eBid
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Auctions |
| Founded | London, England UK (1998) |
| Headquarters | Surrey, England UK |
| Key people | Gary Sewell & Mark Wilkinson, Co-founders |
| Products | Online auction hosting, Electronic commerce PPPay, |
| Website | www.ebid.net |
eBid is an online auction website founded in December 1998. eBid operates in twenty-one countries where it allows sellers, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia , Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa and lists to buyers in over 100 Countries. eBid uses its own online payment service PPPay[1] to allow for buyers and sellers to pay each other in Euros and Pounds Sterling, although members are not restricted to using this form of payment, 'Paypal' and 'Google Checkout' for example are also popular payment methods on Ebid.
Listing a basic auction on eBid is free and a zero or small percentage final value fee is paid on selling your item.
The domain ebid.net has 8 million page impressions a month and attracts around 60,000 visitors a day (15m unique visitors yearly) alexa.com ranking.[2] eBid is recognized as the ‘Best eBay Alternative’ by Webuser Magazine.[3]
Currently eBid has 3 membership levels available for new members, Buyer (free) buyer only, Seller (free but requires credit/debit card verification) occasional seller, final value fees are 3%, Seller Plus+ subscription based membership aimed at professional sellers with a recurring fee, payable every 7,30,90 or 365 days, OR a one off lifetime payment (currently £74.49 or £49.49 if taken within first 24 hours of joining). Seller Plus+ members can open up to 5 shops free. For a basic auction Seller Plus+ members pay no fee, for a gallery one they pay 2% fvf. Options like BIN only auctions & Run until Sold, are also available for free.
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[edit] Auctions
[edit] Auto-extend Auctions
If the seller has this turned on it will extend the length of the auction by 60 seconds if there is a bid within the final 60 seconds of the auction. This option is only available to Seller Plus+ users.
[edit] Featured Auction
If the seller selects this method then the item will be at the top of the relevant section for 30 days. Featured listings cost from zero to 1.00 in your local currency, however the final value fee is zero
[edit] Gallery Auction
Gallery auctions are only for seller + status. The listing of Gallery auctions is free, they get a thumbnail and up to 5 free pictures. When a Gallery auction is successful then a 2% final value fee is incurred. Gallery auction is the most popular auction type. Gallery auctions can have a run time of 3+ days
[edit] Free Auctions
Free auctions are only for seller + status. The listing of free auctions is totally free, but you do not get a picture thumbnail on the results page, but you still get up to 5 free pictures. If a free auction sells then it incurs no final value fee. Free auctions can have a run time of 3+ days
[edit] Platinum Auctions
Platinum auctions are only for seller status. There is a listing fee of £0.05 or 0.05 in local currency normally. The platinum auction gets you a thumbnail picture and if it sells you pay a final value fee of 3%. Again platinum auctions can have a run time of 3+ days
[edit] Standard Auction
Standard auctions are only for seller status. There is no listing fee for standard auctions, and like the free auction above, no gallery picture is shown in the results. If a standard auction is successful then a final value fee of 3% is charged. Run time of standard auctions is 3+ days
[edit] Run-til-sold
Run til sold auctions do exactly what it says, the stay on eBid until the item sells, however they appear near the bottom of search results. Run-til-sold auctions do not have a countdown time
[edit] On first bid
On first bid auctions do what you would imagine, they only start after the first bid has been placed, minimum duration of on first bid is 3 days.
[edit] References
- ^ "MONEY BY EMAIL - Person to Person Payments Made Simple". PPPay.com. http://www.pppay.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ Ebid.net attracting 13m unique visitors yearly
- ^ Best eBay Alternative
