Auction Site Traffic Rankings

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Traffic Rankings for Auction sites, Classified sites,
 and other online sales venues

Traffic rankings (as ranked by Alexa.com) for auction, classified, and other
sales venues.  Use this guide as a good indication of the traffic you can expect to see when
you list on these venues (note Yahoo, Amazon, Overstock, OnSale, and ebay figures are for
total site traffic including non-auctions).

**** =recommended site

general auction, classified, and mall sites as of 10/20/06

Yahoo Auctions 1 (rank includes total site traffic)****
Google Base 3 (rank includes total site traffic)****
ebay.com 13 (rank includes eBay Auctions, half.com, eBay Express, eBay Stores)
Amazon.com Auctions/Marketplace 14 (rank includes total site traffic)****
Craigslist 29 ****
Overstock Auctions 454 (rank includes total site traffic)****
TradeMe 692 (new zealand/australia sellers only) ****
iOffer 1,993 ****
Bidz.com 4,130
uBid 5,220
LiveDeal.com   5,612
AdPost.com   7,349
Buy & Sell Classifieds 8,439 (Canada)
Souq 11,339 (United Arab Emirates)
eBid.net   11,911 (us/uk/canada/australia/ireland) ****
OZtion 12,417 **** (new zealand/australia sellers only)
Loot Classifieds 12,945 (uk)
Bid or Buy 21,166 (South Africa)
eCrater.com 22,903
Sell.com   24,176
LiveDeal Canada 25,857
DomesticSale.com Free Classifieds 26,117
WeBidz.com 32,067
BidVille 32,539
Unique Auction 34,067
BidShot 36,856 (Philippines)
(Wagglepop 45,356 Avoid--not recommended . Site engages in heavy censorship on its forums. In 2005 the site left thousands of sellers stranded when it closed its doors on 2 hours notice.  Lied about the deletion of user info after February 2005 close.  Reopened in May 2006. Ownership info on domain whois records is hidden)
QXL UK 46,427 (uk) ****
Mighty Bids 50,423
BuySellCommunity.com 53,596
Auction.ph 57,276 (Philippines)
Postaroo 61,930
CQ Out 71,050 (uk)
Bid-A-Lot 75,634
Tazbar 79,308
BluJay  81,800 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
Auction Warehouse 81,950
ePier 82,383
OnlineAuction.com   85,328
AuctionFire 85,567
Underbid 94,451
Bidders n Sellers 103,931 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
InterShopZone 134,713
SwapAce 137,192
SwapThing 141,864
(HiBidder 147,311 Avoid--not recommended   
Loud Frog.com 158,338
Squeagle Auctions 170,515
Auction.com 175,302
BidOnUSA 232,071
iBidFree.com 236,531
BuyBelowCost.com 272,153
PlunderHere Auction 273,524 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
Bid Monkey 279,174 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
Baymore Auctions 322,367
Pricester 329,331
WhaBam! 363,132
AuctionAddict 389,760
BuySellTrades.com 500,219 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
CallHarry.com 509,760
AtOncer 532,251
OneWay.co.nz 545,308 (New Zealand/US/UK)
Swap and Save 567,821
Bidera 594,937
TheAuctionMan.net 609,352
AusAuction 615,611 (Australia)
Usellit4free.com 622,234
Shabid's Live Online Auctions 640,980
AuctionCities.com 648,754 (ex BidBay/AuctionDiner/BidWay)
ThriftyBidder.com 663,655
uTrove.com 744,186
BidUpToday 750,899 (uk)
Trade Anything 858,188 (New Zealand)
Quty 877,217 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
eAuctionWorld 907,148
EuroBid.com 1,108,937 (Europe, English language)
Romahawk Auctions 1,139,694
7Bids.com 1,194,794
QuicklySell 1,208,618
FreeDayAuctions.com  1,738,024
BidSafari[/url] 1,738,183 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden
52Marketplace.com 1,752,721
Abidders.com 2,231,471
PriceTag.com 2,328,343
TraderZoo.com 4,281,064
BigSpeedy.com 6,107,454 ownership info on domain whois records is hidden


