posted on April 30, 2001 07:32:51 PM new
Today's AW profile on "LoveBid" proves it.
There are a few legitimate auction sites competing for recognition and climbing the ladder. Yet, AW has not profiled/reviewed any of them. They have continued to profile all of the duds including LoveBid, SnapRat, DutchBid, Popula and about a hundred others.
Come on AW - get off the fence and let's hear what you think about the sites that actually have a chance to make it. The sites that are continuously mentioned in these threads, not the ones we've never heard of.
posted on April 30, 2001 08:12:17 PM new
Oooh Oooh Oooh AW can I answer this one? Pleeeeease! LOL
There is no second wave! Theres a wake up call. There is no new person to person auction sites worth profiling. There are just a few left that just cant seem to let go of the fact that they will never be profitable, never have substantial traffic, and never amount to anything. The market has long come and gone. There is no longer any large scale demand for a new or alternative auction site.
Lovebid is a new concept in dating sites, and has nothing to do with the "Other sites" that a few dozen remaining cheerleaders sadly pollute AW boards with senseless rantings about how great they still think these sites are.
I wonder if AW will soon do away with the "Other Online Auctions" forum. It would be in the best interest of AW and their advertisers to get rid of that thread all together. Replace it with special interest forums, such as Antiques, Collectibles, etc.. similar to Ebays chat forums. Think of how many more visitors AW would get in those threads. Certainly advertisers would appreciate the exposure of their banners and use of paid impressions on those pages to be viewed by many more than the 2 dozen same old "Other Online Auction" whiners and cheerleaders.
I think the first step of the real second wave should be to drop the Other Auction Forum, and expand it into a category specific multi-interest chat facility.
AW, there are many out here who can plainly see why you dont waste your time profiling some of these auction flunkee sites. Keep up the good work AW. Please give some thought to the above suggestions as well. You would receive much more traffic and better advertising opportunities.
posted on April 30, 2001 08:48:56 PM new
I hope Ebay reads responses like this and believing them raises the fees to $1 + per listing. And when they do that ( and they will) I cant wait to see all the die hard ebayers cry.
At the sites I sell (including Yahoo), I am enjoying a 50% sell through combined at 1/10 of Ebays fees. And more than the fees, without the communazis of Ebay trying to force me to run my business their way.
http://ballsandstrikescollectibles.beckett.com/
posted on April 30, 2001 08:59:58 PM new
We will be selling at Ebay and making money LONG after Bidbay and the other "wannabes" has gone down the tubes. Not all of us got banned from Ebay!!!!! (no names as to who did!)
>^,,^^,,^<
MEOW pft pft
posted on May 1, 2001 03:38:20 AM new
browse4stuff >
It would be in the best interest of AW and their advertisers to get rid of that thread all together.
Would have to agree with you. For all practical purposes, AuctionWatch's software is only for launching eBay auctions, AuctionWatch's auction-specific forums are only for discussing eBay auctions with two others for dead auction sites, so one might conclude that AuctionWatch is essentially an eBay subsidiary.
posted on May 1, 2001 09:46:49 AM new
can't say I disagree with any of it either as this section has gone pretty dead, but only when AW started charging..don't know what the tie is in there. Think maybe they are now on other chatboards/forums?
Just one small disagreement (and must admit I don't really know but doesn't make sense)....
If AW is essentially an ebay subsidiary, then how come when you list, relist at ebay, you get honesty counters????
posted on May 1, 2001 05:45:55 PM new
Hello everybody!
I sure see alot of nice folks on this thread.
gottaknow88....how are ya?
allykat....always smile when I see you posting!
ballzandstrikes......HYA Buddy! Whaz up?
dimview....long time, no chat!
aramatha.....good to c ya!
browse4stuff....don't think I've had the pleasure yet, but Howdy Do! Good ta c u, 2!
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Gotta say, I agree, the boards seem rather dead lately. And yes, it would be nice if we saw some profiles on some familiar sites, mentioned on the board here.
Happy Month of May!
Wendy
http://www.nanabees.com
[ edited by nanabees on May 1, 2001 06:37 PM ]
I think calling AW a subsidiary of eBay is overstating it. They are definitely not related.
AW, as I will now refer to as eBayWatch, has its reasons for preferential treatment to eBay. I believe it is because eBay is the only real auction site on the web. And, as others have said before me, there are no sites even remotely close to eBay status.
Unfortunately, that fact could be the demise of AW. Their listing service basically supports eBay only. The universal search basically supports eBay only. The forums are only busy in the eBay section.
Hmmm. Why would anyone want to come here? May as well go to eBay instead of eBayWatch.
posted on May 8, 2001 05:36:13 AM new
You would think AW would want to expand their services to other sites, doesn't appear to be the case.
After all relying on one site for your revenue, may be a fatal error. Because as ebay tightens its grip, they will find a way to eliminate these services.
posted on May 8, 2001 07:59:38 AM new
AuctionWatch's relationship with eBay is a parasitic one.
When eBay makes software changes Auction Manager essentially becomes worthless. Auction Watch is slooooow to update their own software to again become compatible, so it looks to me like they have a difficult time keeping up-to-date with one auction site.
Just imagine them trying to remain compatible with three or four.
If what you say is true, EW (eBayWatch) certainly does not have a working relationship with eBay. If they did, EW would be aware of changes to eBay ahead of time. This make me think that eventually, eBay will find a way to completely block these third party programs from working completely. From a programming standpoint, it would be simple to do. eBay could just randomly add extra code to their pages that changes every day or so. Then, bye bye auction manager software. It could never keep up.
As far as keeping up with other sites, I would think the smaller sites would team up with EW as a collaborative effort. Small sites wouldn't have a reason to try to stop EW from working.
