7 Feb
2011
7 Feb
'11
11:23 p.m.
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Here in NZ e-bay has not caught on, except for
overseas sales. Our local
auction site is Trade Me and it's hugely popular.
Unlike e-bay, with Trade Me when you list an item, there is no "insertion
fee" calculated on the amount you list the item for. From memory there
may
be a tiny nominal flat fee for listing but Trade Me charges you on what
the
item actually sells FOR. If it doesn't sell, you can relist three times
without a charge.
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Her in the Netherlands we have several 2nd hand selling sites, on which
'marktplaats' (marketplace) is the most known one. It is nowadays owned by
ebay, but there is no listing fee nor there is a commission to be paid for
except a few categories for high value items, like cars & motorcycles.
For those categories you pay a fixed listing fee of say $4 and the ad
stays there for up to 6 months (regular ones several weeks with free
extension is not sold), and there is no sellers fee.
Sure, they (ebay) tried to ask money for other categories over time,
but found out that it did cost them more than it would bring in,
people just would go to one of the other selling sites, so the fee
charge was undone.
Next to that, it is not an auction site, but an 'offering' (?) site, if
you list an item and you are not happy with the amount people want to offer,
you are not obliged to sell it, just remove the listing.
Ed
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