When we think of "online auctions" the first website that comes to mind is Ebay, which is pretty accurate since Ebay is the largest online auction site in the world. But what else is out there? And how to they compare to Ebay?
The Top Ten Auctions Sites are...
1. Ebay (no surprises here)
2. WebStore
3. OnlineAuction
4. OZtion
5. Overstock
6. WeBidz
7. CQout
8. uBid
9. ePier
10. Auction-Warehouse
(http://online-auction-sites.toptenreviews.com/)
So what makes these websites different from each other? For the most part, these sites are all pretty similar to one another, being that they are in the same niche industry, but each site has something unique about it. For example, ePier is the only one that has "pay-per-bid," which allows you to buy a "pack" of bids for a specific price. Also, uBid is the only site that does not have an advanced search algorithm or the ability to leave feedback, which may have something to do with it being toward the bottom of this list. CQout is the only site that does not allow the bidder to see the previous bids and bid amounts on the item. A few of these sites have registration fees, OnlineAuction charges $8 monthly and the other two (WeBidz and CQout) charge a one-time registration fee, but the rest of the Top Tens offer free registration, which is a convenient feature.
ePier is a novelty idea that is similar to other bidding sites, probably ones that just didn't make the top 10 auction sites online. Personally, I have used QuiBids.com. The idea of "pay per bid" was a foreign one to me at first, with myself being an avid eBayer since the age of 14. The pay per bid idea is that you can "purchase" bids, which you can then use to bid on the item that you want to purchase.
ReplyDeleteThis makes items go for incredibly cheap. I know on QuiBids, my dad bought a MacBook computer for $350. His bidding prices was only $190, and then the costs of his bids made up the rest of the $350. Items are still bid on incredibly cheap, just in a different manner than eBay. The other thing about QuiBids is users do not post items for sale, the website posts them and the user bids on the items. Signing up for QuiBids is free, you just have to pay for your bids and the items!
There are so many online auctions I never knew where to start. But I saw on television about Quibids. I thought great! I'll get an iPAD for $3.76 too! But, no. I lost 15 bucks for trying to win the millions of other people who watched the advertising on television. Lame. I'm never going on those sites again.
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