Ebay or Ebid?

[PremierSelection]

Which is best?

[Rednosty]

Which is best?

BAD QUESTION! Try a more subtle approach.....

[PremierSelection]

is ebid superior and cheaper than ebay?

[Rednosty]

is ebid superior and cheaper than ebay?

I would suggest something like What qualities does Ebid have over its rivals?

[PremierSelection]

rednosty yes i agree. I am currently in complete shock!!!! I have discovered this site...its the bees knees!!

[Rednosty]

Its a bit slow as a seller but picking up slowly....I sell about 5% of my stock on here compared to the dark side..So you have to be patient......But at the moment its a buyers paradise! And most Important of all its FREE ish!

[PremierSelection]

so would you rate it higher than ebay? and do you reccomend signing up to be a platinum for life?

[PremierSelection]

and also how on earth do you spend the buddy points?

[minx41]

One payment for life! A bargain you couldn't get anywhere else,except on this great site, well I don't think so anyway.

[PremierSelection]

it does seem amazing but do you get enough sales?
also do you have to keep checking paypal account to ensure payment was recieved or can you link accounts?

[PremierSelection]

alo PPPay (or whatever its called) how much does that cost?
sorry asking so many questions

[Rednosty]

alo PPPay (or whatever its called) how much does that cost?
sorry asking so many questions
Dunno I have registered for it but Only used it ONCE in 4 years! Most people pay by Paypal now But PPPay will almost certainly be cheaper then Paypal

[Rednosty]

so would you rate it higher than ebay? and do you reccomend signing up to be a platinum for life?

Depends on HOW much your planning on selling? If you list 100's then Yes definately as it costs NOTHING to list And only 2% on final sale.........But it might take a wee while to get back your Initial money outlay...Like I said it depends on what you are selling.....Remember you can afford to sell it cheaper on here becuase of the No fees outlay.....#

Ask your self How much would The other side cost me to List this stuff? Over and over again? Again it depends this is not a Fast selling site so Are you Happy to list and forget about things until a sale or do you require a fast turnabout? Me I Use BOTH sites I have started to list a lot more on here but if I need a quick Buck then I list on the Dark side...

You ve bid on one of my items ?

Also note the Forum is VERY quiet today Being Easter!

[PremierSelection]

Hi PremierSelection

You sound like ME when I first joined here - amazed there was another auction site on the web and raring to get selling here.

But I have been trying to sell here for four months now and have maybe sold half a dozen items in that time. Things move slowly here - its dominated by big store holders, most of whom dont buy much they are just here to sell. The casual Buyer/Sellers, IMHO the mainstay of an auction site are not coming here yet.

If you are a BULK seller say 1000 + listings all of low value <£5 Ebid seems to work. You get a reasonable sales turnover as long as you advertise your store externally YOURSELF. The no fees bit works a treat and Platinum membership is for you for sure.

However if you are just selling say 5-50 items I would beware of signing up for platinum membership just yet. Maybe try Silver for a few weeks and see if your stuff sells here first.

Good luck and welcome to Ebid



thanks that was very useful, and all the other comments. I sell lots of differant things and so im hopeing i can try and sell quickly so ebid may not work for me. I want to join the platinum membership before everyone discovers this and then the price goes up!

Im going to get listing then!!
thanks

[PremierSelection]

oh and one last thing, i have a buddy point. how do i spend them?

[Rednosty]

Hi PremierSelection

You sound like ME when I first joined here - amazed there was another auction site on the web and raring to get selling here.

But I have been trying to sell here for four months now and have maybe sold half a dozen items in that time. Things move slowly here - its dominated by big store holders, most of whom dont buy much they are just here to sell. The casual Buyer/Sellers, IMHO the mainstay of an auction site are not coming here yet.

If you are a BULK seller say 1000 + listings all of low value <£5 Ebid seems to work. You get a reasonable sales turnover as long as you advertise your store externally YOURSELF. The no fees bit works a treat and Platinum membership is for you for sure.

However if you are just selling say 5-50 items I would beware of signing up for platinum membership just yet. Maybe try Silver for a few weeks and see if your stuff sells here first.

