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Ebay Alternatives : Where Else Is It Possible To Sell? eBay Alternatives : Where Else are you able to Sell? The e-commerce landscape is changing. Ebay may have been the only game in town when that came to online auctions 8 years ago... But nowadays there are a raft regarding options out there so that you can choose from. Mobilephone02 gives you the products, descriptions, and also blind drop- ship support... NOw all you have to accomplish is go out to internet websites and sell for profit! That's not to say that eBay didn't have got any competition long ago then. There were many online auction houses and also classified sites to pick from in the 1990's however they just couldn't take on eBay when that came to traffic. Ebay was also being great to its retailers then. But that has been then and this has become. Other e-commerce websites are starting to take some market share from eBay. 1 reason for the seller and also buyer drift from eBay may be brought on by eBay executives sudden case of power intoxication. The ebay board has recently executed sweeping changes to policy and procedures , changes many retailers think were designed to : Squeeze more money out from the sellers using the web site Push the little person from the site Just irritate the retailers on the site Here are simply some of the changes ebay has put into invest the last five years: Numerous increases in fees Sellers are no longer capable of leave neutral or negative feedback on buyers accounts Pressure in Australia, the UK now the US to get Paypal as the only digital payment system on the webpage. Higher volume retailers get discounts and also added benefits for staying with the site EBooks along with other non-physical items cannot be auctioned Other part-time sellers have also commented on a spotty customer support record and propensity to

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Ebay Alternatives : Where Else Is It Possible To Sell?

eBay Alternatives : Where Else are you able to Sell?

The e-commerce landscape is changing. Ebay may have been the only game in town when that

came to online auctions 8 years ago... But nowadays there are a raft regarding options out there so

that you can choose from. Mobilephone02 gives you the products, descriptions, and also blind drop-

ship support... NOw all you have to accomplish is go out to internet websites and sell for profit!

That's not to say that eBay didn't have got any competition long ago then. There were many online

auction houses and also classified sites to pick from in the 1990's however they just couldn't take on

eBay when that came to traffic. Ebay was also being great to its retailers then.

But that has been then and this has become. Other e-commerce websites are starting to take some

market share from eBay. 1 reason for the seller and also buyer drift from eBay may be brought on by

eBay executives sudden case of power intoxication. The ebay board has recently executed sweeping

changes to policy and procedures , changes many retailers think were designed to : Squeeze more money out from the sellers using the web site Push the little person from the site Just irritate the retailers on the site Here are simply some of the changes ebay has put into invest the last five years: Numerous increases in fees Sellers are no longer capable of leave neutral or negative feedback on buyers accounts Pressure in Australia, the UK now the US to get Paypal as the only digital payment system on thewebpage. Higher volume retailers get discounts and also added benefits for staying with the site EBooks along with other non-physical items cannot be auctioned Other part-time sellers have also commented on a spotty customer support record and propensity to

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cancel balances with no disclosed reason and make it difficult for the person to re-open them. That becoming said there are still handful of better places to bring traffic to your own e-commerce siteor online store as there are a still numerous people shopping on eBay. If you are looking to boycott ebay or get out of ebay completely (just because you believe that eBayhurts and not for the ebay boycott), Or you desire to put your offspring in some other sale basketsthen here is a list of more than fifty sites that you might desire to check out: List Of Websites Click on the webpage to learn more about that e-commerce website Adflyers c-list Overstock All buyers De Remate Oztion Altec Trader de Reto Ozebid Amazon Ebid Plunderhere Auction Ecrater QX bet Auction Addict Epier QXL Auction Bidz Fia Ola dark red Lane Auction mission Google Base sell Bid And Buy Auction Warehouse Hi bidder Sell My things Audiogon Hoobly professional Auctions Aukro Inter Shop Zone Tazbar Bang 4 bucks Ioffer Trademe Bidgogo Liquibiz Trocadero

