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Ebay alternatives - other venues to sell online

Since eBay started in 1995 it has grown to be a household name for online selling and buying.Ā For many years eBay has held the top spot for online selling for professional business' to stay at home mothers.Ā Millions of products to buy and millions of products listed to sell.Ā

For the last few years, many long terms eBay sellers have moved on to different venues or created their own websites due to the ever increasing policies eBay has pushed forward.Ā Increases in selling fees and the ever demanding DSR system (detailed seller ratings) and account suspensions have made many sellers look elsewhere to sell their products.Ā The high demand for over excellent customer service and the one sided view against sellers has pushed the internet to offer other choices for sellers to offer their products to the world.

This lens will help you expore other online selling venues

This lens will help you seek other venues to sell your items, whether you sell new products or hand made items, used goods or services, all the following information will help you source other areas to get sales. By no means are any of the following sites any where as large or as know as eBay or do they get the traffic that eBay does but to place all your eggs in one basket is limiting you to 'extra' sales.

What have you got to lose?

I am a Powerseller on eBay and have been for a few years now but within the last year I decided to venture into other selling venues to see if I could make that 'extra' buck and not have to rely on eBay as my only selling venue. For some the concept is scary to venture onto another selling platform and most are trial and error as to whether they will work for you or not. I asked myself - 'what have I got to lose?' nothing, just some time to add my items to a few sites and to sit back and see what happens. I suggest you try some sites; they are listed in no order of preference or performance and if you would like to recommend a site please drop me a comment and I will add the details.

Links to sites and information

Here are some details about the sites and the links to them - no sites are listed in any particular order or personal choice and all details are accurate to the time of publishing this lens.

Atomic Mall: Atomic Mall - is an online market place where you can Buy and Sell virtually anything. Listing your items is free and the fvf's are done on a % - $2.51-$25 6% - $25.01-$50 5% - $50.01-$100 4% - $100.01-$250 3.75% - there are uploading options for your current ebay listings. You will need to pre-pay into your account to enable your items to been seen, this balance is then used for paying your fvf's.
Bonanzle: Bonanzle - Is also known as 'The Ranch' is simple to pickup and simple to master. You don't waste time choosing bold or outlined listings, and there's no html markup in item descriptions. No auctions/bidding available, all sales are fixed price or best offer. Listing your items is free and the fvf's are flat rate less than $10 is 50c, less than $50 is $1, less than $100 is $3, less than $1000 is $5, probably the cheapest fvf's charged online. There are uploading options for your current eBay listings.
e-crater: eCrater - Is also known as 'The Moon' is both a free web store builder and a free online marketplace. Sellers can easily create their own free online store in minutes. No auctions/bidding available. No selling fees no fvf's.
eBid: eBid - is an online auction marketplace, many items for sale and to buy. New and used items, auction listings or buy it now. There are uploading options for your current eBay listings. No listings fees but fvf can cost 3% - zero, depending on the membership level you subscribe to.
ioffer: iOffer - is an online marketplace that offers a free web store and free to list. Offers and buy it now are available. There are uploading options for your current eBay listings. No listing fees and fvf's cost up to $4.99 is 50c - $5-$9.99 is 75c - $10-$24.99 is $1.25 - $25-$99.99 is 5% of the final sale.
Amazon: Amazon - is a large online marketplace that offers new and used items for sale. All items are fixed price, no auctions. Selling fees depend on what you sell and if you sell a lot or a little. Some items are already on the Amazon database, if they are you can sell straight away. If they are not, you will have to apply for a pro merchant account and have your items approved for listing - for this you will pay $39.99 per month plus % for the fvf. You will need to decide if you are able to sell a lot of items for these costs. The % of fvf's range from 6% - 15%.
Blujay: Blujay - is a free web store and a free online marketplace. Items are listed easy with a maximum of 4 pictures. No auctions, all fixed price/buy it now. No option to upload from your current ebay listings. No listing fees or fvf's.
Etsy: Etsy - is a online selling venue mainly for vendors of handmade items. You are given a store/shop for you're your items. There are selling and listing fees involved. To list per item it is 20c so if you have 1 hat for sale it will cost you 20c, if you have 3 hats for sale it will cost you 60c. The fvf for the sale is 3.5% of the sale not including shipping. No option for uploading your current ebay listings.
Craigslist: Craigslist - offer no store fronts, no shopping carts, no payment systems or any options to handle sales. Listing is free and selling is free. Some e-commerce sites do offer options to upload your listings to craigslist. Beware of spam and bogus offers for your items and be careful where and when you arrange to meet a potential buyer !

Social networks and groups

There are also groups you can join on sites such as Yahoo and social networking sites such as Myspace, Twitter and Facebook. These sites can take some time to market your items and they are 'social' networks and not selling sites.
I hope this lens has given you some help into finding just a few other alternative selling sites from eBay. Spreading your items over a few other market places will help increase your sales, and maybe just maybe enable you to make more money!

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Reader Feedback

Any feedback or sites you would like me to add just drop me a comment here.

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RecordLady Aug 14, 2011 @ 9:49 am | delete

I sell and buy on HiBidder.com. Great buys for any buyers that are looking for those bargains in this economy.

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Offeritem Mar 22, 2011 @ 7:06 pm | delete

Please see my free ebay alternatives Squidoo lens. One can succeed selling outside on marketplaces other than Ebay but sellers should focus on optimizing their listings by adding relevant detailed information about their items. When listing books, electronics, video games, ect. It's important that one adds UPC, MPN, Brand and/or ISBN to their listings.

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Bill Dec 30, 2010 @ 12:50 pm | delete

Also try boocoo.com

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david_fisher Nov 6, 2010 @ 2:47 am | delete

very nice lens.I really liked it. I promote my ebay auctions with this Free eBay Auction Promotion site. I use it all the time and it helps me get more hits to my auctions.

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Marc J Aug 20, 2010 @ 9:58 am | delete

I would also like to suggest MVPTraders. The site is very simple to use with some useful buying and selling features. The site is new but the traffic seem to be increasing each month. They offer free listing and free membership. Although the site is new they are constantly improving the site like being able to import your ratings from other selling venues. It's worth giving them a try www.mvptraders.com

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Heartsome Jun 28, 2010 @ 11:27 pm | delete

I sell on Bonanzle. As stated above, it does not have the traffic
of eBay but free listing and "freedom" make it worth a try. Once you
get the hang of how it works, it is a great place to be. It has vision
and great support and is one of the fastest growing new sites,
especially with so many leaving eBay. Right now the site relies heavily on it's
forums and members for promotion and those forums also provide almost instant support. One of the coolest things??? The owners/operators actually enter the forums, monitor and comment in them and you often get an answer from one of them when you contact support. Yes real people who are directly involved in the creation of Bonanzle actually communicate with you!
A very friendly community with a positive attitude.
I have also sold on Etsy with about the same amount of sales as Bonanzle but it did cost more to list and sell. No where near as expensive or controlling as eBay though. I was limited there to vintage and handmade items which was ok since that is what I sell anyway.

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Classicvideogamesplus Apr 17, 2010 @ 2:05 pm | delete

I've used Atomic Mall, Ecrater and Blujay. I've had the best success with AM, like EC cause its totally free but unfortunately haven't had much luck there. Blujay is free but not managed well with too many drop shippers and questionable sellers/scammers from other countries selling trademarked merchandise knockoffs . Very good lens.