08-01-2005, 06:45 PM
7 months after eBay's fee increase announcement, the most successful new US auction sites are a pair that did not engage in endless forum spamming...er, advertisment of their sites through posts on OAI boards: eBid.tv's US site with over 100,000 listings and WeBidz (WeBidz did recently get its own forum on PSU though). BidChaser, OnlineAuction.com, and theAuctionMan have enjoyed lesser success, but the 3 sites are not technically new .
The most prolific forum spammers ...err OAI forum advertisers, have not lived up to the hype of their forum posts:
Wagglepop-closed
BidZig-closed
iCell.biz-closed
FeeAlt/GoShopGirl-16 listings
R*n*bay/eD*bz-39 listings
Lunarbid-74 listings
Many of the sellers who put their faith in the January/February chatboard hype ended up being driven back to eBay when their expectations were dashed and the much hyped auction sites turned out to be nothing more than a smelly pile of crap.
Every year, the same story happens with sellers being led to message board hyped auction sites that don't have a chance while they completely ignore the auction sites which could provide a viable alternative (i.e. sales)...and every year the failure of this forum hype to become reality causes many sellers return to eBay with the mistaken belief that there is no life (i.e. sales) anywhere but on eBay.
The moral of the story: forum spamming auction site owners over the years have done more to drive sellers back to eBay and help eBay keep its monopoly of the US auction market than any advertising eBay could possible buy.
The most prolific forum spammers ...err OAI forum advertisers, have not lived up to the hype of their forum posts:
Wagglepop-closed
BidZig-closed
iCell.biz-closed
FeeAlt/GoShopGirl-16 listings
R*n*bay/eD*bz-39 listings
Lunarbid-74 listings
Many of the sellers who put their faith in the January/February chatboard hype ended up being driven back to eBay when their expectations were dashed and the much hyped auction sites turned out to be nothing more than a smelly pile of crap.
Every year, the same story happens with sellers being led to message board hyped auction sites that don't have a chance while they completely ignore the auction sites which could provide a viable alternative (i.e. sales)...and every year the failure of this forum hype to become reality causes many sellers return to eBay with the mistaken belief that there is no life (i.e. sales) anywhere but on eBay.
The moral of the story: forum spamming auction site owners over the years have done more to drive sellers back to eBay and help eBay keep its monopoly of the US auction market than any advertising eBay could possible buy.