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Bidmate Liquidation Ubid right Bidtopia Mercando de Ventas UK prices for bids Away Bid2trade.nEt.au Mercado Libre Wagglepop Blujay Milbid Webidz Bonanzle Neo Loch Wensy Buy Sell Trades one of the ways Xoobie Online market Cqout Oltiby CraigsList Online Auction Is there something lacking ? Have we overlooked your favorite site? let us know and help this kind offree resource grow. Adflyers A British classified web site which has been online since 2007... It offers premium and free of chargelistings and even has some video functions. Back To Top All bidders An Australian-run auction site which has been around since 2001. It gets an acceptable amount oftraffic. The majority of business happens in the automobile section. Listing fees are between 45 UScents then one US dollar along with sellers paying a finish commission of 3%-3.75%. Back to Top

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Altec Trader An international auction site authorized in California in January 2008. It has already built up quite a bitof traffic but that may be because of all the free of charge swag -- (swag including free item listings ,no final revenue cost). Back to Top Amazon The site that needs no instruction.... If ebay was the alpha male of the ecommerce community thenamazon would be the community fellow member always competing regarding top-dog position. Ofcourse , if recent examinations regarding spending figures can be believed it's making some groundon its claims to the particular ecommerce throne. For all those people living under a rock it was set upin 98 and it owns the most popular traffic volume checking application and web site Alexa. It hasadditionally recently launched its very own cart program. Back To Top Auction An auction that's been around given that 2000. It has a quite low traffic volume figures considering itsname. Back to Top market Addict

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An American auction that's been online given that 1999. The design might be tres Web 1.0 butanybody selling this site defintely won't be paying any listing or commission fees. It gets similar trafficvolumes with other sites. Back to Top market Bidz The Australian online auction marketplace and e-commerce marketplace is very crowed seemingly.Here's another foreign online auction site. It's been around since 2006 and is offering free of chargesign up as well as a funds incentives to to remain as a seller or buyer (if AU$10 could be called areason ) Back To Top Auction Quest An American eBay choice that has been around given that 2004. It has alright traffic and appears toallow anything in the sunshine to be listed. Back To Top Auction Warehouse An american auction site that has been around since 1999. DMOZ describes it as a location to findand sell pc peripherals... But pretty much everything under the sun is up regarding offer on this siteand it gets the average level of traffic. Back to Top

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Audiogon This auction and labeled site has been around given that 1998. The owners with the site state thatthese people specialize in high-end sound equipment but appear to have listings for almosteverything that is entertainment and also home theater orientated. These people have a fairly goodtargeted traffic rating with listing and purchasing yet no end commission. Back To Top Aukro Run by Tradus (formerly known as QXL) This online auction site has branches in Bulgaria, the CzechRepublic, Slovakia, Romania and The Ukraine. The auction-only sites appreciate fairly high page ranking in these regions and costs are fairlycompetitive. For example, in the Czech Republic sellers spend between 0.a couple of Koruna and afew Koruna to list a product and between 0.5 Koruna and also 10 Koruna on successful sales. Back To Top Bang 4 Bucks This is yet another Australian online auction marketplace site. It's a a newcomer site that looks justlike it's trying to make the most over the recent uncertainty caused by eBay Australia's push to getbuyers and sellers to use its subsidiary PayPal. Back to Top Bidgogo

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This new US-based online auction marketplace site was placed in 2008 and hasn't been the locationmuch business yet as a result. There are a range of different market methods available, whichincludes dutch auctions, typical auctions and buy that now buttons and also buyers also get theopportunity to set up a proxy bidding service to save them some time. The website only currentlyhelps PayPal payments and contains a basic listing price of US50c with various enhancement feesavailable. The website doesn't charge a commission on revenue. Back To Top Bidmate An foreign site founded in 2007 by Ron Gully (now you have someone to pin the blame on if things gobelly upwards ). It doesn't have too huge a traffic base as of yet nevertheless the early reviews lookgood. Back To Top Bidtopia Bidtopia is yet another online auction site that has been set up in the says in 2002. They don't chargea listing payment but they do have a commission of 2.75% for successful revenue and a 25 nickle feefor hit a brick wall listings. Back to Top Bid2trade.com.au Bid2trade is definitely an Australian auction site that has been set up in the second half of 2008. Thesite does have some listings in spite of having, at the time of composing , little Alexa and also PageRank love. Services offered include online auctions , wanted adds and also stores. They also say thatsellers can select their preferred approach to payment, opening up options outside of PayPal. Basiclistings are free nevertheless , there are enhancement charges and the final owner fees range from