Good luck and welcome to Ebid


GOOD ADVICE! I second the Motion

[Rednosty]

oh and one last thing, i have a buddy point. how do i spend them?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH A buddy Point! You need about 7 Million to buy a Match stick!

[PremierSelection]

thanks a lot everyone. You are all much more friendly than some ebay people (no offence to the nice ebay people)
thanks

but say i got a few million points...........where do i spend them?

[kedo]

To me the original question doesn't really have meaning OP. Each site has a different use. I'd recommend using both. If you have a lot of stuff put around an 1/8th on Eb*y, 7/8ths here. Use the stuff you have listed on Eb*y to push people here (there are lots of methods).

I'd snap up the platinum membership if I was you. I think I paid back the cost in a month so now I do genuinely list for free. I always use a gallery picture so I pay a small percentage when I sell but I could sell for free. Traffic is increasing and sales with it!

[Rednosty]

To me the original question doesn't really have meaning OP. Each site has a different use. I'd recommend using both. If you have a lot of stuff put around an 1/8th on Eb*y, 7/8ths here. Use the stuff you have listed on Eb*y to push people here (there are lots of methods).

I'd snap up the platinum membership if I was you. I think I paid back the cost in a month so now I do genuinely list for free. I always use a gallery picture so I pay a small percentage when I sell but I could sell for free. Traffic is increasing and sales with it!


2265 Actually! Hi Kedo More good advice.

I was sceptical at first (Took me 2 months to get any sale at all BUT when I started looking in the forums for advice etc then My sales started to take of...Put the flyers in with any thing you sell on Ebay.IT WORKS I've had customers from ebay at least come and have a look....Some are now buying

Now leave me alone I got listing to do! :)

[buttons-and-bows]

thanks a lot everyone. You are all much more friendly than some ebay people (no offence to the nice ebay people)
thanks

but say i got a few million points...........where do i spend them?
Hi, the buddy point auction are run by ebid management on the front page.
I think the platinum life membership is on offer at the moment for around £95, or at least it was last week. The best thing to do is to start listing your stock here and also some on E*ay, each time you send an item out to an e*ay customer put a flier in telling them you have moved to ebid.
Put a buddy link in your emails asking people to join from that link.
Also If you still have email addresses of your old e*ay customers send them a quick mail saying you are listing here and asking them to pop over and look at your store.
All these things help.
Welcome to Ebid :D

[kedo]

Hello Rednosty, So now you're an Ebid die-hard too!

More listings going on today! I've sent the wife and kids off to my parents for four days so I can get on. Sad but true. At least I've got windows in my attic office now so I can see the sun!

[*artsbanquet*]

This is a great site and the peeps on the forums are very helpful.

[Rednosty]

Hello Rednosty, So now you're an Ebid die-hard too!

More listings going on today! I've sent the wife and kids off to my parents for four days so I can get on. Sad but true. At least I've got windows in my attic office now so I can see the sun!

Got upto 181 listings done so Might catch you up soon! (i dont think so) Splitting listing 50/50% with The dark side (just taking random lots so being fair to both sides if you know what I mean....

[kedo]

It will take a while. I'm trying to catch BLOX, he's on something like 3500!

[PremierSelection]

rednosty whats ur ebay ID?

[HannaHolly]

" - its dominated by big store holders, most of whom don't buy much they are just here to sell."

I'm interested in this part of your post crusales? In my experience the 'big store holders' are also big EBID shoppers and a good source of repeat trade. I spend way more here than on feebay and would spend more if some gaps in the market were covered.

What has caused you to come to the opposite conclusion?

[PremierSelection]

feebay does this refer to the 'buy it sell it love it' website?

[kedo]

Yes that right!

[PremierSelection]

thanks

this thread is quiet now :(

[nykmedia]

thanks

this thread is quiet now :(

HELLO!!!

