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Top 6 Places to Sell Online

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Top 6 Places to Sell Online Revealed…

#1: Overstock
Why it’s good: Big traffic numbers and a Verified Registered User policy that has prevented fraud from Day 1 (are you listening eBay?). Fees are value for money and the site fosters a tight community. We also liked the fact that payment options are more varied. Goodbye Paypal tyranny! Google Checkout and O-Auctions Checkout are two of the additional options available here. Interestingly, jewelry sells especially well on Overstock. The bad news? This gem is only available to US residents, although a UK version is set to be released sometime soon.

#2 eBid
eBid has consistently kept its place as one of the top alternatives to eBay since its launch in 1999. Available in 14 countries, traffic does vary between sites, but in general, traffic is high and continuing to go up. The biggest attraction for eBid sellers is the no listing fees policy. This makes a huge difference to your profit margins so you simply don’t need to sell as much as on eBay to get the same return. Other cool features include the ability to open up to 5 eBid stores at once(great for sellers in several different niches), and the ability to list using barcodes and prefilled information for books, DVDs, CDs and video games, which makes for super-quick bulk listing.

#3 BlueJay
BlueJay is extremely popular with sellers and buyers for very good reason. It’s 100% free and submits all listings to Google shopping, from which the majority of buyers come. It’s well designed and very user-friendly, coming complete with free online stores for all sellers.

#4 eCrater
We had difficulty deciding who was better out of BlueJay and eCrater. BlueJay won because of its superior design, however we strongly encourage you to try both. Like BlueJay, eCrater is also free and submits to Google Shopping. Although the design leaves a bit to be desired, many sellers swear they get more sales from eCrater than any other auction site because of its great placement in Google searches.

#5 Online Auction
Online Auction has one low monthly fee with no listing or final value fees. However, as part of the latest site upgrade, sellers can page $10 to get their auctions “featured” on Google shopping. In general, liquidation items and low-end stuff seems to sell better here than high-end designer items.

#6 CQOut
CQOut is very big in the UK and saw it’s listings grow by 100% in 2007. CQOut’s fees are significantly lower than eBay and if you don’t make a sale, you don’t need to pay anything. Where the site falls down in our opinion is in the lack of community and the somewhat harsh feedback policy of ‘3 strikes and you’re out’. Ouch! This article is courtesy of salehoo