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3% to AUS$89 with respect to the item and retailers get to attach a few pictures to basic listings. Back to Top Blujay An American online labeled site that doesn't cost buyers and sellers. It states it makes all its cashfrom banner advertising. It's been around since 98 , making it one of the older ecommerce locationsweb seems to get nearly all of its traffic from your states. Back to Top Bonanzle Bonanzle is a Seattle-based store forum showcase placed in 2007. It works just like a shop in ashopping mall , gives sellers live chat and e-mail functions and allows sellers import item listings fromeBay and Craigslist. It has garnered a lot of press from around the worldwideweb, includingPowersellers unite , and has already obtained a PR of four years old and an the company rating of 38,000. Most of the targeted traffic for this store originates from the US with a small number comingfrom Canada, great britain , China, India and also Australia. Back to Top buy Sell Trades Buy sell Trades is an american eBay clone placed in 2002. It has similar traffic to other websites andpromises a raft of free websites. Back To Top

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Cqout Cqout calls itself the britian's second largest online stock trading marketplace. It does use a lot oftraffic for the purpose it is. Launched in 2000 it will get most of its targeted traffic from the UK andalso US. Its fees for sellers derive from the commission and will gradually drop as the sales profitsobtain higher. It costs buyers a one-time registration fee to become listed on. Back To Top Craigslist Craigs checklist has the name reputation of Amazon or eBay. It's possibly the local classified web siteknown the world over. REleased in 1998 c-list doesn't have that excellent a page ranking however itsAlexa rating is via the roof. EBay is the owner of 25% of Craigs list and the two have wrangled insidethe courts as recently as 2008. Back to Top offer Tent An eBay clone. It's been around given that 2005 and sells things internationally. It really is registeredin sarasota and has similar visitors to Altec Trader, even though it has been around for a few moreyears. Back To Top De Remate Formerly Mercado Libre's main opposition De Remate was bought out by the to the south Americangiant in 2008. The site alone owned and operated for other domains , including De Remate in

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Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, de Remate, Mexico, Peru, Uraguay and Venezuela. The groupadditionally controlled the de Rento name in Columbia and mexico. The De Remate name has worked out pretty well from the takeover and the sites still enjoy relativelyamounts of traffic. REtailers are able to sell by means of auctions, stores or classifieds. De Remate'sfees are a little bit cheaper than that of Mercado Libre with retailers paying 1% listing fees ($1-$10)and also 4.49% in commission for online auctions and 7.99% for classified and also shop listings. On a somewhat connected note, if anybody in South America could help us out using the differencebetween the marketplaces De Remate, de Reto and Mercado Libre operate we would be grateful. Back To Top De Reto De Reto is part of the de Remate stable. Previously Mercado Libre's main competition De Rematewas bought out by the South American huge in 2008. The website itself owned and also operated forsome other domains, including de Remate in Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, De Remate,mexico , Peru, Uraguay and also Venezuela. The team also controlled the particular De Rento namein Columbia and also Mexico. The de Reto name has fared less nicely than De Remate, particularly in Columbia. REtailers are ableto sell by means of auctions, stores or classifieds. De Remate's fees are a little bit cheaper than thatof Mercado Libre with retailers paying 1% listing fees ($1-$10) and also 4.49% in commission foronline auctions and 7.99% for classified and also shop listings. On a somewhat connected note, if anybody in South America could help us out using the differencebetween the marketplaces Deremate, De Reto and Mercado Libre operate we would end up beinggrateful. Back to Top Ebid An auction site that was started in 2001 it will get better than average targeted traffic , most of whichoriginates from the US and the british. They don't charge to list out but have a 3% fee for a

