line auction thingy
posted on January 30, 2001 01:16:10 PM new"...., but that it was going to be a fairly small campaign that would cater to sellers.."
Ummmm....this seems a bit bass-ackwards to me. There are umpteen million new "freebie" sites trying to replace Yahoo! and make a dent in Ebay's business. The one thing all of them have in common is lots and lots of sellers and no bidders/buyers. Wouldn't it make more sense to work on attracting bidders, with the logic being that more sellers would follow, since their chances of actually selling their items is greater????? BTW, I'm still watching Glass/Pottery categories on Bidville, and have seen nothing that would entice me to start listing there. Maybe great shakes for DVD's, cards, etc., but not for other collectibles.
posted on January 30, 2001 01:32:21 PM new
Pickersangel.
Finally, people are getting it. It does not matter how many sellers you have if you do not have buyers. Sellers will go where the buyers are. Have you noticed that all of these threads have sellers in them. Unless a site spends major dollars to advertise, sellers will not stay. What good does it do for a site to have lots of items if nobody bids. What it does is dilute the bids that are on the site. The more items for sale the less likely a sellers is to get a bid because of the increased competition of more sellers. A site must be able to grow the buyers as well as the sellers.
posted on January 30, 2001 02:13:30 PM new
give it up people, you all are having bad dreams. once no good, no one month magic can change facts. how many sellers are offering
over 500? check out the main seller.
posted on January 30, 2001 07:53:49 PM new
WOW! They will be over 180,000 listings tonight, and still growing at a fast rate(10,000 daily). I love this site. For the people that dont like bidville hey they arent twisting your arm to list are they? A site offers sellers the chance to list for free with great customer service and people complain even though nothing comes out of their pocket. It simply amazes me.
[ edited by chum on Jan 30, 2001 07:55 PM ]
posted on January 30, 2001 08:15:16 PM new
I decided to go and take a look around and I like the layout and ease of movement on the site.
Unfortunately, it is going to have the same problem all sites have in the jewelry category. They have a section for costume-vintage and they have a vintage. BOTH only have costume listed. Under gold-costume again! I sure wish there was a way to convince sellers to be a little more thoughtfull about EXACTLY what they are selling and placing it in the appropriate category.
That's my personal pet peeve and I feel much better now!
[ edited by sulyn1950 on Jan 30, 2001 08:16 PM ]
posted on January 30, 2001 09:09:09 PM new
DAMMIT folks get with the program.
Buyers will go where the sellers are if it is convenient, easy to use, has a large selection and THEY ARE AWARE OF IT.
The one major item this site needs to be a buyer's heaven is a gallery, and they are working on that.
I contacted Cs yesterday about apparent scam and spam items on the site.
Got an answer too. guess who will be looking after that. They are going to form a ten person committee or task force of members to monitor that situation. Sounds like a plan to me.
We have the site for free, it is up to the sellers to get the customers there. tell everyone, everyone. Not just your customers, tell your barber, waitress, doctor, newspaperboy, everyone you meet. "I list items for auction on BIDVILLE"
Some of these people might just ask for more information. Personally, I am telling all my customers that if they use me for referral, I will pay the shipping for the first one of my auctions on BIDVILLE they win. Yes, RB, that goes for you too.
posted on January 31, 2001 04:58:08 AM new
jim ... "I am telling all my customers that if they use me for referral, I will pay the shipping for the first one of my auctions on BIDVILLE they win. Yes, RB, that goes for you too"
That's a mighthy nice offer ... thanks! You are aware, of course, that I am an "International" bidder - I live about 50 miles north of the Canada/USA border, and to many, that creates unsurmountable problems.
