Mass confusion ~ trite subject ~ where to sell now~

vintagepretties

vintagepretties

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I feel like i'm beating a dead horse~ we all keep discussing the exodus from ebay, but after a horrible night last night on ebay, and spending more in listing fees than i made, i just cant stand it anymore. And my intent to have "one last hurrah" on ebay to hopefully drive bidders to new sites, i give up. Totally unsuccessful.

So.. short of a web site, has anyone made a "decision" yet?

i sooooooo love RubyLane, and will stay there, but the criteria is so strict. I did open an ecrater store for the "non worthy RL" stuff and its doing well, but according to:

http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php

ioffer.com is number #2, just below ebay with 100% new listings.

anyone try them yet??

a friend of mine just registered with :

http://www.hibidder.com/

and is blown away with their customer service. She said the owner personally called her within 1/2 hr of registering, said he screens all sellers, prevents fraud and shilling and is just a doll. Her complaint on no vintage category was resolved while they were on the phone. he added it immediately. Granted its not as specific as ebay's. but he at least listened to her. He only charges a low FVF but also gives you $50 for signing up with them.

And of course Babylon Mall and Specialist Auctions look great too ~

So.. anyone tried any of these places, and anyone have a non web site/ non ebay sale yet????

yvonne
vintagepretties.
 
Hi Yvonne,

I've tried to check out ioffer 3x in the last couple of days
and each time, when I click on a category it takes
forever to load.

At the moment, my two prime options (from what I've seen
and read) are Specialist auctions (I like how the vintage
category is so heavily promoted). The other
site I'm considering is mentioned in this
CNN Article about
Ebay rivals. Online Auctions do have a vintage clothing category which
over the past couple of days is showing a lot more
action.

Like you, I'm still looking for other sites, but the above
two are the ones highest on my list at the moment.

Sue
 
I finally was able to check out the Clothing category on
iOffer. I didn't see any specific Vintage category, however
if you type vintage into search items do come up. I also
could not find a "completed" search.

It's curious that Online Auctions are not mentioned on that
Powerseller chart of all the different sites. Can't figure that one out.

Sue
 
http://tinyurl.com/yqvr8e

a blog on ebay alternatives

and blog 'How Donahue Broke Ebay' directed at stockholders http://tinyurl.com/29kat5

which contains THIS quote:

"includes a provision by which all a buyer need say is “I’M NOT HAPPY – GIVE ME A REFUND” and a 21 day hold is automatically placed on the seller's Paypal account – even after the purchase has been shipped.

Hello Amazon (AMZN)!"

which, if literally worded like THAT means we're just paying to send clothing out 'on approval'.
 
Specialist Auctions is one of the better places online.
No listing fees, 3% on sales, they promote, promote, promote, automatic insertion to google. I list there.

Main Street Vintage is a monthly charge, no others fees on item sold. You upload to google, whole Mall is promoted numerous places. I sell there.

A new kid on the block, and very promising! BuyItSellIt , free store, like eCrater. However, in the near future, if you use InkFrog for images/listings, you'll be able to load directly to BISI. I sell there.

All of the above have been good selling places for me.
 
Although I'm truly leaning toward specialistauctions.com, I just registered on highbidder.com, too. Thanks for the link {yvonne}.

The fee rates are waaay cheap & hopefully I can get the site owner to place an actual Vintage Clothing & Accessories category there. So far, all I see is Vintage & it isn't clothing. I searched vintage in the clothing category & came up with less than a handful of items.

Understandably, it seems to be a new site, yet I didn't see many bids anywhere. I just took a quick peek, tho.

Whatever - it's always good to have another ace up yer sleeve, right? :D
 
Thanks you guys.. i guess i just basically wondered if anyone made a firm decision yet on who they were going to sell with. Leisa, I did already read that post and it has wonderful suggestions.. and still a confusing decision. I've spent the week "staking" my seller i-d, but havent listed anything other than ecrater.

Sue, ioffer took forever for me to load as well. i'm on dialup so thats not a good thing,

MaryAlice, OMG! that donahue article hits it right on the head!!!!!!!!! She is so accurate from advertising on other sites, to error pages. bingo! what a great article!

Gayle, have you had a sale on the other sites? its so exciting! and even better, the no FVF!

paypal is scaring me to death. Wonder how much intrest they make on OUR money holding it 21 days?
 
The best thing to do is to go back and look at your business plan before you make a quick decision. Decide what is best aligned with that.

The people who are most successful at going away from ebay if that is what they choose, are those that have been maintaining a customer contact list and regularly sending newsletters or ortherwise keeping them in the loop already. If you do, then the resistance that a customer has to buying something in a venue they are not familiar with breaks down a bit. (and of course branding is important so if someone stumbles across you, there is no question in their minds "is that the same person?"_
 
Just a suggestion no matter where you choose to sell. Get a decent amount of listings set up. Then continue to add listings. For some reason each time I add listings I shortly after get a couple of sales (and not always what I just listed). I really believe that putting a few listings here and there can be good but adding more makes people come back and look again and again to see what you have that they didn't see the last time. :)
 
I also sell on Mainstreet Vintage and am happy there.
I had a number of sales this week (multiple items) in the pattern store and sold a couple of items in the vintage clothes store.

I know I keep repeating this on each of these threads, but it is important:
You have to work really, really hard off of ebay to get traffic to you no matter where you go. It helps to have a website with tons of pages even if you are NOT selling off of it, myspace, a newsletter, lots of items listed and expect to wait awhile for things to pick up. Don't be discouraged if it takes a couple of months for a sale and a year for steady sales. Don't expect to completely be free of ebay for a long time. And you get the same on again off again sales off ebay as on.
 
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