posted on October 6, 2002 11:18:08 PM new
I've used ePier in the past. I've sold some stuff there and got good prices, but I had to list at a good price because you only get one bidder. It takes forever to sell something because they don't have the traffic. Rates are reasonable.
posted on October 7, 2002 07:17:20 PM new
Epier is a great site for warehousing your items. The image hosting is top notch and listing auctions is a breeze. They have no listing fees and a trivial Final Value Fee. Only trouble with the site is there just is not much traffic. That is the down part. Too bad too as it is by far the easiest of the third tier sites to list auctions on. The best part about the site is you can check the auto-relist button and your auctions will relist until sold or cancelled by you. Also, you don't get those annoying auction-relist e-mails like most other third tier sites and you also get an e-mail when you get a bid so you don't have to check your auctions every day. Best of all, you can list the same items at other venues and if you sell it somewhere else, you simply cancel the auction and it costs you nothing. If you sell something there, it tells you the second you get a bid so you can change your auction at the other sites. If you need customer support, you will still need it after asking. It is pretty much non-existant. But the site is so easy to use, you really shouldn't need it. My advice is don't dump ebay or Yahoo, just add epier to your stable because of how easy it is to use and the very low maintanence you will need to do after listing your items. Avoid Bidville and Bidway like the plaque. Bidville has too many deadbeats to even bother wasting your time at and at Bidway, there is all of that funny money over there and you will never get a cash sale.
posted on October 27, 2002 09:41:51 PM new
But auctiongroup,
Aren't you using the auto-relist option? If not, start. Then you really don't have to go there unless you do sell something. Point being it is a non-maintenance site once an auction is listed. And any exposure for your items is better than no exposure at all. Now if you were at bidville or bidway, those are high maintenance sites wiht just as poor sell through rates and most definitely not worth wasting as much as a second at either of those sites.
