eBay Alternatives - Huge List Of 354 eBay Alternatives

Below is a huge list of possible ebay alternative websites for you to buy and sell items.

Although there are now many auction websites available, only a small handful of them are actually worth considering. Why? The main problem for the majority of these sites, is that the amount of traffic to these places is too low.

According to Alexa.com, eBay is the world's 12th most popular website, with millions of people going their to shop each day. So just going to a site where the fees are lower, doesn't necessarily make sense if they're attracting less traffic since the prices you'll get tend to be lower too.

The best ebay alternative in my opinion is eBid.

This website not only has low selling fees, but the number of people visiting the site has increased dramatically since eBay announced their new fees.

eBid is one of the most popular auction sites outside eBay. Established since 1999, eBid have a number of international sites including: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Holland and Italy

Many sellers are now choosing to list items on both sites, and some have dropped eBay entirely because eBid costs are much lower.

The main benefit is that it costs nothing to list items for sale on eBid!

The only fees you pay are on items that you sell and any subscriptions you may sign up to. Sellers can subscribe to eBid in two different ways:

Basic seller: You can subscribe to eBid for free as a basic seller. You'll then be charged a final value fee of 3% of the sale price of each item you sell. No listing fees are required.

Seller+: You pay a subscription fee for a chosen period of time (7 days = $1.99, 30 days = $6.99, 90 days = $16.99 etc). Again, you do not need to pay any listing fees, and in addition Seller+ subscribers do not pay the 3% final value fee. This could, therefore, be a good choice for you if you think you're going to sell regularly.






eBid preferred secure payment partner is Pp Pay, although you can also use:

* Google Checkout
* Paypal
* Nochex
* Eggpay
* PPPay
* Escrow
* BACS/Bank Transfer
* Postal orders
* Personal cheques



eBid is one of the best eBay alternatives because of the amount of traffic it receives each day.

According to eBid's press release, visitors to the site more than doubled in the first 24 hours following eBay's recent fee and policy announcements made on January 29, 2008. Below is eBids traffic stats provided by www.statsaholic.com:

CQout is a UK based auction site which has expanded to various international countries such as:
-USA
-Canada
-India
-Australia

Eastablished since 1999, CQout has grown quietly by word of mouth.During that period the CQout has established a solid reputation for security and customer service and now have users in over 50 countries. It is now the second largest auction website in the UK.

Just like Ebid, the main benefit is that there are no listing fees.

The only fees you pay are on items that you sell and any additional listing features you use:

Category featured: $3.99
Instant Buy: Free
First picture: Free
Next picture: $0.20
Premium Package: $12.98
Home Page featured: $14.98
Gallery image:$0.20 (Gallery images are Free in CQshopfront)
Second Category Listing: $0.10



CQout runs its own payment system called Easy Pay but users are free to use whichever payment system they prefer. NoChex has also been integrated into CQout's structure to enable immediate payment to be made for goods purchased on CQout quickly, easily and seamlessly. It also operates its own Escrow service.

As you can see from the list above, there are plenty of other eBay alternatives available.

However, before you register with any of them, you should ask yourself:

1)How much traffic does the site get?
2)How long has the website been operating?
3)How much do you have to pay in listing and final value fees?
4)What types of payment methods do they accept?
5)How much traffic does the site get?

The last question is the most important.

Registering and selling at a website which has free or extremely low fees, is practically useless if no one will be viewing your items.


eBid is by far the best of these eBay alternatives, in terms of traffic and fees.

Users of eBay have threatened to boycott the online auction site after it announced it was banning customers from leaving negative feedback.

In one of the biggest changes in the site's 13-year-history, eBay said it would no longer allow sellers to leave "negative" or "neutral" comments about buyers.

The feedback system is the bedrock of the site as it enables customers to warn fellow eBay users about unscrupulous practices and poor customer service.

However, the new policy - under which buyers will still be alllowed to post feedback about sellers - caused uproar among eBay's user community.

Continue reading

Ever since eBay announced they were increasing seller fees and the withdrawal of the ability of sellers to leave neutral/negative feedback, there has been talk all around the world of a week long boycott.

Personally I believe that taking part in this boycott is a complete waste of time.

Do these boycotters think that their actions will scare eBay into reconsidering their new changes? Although there may be thousands of sellers taking part in the strike, when you take into the consideration the vast millions of people who buy and sell on eBay EVERY single day, the boycott seems very irrelevant.

Threats of action to boycott eBay are nothing new to the company. In 2006, there were similar threats of strike when eBay made changes to the way Seller Stores were listed. In the same year Bob Geldof called upon yet another boycott over ticket touts cashing in on the Live 8 concert.

What effect did it have on eBay - nothing.

People moaning about eBay changes should remember that without eBay, they would never have been able to start selling in the first place.

Whether you have set up a small business on eBay or if you just use it to make some extra cash, dont forget that you are using eBay to reach a mass global audience. If eBay wants to make more money by charging people for this privilege, then so be it.

It's business. Get over it.
The world is constantly changing. Get over it.

Sellers can react to eBay's changes in 3 ways:

1) Find an alternative auction site (there's plenty on this page!)
2) Cry about it
3) Review the way you sell or how your business operates and adapt to the changes.

Instead of questioning or moaning about eBay changes, people should stop and think about what they can do improve themselves. The more money you can make, then the less the effect of the fees will have on you.

How do you make more money?

- Learn HTML skills or use templates to create professional listings and store designs to improve sales
- Read and study the art of sales copy to influence buyers and increase bids
- Build a website and direct your customers there to make additional purchases
- Build a customer list and keep in regular contact with them
- Research companies to find places to get cheap stock

These are just a few things you can do to improve your existing skills and help improve your sales on eBay. It doesnt matter if you are running a small business or selling items for fun, improving your skills as a seller will help you make more money.

Its fight or flight time. Which will you choose?

1. Fast
People don't like waiting and want everything yesterday.
Helping people save time is a strong psychological tool you can use. Using simple phrases like 'fast shipping' or' fast ordering' can really boost your sales.

2. Guaranteed
Although many more people are now shopping from the internet, people are still wary about buying goods they cannot see from a person they have never met. Using the word 'guaranteed' can help you assure people that you are not their to rip them off. Consider offering a guaranteed money back offer. Sure you will get people trying to take advantage, but in the long term you will see your sales dramatically increase because buyers will trust you.

3. Limited
People love to buy or receive things which are exclusive or rare. Why? Because they perceive them as being valuable.

4. Easy
Have you heard the phrase 'keep it simple stupid'? Make things as easy as possible for your buyer and include phrases such as 'easy ordering', 'easy to use' or 'easy payment'. Remember, people want fast results, and making describing everything as 'easy' also reflects 'fast'

5.Testemonial
People want proof that your product works and what better way to endorse a product than having a testemonial from a previous happy customer

6.Sale/Discount
Everyone loves a bargain and especially people on sites such as eBay. You can include offers like 'buy one get one free', or '70% off' or anything you can think off which results in your customers thinking that your item is a really good deal.

7.Free
People love free things! Giving away free stuff to customers can be a great incentive to get them to buy from you. You dont have to give away anything of real value - give away ebooks, small accessories or offer a free service.

8. You/Your
Write your auction listing as if you were speaking directly to them. People will feel more important when you are addressing them directly, rather than talking about yourself all the time.

9. Important
No one wants to miss out on important information or news and the same principles apply to selling. By including the word 'important' in your descriptions you are telling customers to sit up and take notice of what you are saying.

10. New
Out with the old, and in with the new. People are not interested in yesterdays news and are drawn towards all things 'new'.