Was that loud enough? :D
I just send my newsletters to every single person I ever met on 'the other side' and made sure they hadn't forgotten about eBid.
HAPPY EASTER!
It's my eBid Easter Advertising EGGStravaganza

[buttons-and-bows]

Premier - Listen to what Nykmedia has to say - he is the only one of us here who truely knows his stuff.....


Thanks, the rest of us are thick then:D :D
Oh and he is a she:D
Can't win can ya hun:p

[nykmedia]

Premier - Listen to what Nykmedia has to say - he is the only one of us here who truely knows his stuff.....

Oh, now I've gone all bashful :o wot with all this respect from a fellow eBidder ... who thinks I'm a man! :eek: ROFL
'Tis true many have mistaken my callous and calculating business sense for that of a male counterpart but at the end of the day.... flutter of eyelashes... please, kind sir, would thou be so kind as to buy my wares from my eBid stores? ;)

Cheers Crusales, I apprecate your words or worldly wisdom and continued support and, if truth be told, I have to admit that eBid IS far superior to eBay in most ways - this site is the cornerstone to our future ebidding, ebuying and eselling dynasties. If all else fails, drag 'em kickin' an' screamin' an make 'em see the bargains. OK, I gotta go bargain hunting now - it's the holidays, shops are shut, eBid's open... then I'm off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz.... (our Easter matinee movie, apparently).

What about a rally? Placards and banners... ,

Say Nae to eB...y, Spend yer Quid in EBid!

Does anyone have Cherie Blair's number? Anyone want to open a store here called NUMBER TEN? :cool:

[nykmedia]

Thanks, the rest of us are thick then:D :D
Oh and he is a she:D
Can't win can ya hun:p

He don't mean that... if we were all thick we would all be stuck on feebay LOL

[PremierSelection]

I must say i am in love with ebid too!

[Anichka54]

He don't mean that... if we were all thick we would all be stuck on feebay LOL

Lol :D

[nykmedia]

I must say i am in love with ebid too!

The patter and natter over here is FAR SUPERIOR to any other forum anywhere. I know people who joined eBid just for these forums then got sidetracked into buying LOL

[PremierSelection]

The patter and natter over here is FAR SUPERIOR to any other forum anywhere. I know people who joined eBid just for these forums then got sidetracked into buying LOL

i saw ebid being advertised on ebay so i thouhgt its a must try. I have the platinum now :)
its all looking good, just hope there is enough traffic compared with feebay

[PremierSelection]

what category is best for sporty sort of bags? the one prob with ebid is the category selection i reckon (altho im such an amature i cant criticise too much!)

[buttons-and-bows]

what category is best for sporty sort of bags? the one prob with ebid is the category selection i reckon (altho im such an amature i cant criticise too much!)
Hi you can request a new category to be added if you find you have items to list in one that is lacking in the category suggestions forum.:)

[PremierSelection]

ahh thanks!
OMG Ebid support is helpful....im used to ebay telling me stuff via a robot!

[Anichka54]

ahh thanks!
OMG Ebid support is helpful....im used to ebay telling me stuff via a robot!

Ebid support are brilliant, on the other side the robots give answers that don't even address the question, isn't it great to get a reply that actually fits in with your query? :)

[PremierSelection]

i couldnt agree more!

Is there anything really we couldfault on ebid?

[buttons-and-bows]

Yes actually there is to many women and only one Gazza :D

[cmjewels925]

Yes actually there is to many women and only one Gazza :D

There's a Mark too.

Does he get to keep an eye on the site while Gazza tries to fend of the hordes of women? :D

[buttons-and-bows]

He certainly does, he's the masterfull one that keeps us all in check......... someones gotta do it :D

[Anichka54]

He certainly does, he's the masterfull one that keeps us all in check......... someones gotta do it :D

I think Mark purposely keeps a low profile, he's seen the adoration that Gazza gets & he's too frightened to risk it. :D

[kengillam]

You get to deal with real people on here not stupid automated emails like you get from ebay! Just needs a bit more of a public profile to really take off.

