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Our Top Pick Alternative Auction Sites

(These Auction Sites we use or have used ourselves.)

overstock.com

Over Stock is your Online Outlet.
        
        Overstock.com Advantage:

Overstock.com’s business model enables us to offer the lowest prices on the web. Therefore, our prices are far lower than other online merchants. For example, the majority of our book prices are well below those prices listed on Amazon.com. These features make our visitor-to-sale conversion rate extremely high.

Overstock.com has a team of nine professionals dedicated to working directly with hundreds of affiliates in our affiliate community. Overstock.com affiliate professionals specialize in one or more of our different shopping categories, and use their expertise to help niche affiliates merchandise and enhance their respective sites.

Thousands of Popular Brand Names:
Overstock.com shoppers can't believe the deals they find on thousands of quality brand-name items in each of our departments! From electronics to bedding, Overstock.com has something for each gender, age group, and interest level. What will visitors to your site buy today?

Associate With a Top 20 Online Store:
Overstock.com consistently ranks among the top 20 most visited online shopping sites and attracts over 10 million unique visitors per month*. More importantly, we continue to capture an increasing share of total online purchases with each strategic business development. Recent developments include Overstock Auctions, Club O.

*(Source: Comscore Online/Hitwise)

Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed:

While listening to customers' comments through post-purchase surveys, we can clearly conclude: Overstock.com shoppers are VERY satisfied customers! Be assured that visitors you refer to Overstock.com will revel in our low prices, great selection, low shipping charge, and quality customer service.

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ubid.com/ ubid ratings

What’s New?

* Auction alert daily or weekly newsletter
    * uBid Certified Merchant program to prevent seller fraud
    * Search by brands, including Sony, Dell, and Apple

6Star Reviews Favorite Feature

Express auctions - Unique auctions lasting only 30 minutes with bids starting at $1, so if you love the feeling of beating out other bidders, but don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a purchase, this would be perfect for you.

Ubid Features:

* Warranties on most products sold
    * Ubuyitnow option - skip the online auction process by paying a set price determined by the seller.
    * Certified Merchant Program-Products sold by approved sellers, not just your average Joe.

Navigating the uBid website:

We thought their website was fairly easy to navigate, with most important links displayed in neat tabs. However, there were a lot of ads and images, so if you’re easily distracted by a busy site feel, you might want to look elsewhere. To find a product at Ubid, you can start by entering the name of the product in the search box on the main page.  You can further narrow down your results by searching only in one category using the pull-down menu.  If you’re only window shopping, you can browse the categories listed in the left hand margin.

Buying on uBid:

Placing your bid on this online auction can be a little more complicated than at some of their competitions’ websites.  You’ll need to select a quantity (if more than one particular item is available), then hit “Continue” on the item page.  After that, you’ll have more choices to make, including where to have the item shipped if you win or whether you want to purchase an extended warranty on the merchandise. Once you’ve placed a bid, you’ll be notified if you’ve been outbid on an auction.  If that happens within the last ten minutes of the auction, the closing time can be extended for up to 10 minutes to allow additional bidding.  Auction winners are notified via email.

Selling on uBid:

If you choose to sell through this online auction, you must first sign up through their Certified Merchants Program. Although this may seem a bit drastic, it is only to protect uBid’s online community from fraud and scandal. Simply click on ‘Sell on uBid’ and you will be asked to fill out a fairly self explanatory application. Be sure to include and have information like social security number, business references, a valid credit card and bank account information close by.

Selection:

uBid offers products in almost a dozen different categories, including a miscellaneous “Everything else” category.  In comparison to Ebay’s selection, uBid’s options are pretty limited.  A search for the hard to find Wii video game console turned up 29 results, but only one was for the console and that auction was closed five days before it was supposed to end.  Ebay, on the other hand, offered more than 14,000 results and over 1,000 of those results were for console auctions still in progress.  In comparison, a search for “diamond jewelry” turned up just under 1,100 results while it generated over 40,000 results on Ebay. Still, we feel you have a good chance of finding some great and even obscure objects through the uBid online auction.