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prosperous sale. Back to Top Ecrater A free auction and also ecommerce store creation service that was placed in 2001. There is a littlebuzz around this web site. They use the google checkout system and also say that they are parterswith Google in this regard. Back To Top EPier A us all eBay copy that has been set up in 1999 'to level the playing field' (according to the web siteowner). Private retailers can sell everything as much as , and including, a vehicle for free whilebusiness sellers are able to create an online shopfront using the site. Back to Top Fia Ola A site with a Pacific community in your mind. This ecommerce web site is aimed very much at onlineconsumers and traders inside the Pacific Islands, along with much of that emphasis being on Samoa.Even though it is very new (it had been set up in 2008) Fia Ola has already garnered a page rank ofthree. Sellers can offer products up either by means of Auction or in shops and is free to checklist in(if you do that yourself) The Fia Ola crew will even help list an item if you give them twenty five Talaor, regarding 50 Tala, deal with the whole process. Back To Top

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Google Base Google's venture into the ecommerce planet (apart from Google take a look at , Google's shoppingcart program , and Google merchandise search, which is associated with Google base) products canbe listed free of charge with this system. Back To Top Hi Bidder An online auction marketplace site that has been around since 2005. REtailers are able to set up anoutlet and offer items upwards for auction as well as set up a free retailer. There are no lisiting feesand most of the enhancement fee costs appear pretty low. Back To Top Hoobly Hoobly is a US-run global classified web site set up in 2002 that gets fairly great traffic. It has a free ofcharge ad service and also an interesting premier ad system where you bid on how much you areready to pay for an ad. Back To Top Inter Shop Zone Wouldn't you know it... It is yet another American ebay clone. This time it had been started up in 2002and has really average traffic amounts.

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Back To Top Ioffer An ecommerce site that's been around since 2001. That gets a large part of its audience from yourUS but a large proportion also from your rest of the world. That touts itself to be an ecommerce localcommunity where people can easily negotiate prices regarding things. You can even exchange thingsif you want. There is a final listing payment of 5% regarding sales and one us all dollar each regardingsuccessful swaps. Back To Top Liquibiz The European department of Liquidation it had been set up in 2006 and also uses the same us allserver. Back to Top Liquidation Liquidation is a US web site created in 98 designed for the revenue of lots. It offers a bit more trafficas compared to most other sites. Back To Top Mercado De Ventas

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An interesting ecommerce mashup between a couple of dutch and Mexican that experts in 2005where everything inside reason is free. An interesting slogan near the top of the home page is 'Betterthan feebay', that could they mean ? According to Alexa Mercado De Ventas will get most of itstargeted traffic from other countries (translation all over the place) with the most concentrated trafficvia Spain and Peru. Listing auctions, classified listings , stores and needed ads are free (these peopleeven have a fee web page , but who knows why ) The site is put together in Spanish and also Englishwith the default language being spanish. Back To Top Mercado Libre Not so much an ebay alternative as an ebay additive, this spanish and Portugese simply metaecommerce site is eBay's exclusive South American partner (eBay owns eighteen.37% of the to thesouth American giant). The website draws an incredible level of traffic and has a webpage rank ofseven and an incredibly large Alexa rating. Based on Wikipedia [citation needed] Mercado Libre has32 million users , 40,000 that make a living off promoting through the site. The company was launched in Argentina in 1999 and quickly distribute to other parts of southamerica. Most of the site's targeted traffic comes from Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina although itscoverage of all of South America is very strong. At the time of composing Mercado Libre had sites inArgentina, Brazil, Columbia, panama and nicaragua , , Chile, Ecuador, mexico , Panama, Peru,Dominicana, Uruaguay and Venezuela. Mercado Libre additionally owns Mercado Pago, the Southamerican equivalent of PayPal as well as the ecommerce portal de Remate (which functions the DeRemate and Dereto manufacturers ). According to Wikipedia [citation needed] again there are some complaints simply by sellers that thereis a not enough protection against poor buyers and that first-time buyers and purchasers with badscores can still bid on costly items, the site will not mediate or state any responsible for businesscarried out on the site and won't completely refund fees for sales designed to non-paying buyers. The auction site has classified listings , shops and conventional options. For online auctions itcharges retailers a 1% listing fee and 4.99% commission as well as for classifieds ads that charges a9.99% commission on sales. Back to Top

