While it’s not difficult to get to grips with the basics of listing on Amazon, figuring out more advanced techniques to help you stand out from thousands of other sellers is not so easy. However, help is at hand (more…)

Although no other online auction site comes even close to generating the amount of traffic that eBay does, there is an eBay alternative which overtook eBay in the traffic ratings in the run up to Christmas 2007. That site was (more…)

I have been using eBay since 2001 and have never really been tempted to try out any of the other online auction websites. To some extent, this is due to complacency - I’m familiar with eBay so why come out of my comfort zone to try something new? - but the main reason I’ve stuck with it is the indisputable fact that the amount of traffic attracted by eBay far exceeds that of any other online auction site.

However, I am less than happy with several of the policy changes that have been made over the past few months, and I feel that eBay’s attitude to it’s sellers has become increasingly contemptuous, so I decided to take a look at some of the eBay alternatives.
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