Buyer Protection:

uBid is dedicated to providing buyers with a safe shopping experience.  As part of their no-fraud guarantee, uBid has an extensive screening process they use for all of their sellers, in order to prevent criminal activity and con’s from staking claim on your cash.  They also provide warranties on most of their products and have a clear return policy that is not merchant-dependent.

Pricing:

Buyers can register, bid, and purchase items through uBid for free.  Sellers can register, become certified merchants, and even list items on the site to sell without paying a single penny. However, sellers do pay a percentage of the final selling price to uBid as a fee, which is normal for online auctions.  The percentage is determined by the final cost.

* Final price up to $25 – 12.5%
    * Final price between $26 and $250 – 10%
    * Final price between $251 and $500 – 7.5%
    * Final price between $501 and $1000 – 5%
    * Final price over $1000 – 2.5%

Customer Support:

uBid provides customer support through a FAQ’s section, online contact form, and by telephone.  The FAQ’s do provide good answers and are fairly plentiful.  They address most of the common questions buyers and sellers would have about the site.  Email support was not effective, however.  We did receive an answer to our inquiry within 24 hours, but the answer did not address our questions.  Instead, it was simply a cut and paste sales pitch promoting their seller services.  When we contacted uBid by phone, we were placed on hold for five minutes, and still had some wait time before our we were “helped” by an unfriendly representative. Our team was thoroughly disappointed in their customer support experience.

Upside:

Certified Merchants program for fraud-free auctions.  Reasonable seller fees.

Downside:

Disappointing customer service by phone and by email.  Limited selection.

Summary:

All in all, we thought that uBid was a pretty good online auction. Despite having some of the worst customer service we’ve encountered in our online auction reviews, we feel their actual service is decent. You shouldn’t run into too many issues when navigating the intuitive website, as its interface was organized in a succinct manner. We liked the search results we were provided and enjoyed how current winning bid lists and product descriptions were neatly arranged. The Certified Merchants program was definitely a bonus, as no one likes to order from a seller that doesn’t have a proven track record. For those of you who don’t want to bid in an auction, you can participate in ‘Ubuyitnow’ and directly purchase an item you can’t live without. We recommend this online auction to novice and experienced buyers and sellers.

epier.com

ePier has successfully jam-packed many usable links and featured items onto their front page. Clearly, ePier wishes to provide auction site information to the users of ePier, and with a link to the ePier "Sales History", viewers can learn the volume of sales and other activity at this auction site, such as negative feedback for sellers, total sales dollars per day, etc. Aside from the basic auction site features, ePier provides a Featured Sellers box showing seller IDs with feedback, a User Gallery, and Top 5 Users section. An additional nifty feature is a prominent front page link to the ePier Seller Of The Day.

Worth noting:
* A Top 5 Users section, with a link to the auction listings of those users (typically sellers listing a volume of auction items)
* A "What's New" section on ePier's front page, allowing viewers to see the latest improvements or features.
* A Suggestion Box located at the top of the ePier front page

Fee or Free? FEES (no listing fees, final sales fee is a low 2.5%)
Immediate Purchase of Item? Yes, with "Buy Now"
Auction Listings? Yes
Storefronts Available? YEs
Want Ads Available? Yes, using a link provided at the top of ePier's front page. The Epier site has lots of potential. It has very low FV fees. It is very easy to navigate, intuitive and similar in some ways to eBay. (It even has an Epier MySpace built into the site which could become popular in time.)

One useful feature, if a buyer does not pay, it is relatively easy to get your FV fee back quickly. The sites loads quickly and easily. However, one of the best features for me is that photos upload quickly and in better resolution than eBay in my opinion. There is no limit to the number of quality photos you can upload, store and post at Epier.

Another great feature of Epier is the way each persons list of auctions is displayed with thumbnails that appears to look the seller's own (free) store with the sellers photo at the top.

