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adam7436

Hello guys,
I did post this in the discount section but though I'd stick it here too. If you enter the voucher 'e453771eea66' when listing on grabthatonline.co.uk you get the listing free and can be used unlimited times. This code expires end of april though. Also when signing up you get £1 for future listing fees.

ArmitageShanks

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

adam7436

ArmitageShanks wrote: »

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

is that sarcasm? if so it suppose the £1 is better than a kick up the bum.

soolin

I'm sure a discount would be very useful for anyone who has ever heard of the website, so hopefully someone will use it.

adam7436

soolin wrote: »

I'm sure a discount would be very useful for anyone who has ever heard of the website, so hopefully someone will use it.

well the auction site is new which is why the offer is on, i guess to get people listing and kick start the site.

custardy

so they charge?
never gonna make it

adam7436

custardy wrote: »

so they charge?
never gonna make it

they do charge but they are offering free listing fees when putting in the voucher code.

soolin

adam7436 wrote: »

they do charge but they are offering free listing fees when putting in the voucher code.

Unfortunately that puts them way down the stakes then for any hope of getting off the ground. New auction sites start up every week, many get posted on here and then go off and die a few months later. Anyone entering a very crowded market needs a real hook to get people, or a niche to take part of an untapped market.

Realistically these micro sites are not attempting to take business from ebay, instead they are aiming at the other established sites like ebid. However ebid is well established, has been going for many years and had a no listing fee policy so that puts a competitor out of the running straight away.

I fear this will be another site we won't hear of after this thread.

StaffsSW

All new auction sites seem to think that targetting sellers which cheap access is the key to success.

It's not. Far from it.

Sellers are more interested in potential buyers than fees, but it's only eBay that seem to be actively reaching out to get new/more buyers at the moment. Guess where I'm spending the bulk of my time and effort?

adam7436

stevew8975 wrote: »

All new auction sites seem to think that targetting sellers which cheap access is the key to success.

It's not. Far from it.

Sellers are more interested in potential buyers than fees, but it's only eBay that seem to be actively reaching out to get new/more buyers at the moment. Guess where I'm spending the bulk of my time and effort?

That is a very good point. However what if you have limited sellers? Then there really is no need for buyers...

ArmitageShanks

I wont spend precious time listing on a site which has absolutely no evidence of having any customers.

Once upon a time when there was one market the buyers came to the sellers, now there is multiple and the sellers go to the buyers.