[buttons-and-bows]

I think Mark purposely keeps a low profile, he's seen the adoration that Gazza gets & he's too frightened to risk it. :D
I think your spot on there Ann, he is probably laughing his socks off,,, He knows its all in good fun:D

[Anichka54]

I think your spot on there Ann, he is probably laughing his socks off,,, He knows its all in good fun:D

Of course if he wants the adoration, he only has to do his own You Tube video on one of the Happy Hour auctions. ;)

[PremierSelection]

Ken is spot on with this comment - the support here is amazing.

I am one of the biggest moaning (tongue in cheek sometimes) old gits on this forum, yet the support guys still help me out at the drop of a hat.

Oh AND !

Nykmedia is a Chick OMG !!!!! there must be a bloke in the background pulling the strings surely ?
.
.

she is a chick? point her out to me

[*artsbanquet*]

Do you think G & M have ever considered appearing on Dragon's Den? :-)

[Anichka54]

Do you think G & M have ever considered appearing on Dragon's Den? :-)

I should hope not, they'd either have to sit in the chairs & offer lots of money or go on & ask for money, if they ask & get then they'd have to hand over about 50% of the company. :eek:

[*artsbanquet*]

It would be interesting to see them on TV though and it'd be great advertising!

[nykmedia]

I should hope not, they'd either have to sit in the chairs & offer lots of money or go on & ask for money, if they ask & get then they'd have to hand over about 50% of the company. :eek:

'sit in the chairs & offer lots of money....' ROFL!!!

[Kiamyka]

Ken is spot on with this comment - the support here is amazing.

I am one of the biggest moaning (tongue in cheek sometimes) old gits on this forum, yet the support guys still help me out at the drop of a hat.

......
.
Watch you don't bite it crusales ...and thanks for the laugh I needed one today bless ya lol

OP you have had some good advice already in the thread - juts list all you have and don't be too impatient is my advice. Things do sell and I have had more success on here than the other free to list site. Support is great and fast too and forum members are really helpful too.
xxchrisxx

[paintinglemonjane]

It would be interesting to see them on TV though and it'd be great advertising!


LOL!!! There are probably more people who have seen it on you tube than would on TV, believe it or not. You Tube is very popular. I don't think there is anytone who can say hand on heart, that they haven't seen something from You Tube at some time or other.

[nykmedia]

LOL!!! There are probably more people who have seen it on you tube than would on TV, believe it or not. You Tube is very popular. I don't think there is anytone who can say hand on heart, that they haven't seen something from You Tube at some time or other.

What's 'You Tube'? :confused:

[Rednosty]

rednosty whats ur ebay ID?
erm red-nosty

[*artsbanquet*]

Can you imagine G & M on Dragon's Den and Duncan Ballantyne grilling them on how they're going to spend all that money they're going to be given and then suddenly a whole horde of forum members turn up in front of the cameras in support of Ebid......:D

[Rednosty]

I think As someone else suggested it would be BETTER if Alan Sugar set one of the tasks of his two teams to Sell on Ebid!

[buttons-and-bows]

Can you imagine G & M on Dragon's Den and Duncan Ballantyne grilling them on how they're going to spend all that money they're going to be given and then suddenly a whole horde of forum members turn up in front of the cameras in support of Ebid......:D
Yes I was rather thinking it could be a bit dangerous for them to sit and pick on them.

[PremierSelection]

erm red-nosty

ahhh that was a complicated one to figure out!

[*artsbanquet*]

Brilliant - that would be a fantastic task - can someone suggest it to the TV producers pleeese?

[*artsbanquet*]

Yes I was rather thinking it could be a bit dangerous for them to sit and pick on them.

They might be picked on, but think of all the publicity!!! ;) And anyway, G & M look like they can handle themselves preety well.

[Rednosty]

ahhh that was a complicated one to figure out!
Well I got a ban as rednosty over there so I go as red-nosty now......

[PremierSelection]

what did u get the bad for?

[Rednosty]

what did u get the bad for?
Rather not say But youv ealready seen what I put before!

[nykmedia]

I think As someone else suggested it would be BETTER if Alan Sugar set one of the tasks of his two teams to Sell on Ebid!