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Milbid Another US eBay-like auction that's been around given that 2003 but hasn't already gone too nicely inthe traffic division. Back To Top Neo loch A site with an intriguing name and structure. The name is actually reminiscent of where the earlydongles would choose a drink and there really are a menagerie of ocean creatures on the mostvisited page for some reason. It was released at the start of 2008 as the 'friendly auction site' and hasalready obtained a fair amount of targeted traffic (most of it from your US). Its fees are pretty commonranging from 10 us all cents to five bucks US for listing enhancements and last fees of 2.75% to 1.5%regarding successfully sold goods. Back To Top Oltiby The online reverse auction in which buyers make the listing and sellers bet for the sale. It's beenaround since 2005 , is based in the US and contains British and french offices. Back to Top 1 Way Oneway has brand new Zealand and foreign branches and was started in 2005. This makes it one ofthe older sites in the antipodes. The banner saying "The largest kiwi possessed auction website",which appears on both the new Zealand and foreign versions of the web site , must go down very wellwith those on the particular Western isle. It is free to join and also list on the site. It'll charge various

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support fees depending on the support (NZ$2.50 to get a classified listing and also 40 New Zealandcents for a striking or feature listing ) and a 5 percent final value of the particular sale which will not gohigher than NZ$199 (an item that costs NZ$2000 will get a payment of $54 for example ). Back To Top Overstock A us all site that has been around since 1999 and also does most of its business in the US, althoughthere is a little traffic from India England and also Canada. Overstock differs from the others to mostof the some other sites on this checklist as it deals with at wholesale prices lots and requires one toapply to stock items through their retailer. Back To Top Oztion An foreign eBay clone started up in 2005 in Melbourne. There is quite a bit of traffic with this site butsurveys are decidedly mixed...surprising since there are no listing fees. Most unhappy reviewers warnfolks heading to the community forums to watch for trolls.. Back To Top Ozebid An foreign online auction site (unsurprisingly ). While its been around for a while it hasn't alreadymade much effect on the market. Back to Top

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Plunderhere ARRRR it be the ecommerce site you end up being visiting to offload your booty ARRRR. But in allseriousness it's an all reasons ecommerce site that's Canadian-based and was started in 2003. Youcan auction things away from , trade things or set up your not work through this colorful site and mostthe situation is free or fairly cheap to do. Its traffic is a little lighter than other websites and Google willnot seem to like it for whatever reason or another. Perhaps they prefer ninjas. Back To Top QX Bid An online auction site which has been around since this past year. Its fees are pretty low and it seemsto get sensible traffic. Back to Top QXL Formerly QXL, now Tradus it was started in 1999 and floated about the Nasdaq soon after. QXL isonly one of the trade names but it is one that seems to keep folks happy according to the individualswho use Ciao. The QXL name seems to be best known in norway and Denmark in which it is a quite a well-likedecommerce portal The online auction marketplace sites in this steady include: QXL (Denmark) QXL (Norway) QXL (United Kingdom - to become shut in may well 2008)

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Aukro (getaway ) Aukro (The Czech Republic) Aukro (Slovakia) Aukro (Romania) Aukro (Ukraine) TeszVesz (Hungary) Allegro (Poland) OtoMoto (Poland) otoDom (belgium ) Ceno (Poland) Plat Nosci (Poland) iStore (Poland - handles the sale regarding online ecommerce tools and software) Ricardo (Switzerland) Molotok (spain ) Back To Top Ruby Lane If you're peddling the particular finer things in everyday life then this site might be an option. It wasplaced in 2007 and is similar to an online mall in places you set up a shop inside the site. Setting up astore costs and they cost a listing fee for each item as well as a marketing fee. But they perform claimto advertise in a number of trade journals to boost rankings and improve your chances of sale. It isyet another US web site and gets nearly all of its traffic from your US although there is higher than alittle traffic in britain , Canada and of india as well. Back to Top