Good Auction Sites

(These are sites we have visited and rate as Good all around)

dealgates.com

bidville.com

CQout.com

From CQout FAQ Page:
   
CQout is an International online market place and auction community, where we'll help to  "Seek You Out" a real bargain !

The service was launched in Dec 1999 and has since gained the reputation of the "Most Trusted Online Auction Site".
CQout offers you the opportunity to buy or sell items, via auction, to the largest audience available - the Internet Community. We have registered users from over 80 countries around the world. If you've never used an online auction before, try it once with that old Lego your kids don't play with any more, the Star Wars toys that you're sure must be of value to someone, but you're not quite sure who, or even the saxophone that seemed like such a good idea last year.

CQout is committed to ensuring that its internet auction site is a secure, reliable and easy place to trade on the Internet. To ensure this, anyone selling an item through CQout must first register with us and be verified as 'bona fide' by our rigorous user validation procedures.

You can find us on the web at:  
www.CQout.com
www.CQout.co.uk
www.CQout.ie
www.seekyouout.co.uk

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From Wagglepop About Page:
  
  The Revolution has arrived.

Online auctions, in fact almost all online buying and selling venues are still operating today almost exactly as they did about ten years ago. In many regards, that is a good thing, as it proves that buying and selling online is a convenient, valid way for buyers and sellers to meet, and transact.

However, there are some things which simply are not good, including:

* Outrageous selling fees, which are passed on to the consumer leading to higher prices for buyers
    * Confusing site navigation
    * Limited sets of tools for buyers and sellers to use when transacting
    * Participation without representation

Maybe it is honest oversight on the part of current venues to leave these points unaddressed ..... or perhaps it is something else.

Sometimes, things just need to change. And that's where Wagglepop comes in.

Welcome to The Revolution.

Company Overview

Initially founded in early 2005, Wagglepop is today offered as the online auction alternative for fair and affordable ecommerce in the 21st century, particularly for smaller, independent sellers. Wagglepop is a 100% trust-based community, which rewards honest and committed buyers and sellers with a more trusting, freedom based environment.

We believe that when you expect the best from people, you'll get the best from people.

Our Mission

Wagglepop's mission is to provide a fair and affordable trading environment, within a community based on trust and representation.

The Marketplace

People can come to Wagglepop to buy and sell items in thousands of different categories, featuring thousands of different items including sports memorabilia, antiques, postcards, clothing, electronics, books and just about anything else!

Although Wagglepop is primarily a U.S. based marketplace, buyers and sellers from Canada and the U.K. are welcome to do exactly that: buy and sell.

There are many different buying and selling options on Wagglepop, including Online Auction format, Online Auctions with the Buy It Now option, and OneBid Instant Purchase items which allow buyers to win and purchase an item using this format with just one bid!

Additionally, Wagglepop features the Red Carpet Customer Program and Buy More Now, both major tools in Wagglepop Stores featuring the BusinessBuilder suite of advanced selling tools. These components will help buyers save time and money, and help sellers reward and retain customers while selling more.

Representation

As a place to buy and sell, nothing could be more important than to ensure that Wagglepop is a marketplace that is in touch with the needs and wants of its members, and that those needs and wants are represented in a meaningful manner.

Although we try to always understand and react to the needs of the overall community, we also feel it is important that there be an explicit method for the community to have a voice in the ways in which Wagglepop behaves, grows and evolves.

To that end, we will soon be introducing the "We The People" Program, which will provide a system by which representative members are chosen, and whose thoughts, ideas and feedback will help change Wagglepop in the most effective ways possible.

Philosophy,  Features & Advantages

Click here to learn more about Wagglepop's overall philosophy, and view a basic overview of our competitive features and advantages.