Yes! I suggested that ages ago... make the bigwig-money-making-know-it-alls prove their worth by setting them that sort of challenge!

[Rednosty]

Yes! I suggested that ages ago... make the bigwig-money-making-know-it-alls prove their worth by setting them that sort of challenge!

Give them control over half of Ebid each! Promotipn etc for there Half......How would you do that though?
God I m knacked...Got 5am Start tomorrow...double ughhhhhh

[paintinglemonjane]

What's 'You Tube'? :confused:

You are joking. :eek:

If not try this link http://www.youtube.com/ You will find the Ebid ad on it that everyone is talking about too. :D

[Rednosty]

You are joking. :eek:

If not try this link http://www.youtube.com/ You will find the Ebid ad on it that everyone is talking about too. :D


DONT Tell Her (Hes a SHE?) YOU TUBE We will never get her off there! I m always watching Bands on there

[nykmedia]

God I m knacked...

There goes the tattoo then! :rolleyes:

[Rednosty]

There goes the tattoo then! :rolleyes:

ermmmmmm Anyone want to buy a ermmmmm Shriveled up sausage with free Advertising!

[nykmedia]

I agree - G&M should go on Dragons Den for Certain, awesome publicity.

And when that Balentyne guys says

"Why should I invest my hard earned Cash in you two".

Gazza could just reply -

"Because all the chicks on the KT think I am hot man......."

Money in the bag G&M go for it.

Shame on you! I think you mean Bannatyne and 'all the chicks on the KT' most certainly don't think Gazza is 'hot'. In his defence, he and his supporting cast have kept this place going really well but would you really INVEST?

[nykmedia]

LOL its a good question Nykmedia, I also think they do a stunning job technically running this place, but I am at a loss to understand why its not more successful.

Here's my little theory -
Financial success relies on income and profitability
Income comes from 2% of some of the sales, store fees and added extras
Profitability comes from ensuring that the income is greater than the outgoings - spend the balance on advertising rather than pay the tax man ;)

As a general rule of thumb, I was taught that you'll average £1 per person per year that passes your window. My first 'shop' was in a village of 15,000 people and the above estimate was shockingly close, so I have never had any reason to doubt it. How many members are there on eBid? :) I wonder if I can work out my own average sales rate here? I'm away to check now. Sad, but true LOL

[artlandish]

Shame on you! I think you mean Bannatyne and 'all the chicks on the KT' most certainly don't think Gazza is 'hot'. In his defence, he and his supporting cast have kept this place going really well but would you really INVEST?

But I thought it was a compliment? He most certainly is HOT!

[mazhells]

Ive sold on ebay ok they get more coverage at the moment than ebid but ebid is still a site a lot of people dont know exists. i didn't until my sister in law told me about it. I'm newish to selling on ebid but my sales have come on really well in the last month i think it will take time but in the end ebid is as good as if not better in a lot of ways compared to ebay and the people on ebid are a lot nicer .the kitchen table for example is excellent for just getting your grouches out of your system .we all moan as like me you come from ebay and you were used to having loads of sales but those sales cost a fortune taken into consideration ebid is the better choice with free listing .i left ebay for that reason i was selling loads but in the end the only people that did any good from my sales was ebay with listing fees and there percentage of the fvf i was loosing out big time. so I'm sticking with ebid you couldn't pay me enough to go back and sell on ebay . so well done boys and keep up the excellent job your doing with ebid

[kengillam]

I think a lot of us feel like that mazhells, I don't miss selling on Greedbay, and my credit card sure appreciates not being hit with the monthly bill.

[ikeaplus]

LOL its a good question Nykmedia, I also think they do a stunning job technically running this place, but I am at a loss to understand why its not more successful.

I've never seen any advertising for eBid. I think it has got to where it is today mainly by word of mouth. There are lots of members on eBid who work really hard at advertising the site.

I sell on both sites to avoid the 'all the eggs in one basket' problem. I mention eBid whenever I can (without getting a slap!) on the Ebay forums including the PowerSellers board and eBayers generally either have (a) never heard of eBid, (b) think there's no buyers here, or (c) are already selling here - oh, and there's also a small minority that think this is the place to sell fakes.