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sell Bid And Buy A site that calls itself "Australia and also New Zealand's low priced online auction site" absolve to joinup with an AU$5 credit once you perform. The fees, which can be explained on a web page fairly farback inside the site, are very good. You'll pay not even attempt to list the item plus a fairly low priceregarding buy it today and reserve options (five Australian pennies for 'buy that now' 10 regardingreserve). Final percentage fees are 3% for things beneath AU$75, 2.75% for things over AU$75 and2% for things over AU$1000. And if you are planning to sell get ready to go through a clearancecheck and you're going to have to make use of PayPal. Back to Top sell My Stuff An auction for Australian distributors , it's been given the particular thumbs up simply by vocal eBaycritic EBay Exodus (aka f*** eBay) therefore it can't be too bad. Back To Top Specialist Auctions A international online auction house, authorized in the UK. The number of guests it gets is actuallypretty low yet those who have used it appear to like it. Back to Top

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Tazbar Tazbar is an ecommerce web site that offers fixed cost sales, auctions and also wanted adverts. Ithad been set up in 2006 and also gets most of its business from the british with the next biggestamount of traffic coming from the US. It has a varying level of memberships gives you differentnumbers of access and coverage depending on how much spent. At the basic degree you're requiredto spend a 3% percentage on successful revenue. Back To Top Trademe A brand new Zealand online auction web site that is possibly the most widely known ecommerce sitein New Zealand. This might be because it was create by the son of your TV economist, marketed tothe media conglomerate Fairfax and then linked with Stuff, the most widely-read news site in theunited states. It also could be because it's free listing nature allowed users to post unusual productsfor sale (like ebay ). Some of the things have included a handbag utilized by the All Black chief to hitanother player in a nightclub, the particular unsuccessful All Black planet Cup squad regarding 2007and a perfect Minister's signature. Item listings are free and enhancement fees aren't too bad. Finalfees regarding successful options range from 6.9% regarding items under $150 to NZ$71 and also1.9% regarding items over $1500. Most of it targeted traffic comes from New Zealand but there's alsoa smattering of traffic from your US and the british as well. Back to Top Trocadero Trocadero is similar to Ruby lane in that it is much more of a shop front for folks looking to sell theparticular finer things in everyday life than it is a place to auction off things. You have to pay amonthly subscription to get access to the website with more cash obtaining you more services. It wasset up in 1999 and has a reasonable level of traffic. Back to Top

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Ubid Right A very brand new eBay copy (it is only been ariound since 2007) based in the US. Even though it istraffic isn't massive the site owner is pretty proud of its record so far (well you'd think so she has putup a stats page) they sell almost everything , have auctions and also fixed-price sales and alsocharge 2% with the value of the item on final sale and also five cents us all for basic item listings. Back To Top UK prices for bids Away A British ebay equivalent that doesn't have got much listed on the web site even though it waslaunched in 2003. It has equally small house lots listed and at wholesale prices lots listed. Back To Top Wagglepop An online auction web site that gets nearly all of its traffic from your US, Canada as well as the UK. Ifyou are looking to offer items on Wagglepop you'll need to pay a monthly subscription payment ,which will allow you to sell what you want. It has been online since 2004. Back To Top Webidz Webidz is an ecommerce site where you can place classified ads or list auctions. It's been aroundsince 04 and gets nearly all of its traffic from your US, although there is higher than a little traffic viaIndia, England, quarterly report and Canada. They don't charge listing fees or final purchase fees but

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perform charge a little regarding enhancements and an initial $5 'verification fee'. Back To Top Wensy Yet another US-based eBay duplicate that's been around given that 2004 (but was registered in 2003) and which appears to make most of its money from advertising advertising and doesn't cost itsusers. Back To Top Xoobie Yet another foreign auction site. link:http://www.mobilephone02.com/index.php?gOo=article_details.dwt&articleid=339 Guanacaste