Core Values & Beliefs

Wagglepop is a community that believes in four fundamental principles:
	Trust
Simply stated, without trust there could never be a single transaction on Wagglepop. Trust between buyer and seller. Trust between membership and Wagglepop. We believe that all people deserve to be trusted on merit, and that that extension of trust will be rewarded.
	Fairness
Buying and selling by its very nature is competitive, and without fairness, there cannot be genuine competition. We believe that a lower, fair fee structure promotes lower, better prices for buyers, more profit for the sellers doing the work, and that it attracts more of the general online marketplace.
	Integrity
Integrity in an online marketplace can best be defined as good intentions backed by action. If you promise something, keep that promise. If you sell something, deliver it as described and in timely fashion. If you buy something, pay for it within the timeframe and via one of the payment methods specified by the seller. We believe that buyers and sellers understand the meaning of integrity, and will exhibit it in all regards when using Wagglepop.
	Personal Responsibility
It has been said that the price we pay for freedom is not free, it is the exhibit of personal responsibility. You are indeed at liberty to buy and sell on Wagglepop (within the confines of the User Agreement) - to set your own terms and prices when selling, to pay your seller's invoice only after you've received it and actively authorized its payment, and to engage other community members in both commerce and conversation. In exchange, your personal responsibility is to be courteous, to be respectful, to be polite, and to generally behave in the ways that we all know to be decent and proper, even when disagreeing or in the event of a misunderstanding. We believe that people have the proper sense of, and will display, their personal responsibility without question when using Wagglepop.

Core Commitments

Wagglepop pledges the following as Core Commitments to membership:
	We pledge to always do our very best to make and keep Wagglepop a viable marketplace.
	We pledge to always have the best interest of membership at heart when making decisions that affect membership.
	We pledge to provide customer support as needed, when needed, to the very best of our abilities.
	We pledge to always keep Wagglepop a friendly, member-centric community based on our four fundamental principles: Trust, Fairness, Integrity, and Personal Responsibility.

inetbid.com

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ecrater.com

From ecrater FAQ page:
   
   What exactly is eCRATER.com?
   
eCRATER.com is 2 things in one. First, it is a 100% free online marketplace. Second it is a free ecommerce website builder. When sellers register with eCRATER they receive customizable free online stores. In addition, all products get listed in our free online marketplace.

How much does it cost to have a store at eCRATER.com?

Your eCRATER store is offered to you at no charge. It will remain free, which means sellers will always get a 100% of their sales. A step in the development of the site is the introduction of premium product positions. With that, charges will apply only to sellers that are willing to advertise their products so they appear in premium positions in the corresponding categories.

What software do I need to run my store?

There are no software requirements to build and manage your store. Use your web browser and Internet connection. Currently, eCRATER is optimized for the following browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera, Safari & Konqueror.

How many products does eCRATER support?
   
Your eCRATER Web Store supports unlimited number of products.

Does eCRATER support Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption?

Yes. SSL (secure order protection, secure certificate or digital certificate) is a protocol for securely encrypting and transmitting electronic information between web servers across the Internet, and is the most popular method for ensuring the secure transmission of information. A locked security icon on the browser shows that the connection is encrypted.

Can I use my own domain name?
   
You can point your existing domain name to your eCRATER store through a forwarding option (offered by your domain provider). You can use URL masking as well.

blujay.com

From blujay About page:
   
   About Us

Welcome to blujay.com your 100% free online classified marketplace. Our idea is simple, why pay Ebay when you can sell for free? This question reflects our attitude about selling online. And that is why sellers can post unlimited ads, 4 photos per ad, with up to 180 day listing periods all for free. And every blujay member gets an online webstore to showcase their items.

We are a banner advertiser supported service and do not believe in baiting and switching. blujay will always be free for buyers and sellers. We are growing. Become a member, start selling for free today.

Privacy
blujay believes in protecting your information. We will not provide your information to any third party. Read our privacy policy for details.

Email Policy
Users should only be contacted using the contact form for information on buying their items for sale. Under no other circumstances should our users be contacted. This is outlined in our terms of service.

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