Hopefully a national advertising campaign is in the works as part of the eBid revamp - fingers crossed! :)

[nykmedia]

But I thought it was a compliment? He most certainly is HOT!

I have never seen Gazza or Mark or any of the other people who have a vested interest in this site - there isn't an 'all about eBid' page offering that info - perhaps we need one. If he's that hot, he may well BE the eBid advertising campaign for one particular sector of surfers, at least! :D

[PremierSelection]

come on then everyone.....dish out the news how many sales you have had in the last month?

[nykmedia]

I've nothing to hide...

EBid Stats for year 2007

Sold - 56
Won - 24
Current Bids - 1
Bidding On - 1
Number of 'buddies' signed up - 14
Number of 'buddies' upgraded to Silver - 2
Number of non-paying bidders or no goods sent - NONE
Do I advertise eBid? Yes - www.cyberdosh.co.uk (http://www.cyberdosh.co.uk)
Do I still use 'the other' online auction? Yes
Why? Some of us work online for a living

Any more questions? :)

[*artsbanquet*]

Years ago, for those of you who remember, there used to be a picture of Gazza ( a very cute one) as his avatar on the forums. Can't remember if Mark had one. I don't think so, think he wants to remain invisible. But it was taken off eventually. I don't know why, because I think it gave Ebid more of a "human" face and that's one of Ebid's strengths as compared to E*ay.

[buttons-and-bows]

I have never seen Gazza or Mark or any of the other people who have a vested interest in this site - there isn't an 'all about eBid' page offering that info - perhaps we need one. If he's that hot, he may well BE the eBid advertising campaign for one particular sector of surfers, at least! :D

link for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQy5BxF6jrs

[nykmedia]

link for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQy5BxF6jrs

FANTASTIC! Had never been on that site before but I now get the idea AND came up with a great new slogan! Cheers for that! I was short of a headline ;)

[*artsbanquet*]

FANTASTIC! Had never been on that site before but I now get the idea AND came up with a great new slogan! Cheers for that! I was short of a headline ;)

Oooh, sounds exciting. Care to share your new slogan or give a hint as to what it is? :)

[nykmedia]

Oooh, sounds exciting. Care to share your new slogan or give a hint as to what it is? :)


No way! LOL The next edition isn't out for another 3 weeks :cool:

[*artsbanquet*]

Looking forward to it then!

[ikeaplus]

FANTASTIC! Had never been on that site before but I now get the idea AND came up with a great new slogan! Cheers for that! I was short of a headline ;)

Be careful - YouTube is addictive! I have to limit my time there otherwise I'd get no work done! My favourite one is where the bride and groom had dancing lessons to do the finale of Dirty Dancing as the first dance at their wedding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhlm9GTAQ0

Some people think it is cheesy, but I think it is romantic - nice to see it the Brits being a bit eccentric, there's too many cynics around these days LOL!

[lofty100e]

alo PPPay (or whatever its called) how much does that cost?
sorry asking so many questions


The major down-sides to PPPay are that you can only spend the money coming on-line (no withdrawal facilities). Also when your buyer uses it they will be charged 49p for the privilige. (I've not used it myself, but this is what I have gathered from reading the forums).

One on-line alternative if you are selling to Britain only is eggpay. It is free and easy to use (unlike PPPay).

Yes it is much friendlier here, I had a taste of the muppets on the "other side" yesterday. I had been looking for a "Darling Buds Of May" DVD that I had missed from the Daily Mail. While browsing I found a blatant fee avoidance (penny auction, with about £1.90 P&P). Being against fee avoidance I reported it and got the reply that they only take complaints from people actually involved in the auction.

I put a thread up posing the question why do we bother reporting things when Feebay don't take any notice. Only for the pond-life to emerge and try to justify their excessive postage, despite me not complaining about that.

[nykmedia]

The major down-sides to PPPay are that you can only spend the money coming on-line (no withdrawal facilities). Also when your buyer uses it they will be charged 49p for the privilige. (I've not used it myself, but this is what I have gathered from reading the forums).

