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04-20-2008, 08:48 AM,
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Auctionbytes review of iOffer:

Quote:Like any online business, iOffer has faced a series of other challenges. One is adverse selection: buyers attracted by the free listings but whose merchandise simply wasn't desirable. "We had one seller who listed around 20,000 items," recalls Boyce. "Only half had a picture. Some photos were blurry, and some listings only had three-word descriptions. He never sold a single item." The problem is not only attracting sellers with good inventory, but simply having an adequate mix of buyers and sellers, he adds.

Boyce believes that the computer has replaced the TV as the major form of entertainment, and the key is embracing the whole mobile connectivity. "We see a lot more consumers online everywhere. Most phones have the capacity to get online and take a picture, so we have a notification feature that lets sellers be connected all the time," he says, adding that the feature is still in beta testing. iOffer sends notifications to buyers and sellers, and plans to enable sellers to list items for sale from their mobile phones...

full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208...bu0213/s03
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The reviewer failed to mention iOffers #1 feature:

COUNTERFEITS!
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i>
-KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006

<i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i>
-Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008

Some people have it like that, others don’t. I do.
-Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008.

How does an auction site get buyers?
-question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008

How do I get sales?
-question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009.

I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers
are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information

-owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009
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Their failure to do anything about that "#1 feature" is the primary reason we stopped listing there a few years ago.
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