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 eBid a breath of fresh air
Like many other people sick to death of eBay's constant fee hikes, & lack of customer service, I decided to look elsewhere, & found eBid.
The forums are helpful, and the site owners hands on, which means you post a query & it's answered very quickly.
At the moment the site is growing quickly, it could do with more buyers but the number HAS increased quite significantly in the last couple of months & is continuing to do so steadily.
It has also increased the number of countries where it its available. The USA, Canadian & Australian sites are growing quickly, the mainland European sites are still in their infancy.
They are adding new features all of the time, with many more in the pipeline, they also listen to members suggestions, & incorporate many of them, so the site feels more like it belongs to you.
The number of categories has increased to a level which looks close to rivaling ebay, & if you can't find the one you need, there is a place in the forum just for requesting new ones.
They don't allow the selling of ebooks, which at a stroke cuts out many of the feedback building scams prevelent on eBay.
The site is about to undergo a professional re-design which hopefully will be more attractive to newcomers, this should be ready in the next few weeks.
Because of lower fee's most items can be found cheaper on eBid, than on eBay.
Membership is categorised in 4 levels Bronze - buyer only
Silver - buyer & seller free listing, unless features are chosen, very small fvf (currently 3%).
Gold - subscription based membership, which can be paid for weekly, monthly,quarterly, yearly, or, a lifetime Gold for a one-off payment (currently it's just under £45.00) As a Gold member you can open a store, the first one is free, subsequent ones £1.99 a month. You can choose free listing or add a gallery picture which does incur a small fvf (more information on this under platinum)
Recently a new Platinum level of membership has been added, one of the benefits of this is being able to have an unlimited number of shops/stores for free, another is the Run til Sold Store Inventory Format, again with no listing fees. Gallery fees (if you choose to use it) are only charged when an item is sold not every 30 or 90 days the way eBay does, they are charged at a % fvf (currently 2%)
The cost of Platinum Lifetime Membership sounds high at just under £150, but existing Gold members were able to upgrade to this level for a very small fee, & in the majority of cases free.
If their track record is anything to go by eBid will run special promotions on the Platinum Life membership price from time to time.
Unlike eBay, Shop/Store Listings are not hidden they show in all searches, as well as browse stores, in fact all stores (other than those with adult content) are randomly featured on the frontpage (no charge for this either).
Adult goods are kept separate from other listings & not included in searches unless you choose to do so.
This information also applies to www.ebid.net & www.ebid.tv Summary: Free Listing Low FVF does work - eBid the place to be
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