One on-line alternative if you are selling to Britain only is eggpay. It is free and easy to use (unlike PPPay).

I haven't had any problems withdrawing my cash from PPPay. My biggest problem is with people trying to pay via this method and then not verifying their accounts. It is a fairly easy way to trade online using PPPay but you MUST remember to:
1) Make sure the account is verified
2) Log in to accept payments when you receive them - this isn't done automatically, and
3) Remember to check the 'pay directly from my PPPay account' when paying for npurchases, which is NOT the default setting, otherwise it debits your card and may charge you a fee for doing so.

That's my experiences with PPPay - it's cheaper than PayPal for small items but you can't accept the money people send you until they verify their card details, for obvious security reasons.

[celticqueen]

Eb*Y have a massive cover picture on a computer magazine this week.I can,t remember the name of it but it,s on sale in tesco's .apparently the mag contains articles about eb*y. I was half tempted to buy it but it cost £5.99. I've never paid that for a magazine in my life! If I was going to spend that much I would spend it on chocolate.LOL

[nykmedia]

Eb*Y have a massive cover picture on a computer magazine this week.I can,t remember the name of it but it,s on sale in tesco's .apparently the mag contains articles about eb*y. I was half tempted to buy it but it cost £5.99. I've never paid that for a magazine in my life! If I was going to spend that much I would spend it on chocolate.LOL

EBid will be on the front page of May edition of 'Now You Know' and it's on the front page of the April edition - and it's FREE :eek:

[celticqueen]

Nykmedia. where can we get a copy?

[nykmedia]

Nykmedia. where can we get a copy?

Now you know I prefer eBid and I am ALWAYS plugging it ... even in my own auctions :cool:

[celticqueen]

Dohh .....Why didn,t I read your link before I posted. I wondered what NKY meant. now I've bought one.

[*artsbanquet*]

The major down-sides to PPPay are that you can only spend the money coming on-line (no withdrawal facilities).

But I've withdrawn funds to my bank account from PPPay loads of times. :confused:

[PremierSelection]

im sure it says on pppay you cant withdraw? do you have to have a special account?

[kengillam]

I've withdrawn money from PPPay to my bank acount as well.

[Rednosty]

I ve only had one payment via PPPay all the time I've been on Ebid so Have not tried to withdraw yet as its not worth it for about £20

[stitchysyl]

I've also withdrawn money from my pppay account to my bank account a few times. Have to say though, that I have had to prod them along to do it in a timely manner...but you can do it. Downside is that there is a minimum fee of 75p.

[mazhells]

Ive had three people want to pay via pppay and each time i couldn't receive the payment so i had to contact the buyers to cancel there payment and in the end was paid through paypal it seems a lot of buyers object to having the penny test done on there accounts this is why they prefer paypal. Ive spent all day taking my pppay option off my site as it has caused me nothing but trouble. i dont know if anyone else out there as had the same problem?

[sandstormatrix]

not to complain, understanding ebid is new in the us, but all i have is lookers and no buyers, even offered some for international delivery, but that doesnt work because of the shipping rates and customs.
To date this site has not made me anything, even lowered some pricing and still nothing.
I do not think it will do well in the US, unless there is some advertising done here, Ive seen nothing going on here.
But then nothing going on on feebay either cannot compete with large chain stores or powersellers, selling for 99 cent bids.
Nowdays its how cheap can i get it, instead of people trying to make the most they can without being overpriced.
My opinion is neither site works 100% well, here its cheaper, there more traffic, but nothing, if they like your item, they will watch it while they hunt for it cheaper, thats whats frustraing on feebay, you think you may have a sale, but it doesnt move from the watcher to be a buyer, that is so frustrating, even worse is when you remember how much you paid for the listing, which is a loss now. So i stick to it since i paid to be platnium

[artlandish]

Hi sandstormatrix,
Don't give up. Ebid is really growing. Hope you don't mind me suggesting that that you increase the font size on your listings as I think they are a little too small and hard to read. :-)