Friday, February 15, 2008

Tired of losing auctions on eBay?

Everyone who has an internet account the world over has heard of eBay. Well I'm assuming everyone has anyway. The problem with eBay these days though is there is just way to much competition if you are looking for some good bargains.

You know how it is, you come across something that has 4 hours left to go with nil bids, nil watchers and is still on offer at $0.99. You place a bid thinking what a bargain only to find that by the time the auction has ended you have lost the bargain as about 30 other people have found the bargain and bid way more than you were prepared to pay for the item.

Well, if you like looking for bargains, then I think I've found a site that could be of interest to you. It's called AuctionBidz. It's been around a little while now, but still has less than 10,000 people in it's membership. Don't let that fool you into thinking that it's a waste of time though. Personally I've picked up some pretty good bargains. For example, digital video camera's at $0.99 with $20 freight. DVD's at $1.99 with $4.95 freight the list could go on for some time. But because there are fewer bidders, the chances of getting a real good bargain are fairly good. I'll admit that if you are looking to sell on their at the moment, it's probably not the best market, but that will change I would think in the next 12 - 18 months as the advertising of the site is ramped up.

There is an opportunity to make some money out of this for you though, and I'm some people reading this have already realised where the current potential lies. If I'm the sole bidder for a digital video camera at $0.99 with $20 freight, and have been outbid for the same camera on eBay where it sold for $80+ (not including freight) then if I relist the same item on eBay when I receive it in the post, then I stand to make a tidy little profit. Do it often enough and you could soon find a sizable amount in your bank account.

AuctionBidz is free to join and list items if you are interested in selling and you can list an item to relist automatically relist if not sold for up to 50 times. Basically this could mean that without you needing to actually go onto the site every week you could list an item to sell and if it takes 4 months to sell, it doesn't matter. it will cost you nothing and will not take up any of your time. If, like me, you sell digital products (such as ebooks) then you can list a multiple item sale with a buy it now price and it will keep on listing for up to 12 months until all the copies have sold without you needing to do anything more than make you initial listing.

Well, that's enough from me on the subject, have a look yourself. As I often say, what's taking a look going to cost you other than 5 - 10 minutes of your day?

Regards,Scott

P.S. don't forget, it's totally free to join AuctionBidz.