specialized sites as of 2/12/06

Alibaba 26 (b2b) ****
Sedo.com 592 (domain names) ****
Autotrader.com 614 (autos)
AbeBooks.com 1,590 (books) ****
Alibris 2,330 (books/music) ****
AfterNic 2,677 (domain names) ****
Liquidation.com 4,221 (b2b business surplus)
RubyLane 7,186 (collectibles mall)
GunBroker.com 7,377 (firearms and accessories, archery, paintball)
Tias.com 9,393 (antiques mall)
AutoTrader.ca 9,907  (auto classifieds,canada)
Etsy 10,215 (handmade items) ****
BrickLink.com  13,350 (Lego)
Biblio.com 14,278 (books)
Property Room   15,353 (property)
Bid4Assets.com  17,076 (property)
Gemm.com   18,858 (music/books/movies) ****
TextBookX.com  20,656 (textbooks)
ChooseYourItem.com 24,226 (autos/classifieds)
FreeCycle 26,124 (local free items)
Delcampe 30,938 (stamps, coins, cards) ****
AuctionArms.com 31,438 (firearms)
NaughtyBids 34,573 (adult)
eBanned.net 44,316 (adult)
PlayerAuctions.com 48,634 (games)
XSNitro 49,624 (motorcycles, automotive related)
Barter Bee 52,428 (swap movies/music/games)
AquaBid 53,359 (aquarium fish and supplies)
Iron Planet 87,876 (b2b heavy equipment)
Teletrade 103,889 (coins, sports cards/sports memorabilia)
BargainTraderOnline.com 107,951 (collectibles/classifieds)
OldAndSold.com 113,866 (antiques)
NetInstruments Classifieds 116,502 (musical instruments)
Card Avenue 116,746  (gift cards)
eHotBid.com 125,535 (jewelry, gems)
JustBeads 135,799 (beads)
EggBid 139,709 (bird and egg-related)
WhyBidMore 143,010 (collectibles, antiques)
AllMusicSearch.com Music Auctions and Classifieds 198,275 (music)(rank includes total site traffic)
ArtByUs 245,561 (art)
Popula.com 306,432 (vintage, antiques, collectibles)
Playle Auctions 330,363 (postcards)
GothicAuctions 382,547 (gothic)
MetaExchange.com 449,060 (toys, beanies, barbies, trading cards)
BuyNSellIt.com 561,389 (toys, collectibles, antiques)
BladeAuction 567,027 (knifes)
PotteryAuction.com 723,878 (pottery)
Toymart Toy Auctions   834,534 (toys)
JustGlassMall 898,601 (glassware mall/auctions)
TheKnifeAuction.com   979,522 (knifes)
SewBid Craft Auctions 1,021,478 (sewing, crafts)
Tack Auction 1,035,185 (horses, tack, equipment)
KidSwap.ca 1,066,037 (Canada, children's clothing)
AuctionWitch 1,370,189 (pagan, metaphysical)
Choo Choo Auctions 1,448,951 (toy trains)
Stamp Head Auctions 2,900,080 (stamps)

Non-English Language as of 10/12/06

Taobao (Alibaba) 21 (Chinese language: China)
Allegro 121 (Polish language: Poland)
PaiPai (TenCent) 137 (Chinese language: China)
GMarket 528 (Korean language: Korea)
DeRemate Argentina (DeRemate) 845(Spanish language: Argentina)
DeRemate Chile (DeRemate) 1,096(Spanish language: Chile)
Marktplaats 1,724 (Dutch language: Netherlands)
Loquo Spain 1,946 (Spanish language: Spain, classifieds)
Tradera 2,259 (Swedish/some English language: Sweden)
Aukro 3,729 (Czech language: Czech Republic)
Ricardo.ch (QXL) 3,920 (German/French language: Switzerland)
QXL Denmark 5,863 (Danish language: Denmark)
DeRemate Mexico (DeRemate) 6,595 (Spanish language: Mexico)
DeRemate 8,347 (Spanish Language: USA,Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico)
Okazii.ro 10,347 (Romanian language: Romania)
Vatera 10,832 (Hungarian language: Hungary)
Huuto.net 13,346(Finnish language: Finland)
QXL Norway 13,653 (Norwegian language: Norway)
Intoko Turkey 16,448(Turkish language: Turkey, classifieds)
DeRemate Venezuela (DeRemate) 17,316 (Spanish language: Venezuela)
DeRemate Colombia (DeRemate) 20,432 (Spanish language: Colombia)
Hood.de 54,984 (German language: Germany)
Arremate Brazil (DeRemate) 59,418 (Portugese language: Brazil)
Aukcje24.pl (QXL)60,781 (Polish language: Poland)
Gul&Gratis 61,822 (Danish language: Denmark, classifieds)
Aucland (QXL) 65,752 (French language: France)
DeRemate Uruguay (DeRemate) 123,146 (Spanish language: Uruguay)
QXL Italy 146,519 (Italian language: Italy)
Yezzz! 148,283 (Dutch/French language: Belgium)
QXL Sweden 185,884 (Swedish language: Sweden)
A123 China Online Auction 197,813 (Chinese language:China)
Qoop 215,023 (Dutch language: Netherlands)
Auxion 393,451 (German language: Germany)
Echtwahr 3,980,625 (German language:Germany)
DanAuktion 2,266,044 (Danish language: Denmark)

auction metasearch engines as of 4/8/06

BidFind 127,737

online auction industry newsletters as of 4/8/06

The Auction Guild 409,102

forums as of 4/8/06

TulipTools  62,912

beating eBay as of 2/12/06
CHINA: Taobao 18 eBay 52 PaiPai 468
NEW ZEALAND: TradeMe 735 eBay 963,298
POLAND: Allegro 782 eBay 17,019
SWITZERLAND: Ricardo (QXL) 2,311 eBay 3,477
JAPAN: Yahoo Auctions (no traffic breakdown for Auctions) eBay (closed site.  pulled out of Japan)
SINGAPORE : Yahoo  (no traffic figures for auctions) 392,000 listings  eBay 78,000 listings (Alexa rank 11,241)
HONG KONG: Yahoo (no traffic figures for auctions) 1.45 million listings eBay 290,000 listings (Alexa rank 4,297)
TAIWAN:(no traffic figures) : Yahoo 3.08 million listings eBay 0.95 million listings





copyright TulipTools Corp 2005-2006

[mandy]

We will be updating these charts in the coming weeks to clearly indicate auction sites which have hidden their ownership information on their domain name WHOIS records. 

Clickable links will no longer be provided to auction sites which are using a privacy guard and have hidden their ownership and contact info on their WHOIS records. 

[mandy]

It's been almost 2 years since we updated this chart.  The chart was originally started  by BBH at FAS in October 2004 and he brought it to TT in May 2005 when he manifestoed from FAS but none of us have had time to keep it updated.

You may want to try the 'Channel Traffic Rankings' chart at Flunkies of Fiction for a more current traffic comparison of online selling channels.  Flunkies of Fiction is a new blog started by an outspoken eBay Platinum PowerSeller who wishes to remain anonymous.

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