secondary auction market culture?
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I love it in every way! People who thought they could never afford things now can. People who want to run their own business or work from home but couldn't, now can.
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I play it more like a sport. There are some artsy elements and sure you could sit around formulating calculations of strategy for purchasing artwork. But, when you take up a company and put it on the street you have to be ready to compete. The market is full of rival companies who don't want you squeezing profits away from their pocket books. They try to out advertise you, undercut your price, out perform your quality and services, pay higher wages to attract better employees, buy expensive equipment to provide better products/services, and on and on. You could sit back and calculate their next move, or design a better ad, but if your going to win profits -- you've got to get off your butt and get on the playing field now! It is better to lead the market than try to catch up and out score the competition.
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A LOT OF THINGS JUST LOOK AT E BAY
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The nature of the evolving economy is to continuously remove those people or entities which don't add value through incessant competition - a race to the bottom.  Those "middle-men" need to examine their situation carefully and work out whether:\n\na) they add enough value to be safe from their customers AND their suppliers\nb) they could start to add enough value\nc) they could change their relationship with their suppliers in a way that safeguards their role\nd) they should get out while the getting's good\n\nMy parents owned an independent record store.  They added a lot of value to their customers through ordering, advice, calling them when something new came out which would interest them, etc.  But that only concerned a minority of loyal customers, and they saw the Internet coming and retired while they could.  The people who took over the shop found it folded within two years, partly through increased competition, but partly because they stopped adding that extra value which kept my parents afloat.\n\nIn my industry (IT), resellers are increasingly being squeezed and their role called into question.  My company is now starting to deal direct with customers, despite a long history working with channel partners.  It makes no sense for our sales reps to work for months at a multi-million-dollar corporate sale, and then ask a reseller to take a commission on that sale when we've done all the work.  However, we've traditionally relied on our resellers to perform the installation work as well.  And our delivery mechanisms are fine when the customer doesn't mind when their material arrives (e.g. PCs), but if it's a fleet of printers or servers which needs an installer to arrive at the same time, we get into the issue of staging.  Therefore there could still be a role for resellers to provide staging facilities local to customer sites, and then transport equipment to the final customer sites and perform the installation.  The material just wouldn't go through their books.  This is more in the line of (c) above, and there is money to be made by doing this.\n\nI hope these examples can spark thoughts of how, in your industry, you can find a way of adding value which might be slightly different from what you do today, but which can keep you in business.
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Look through IDC's web site. Also look at one of the big players in this space... eBay.
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by offering solutions based on the current business model.\n\na friend of mines doing a collectable show this weekend, he wants a shop online to support after show sales and further orders. it's not going to happen. but i can offer him a temporary solution but hosting his current stocklist and a simple order form/contact page.
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for people like myself (limited mobility) they can be very useful, but as *gingertod* mentioned you have to be aware of P&P, plus the call to bid is around £1.50 so think of that as well, today i bid on 2 mens aftershaves and got a massive bargain (also taking into account the P&P) just try to not get caught up in the moment and try to judge if "you" think you are getting value, i for one have certainly had some rather good buys. good luck to you!
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Alternatives to eBay that you may want to check out:\n\n1. Niche auction sites – these are specialty sites that appeal to a niche audience of collectors and enthusiasts \n\nWineBid http://www.winebid  = for wines \nPenbid.com http://www.penbid.com  = for antique pens, pencils and books about them \nLabX http://www.labx.com  = for lab equipment, medical equipment, analytical instruments \nJust Beads! http://www.justbeads.com  -- for beads, jewelry, stones, beaded bags \nPottery Auction http://www.potteryauction.com  - for pottery \nSedo http://www.sedo.com  = for domain names \nIronPlanet http://www.ironplanet.com  = for heavy machinery, asphalt, trucks \nPlayle http://www.playle.com  -- for vintage postcards \nBid4Assets http://www.bid4assets.com  = for high ticket items such as real estate, cars, jewelries \n\n2. Yahoo! Auctions http://auctions.yahoo.com/  = eBay’s largest competitor \n\n3. Overstock http://www.overstock.com  = Skews towards females and their best selling items include women’s shoes and handbags, fashion jewelry, small electronics and cell phone accessories. Overstock’s customers are typically affluent yet value conscious. \n\n4. Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com  = While Amazon.com has an auction component, it is better to sell via their Marketplace which allows sellers to piggyback on what Amazon sells. \n\n5. Liquidation Marketplaces – ideal for sellers offering hundreds or thousands of inventory items \n\nUBid http://www.ubid.com  = sells brand name merchandise for hefty discounts with bidders prequalified before submitting a bid (they need to provide credit card information) \nLiquidation.com http://www.liquidation.com  = the largest surplus marketplace not intended for sellers offering single items \n\n6. Local Buyers – for big and bulky items you want to sell, or if you prefer local buyers instead of the global marketplace \n\nLiveDeal.com http://www.livedeal.com  = allows buyers to search by location; allows buyers to make offers to sellers \nCraigslist http://www.craigslist.com  = a free classified ads local directory \nYahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com  = free classified ads for most household goods \nNewspaper classified ads = millions of people still read the newspapers’ classified ads section \n\n7. Live Auction sites \n\nBidz.com http://www.bidz.com  = connects you to sales of items on a “last minute basis” \n\n8. Your own website – instead of selling through a different auction sales channel, you can opt to create your own e-commerce site where buyers can directly purchase from you.
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Of course! They have an auction section, too.
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If your looking for a deal and a second-hand one doesnt bother you, you could try Ebay.  I managed to equip myself for about half the price and I was surprised at what people were selling.
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It might not be against the rules to ask, but if the seller only has enough to cover the auction, it may not be ok for them to sell it when the auction is still in progress.    \n\nYou can however, ask after the sale, if it didn't sell, to see if they'll sell it to you.... as a seller sometimes people ask, but I never agree to that.  They usually ask me to sell it for a price i'm not willing to sell for.
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First thing that comes to mind is E-Bay.  The world's garage/antique sale.
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Hmmm... probably not.. very possible you can get a seller to hold a seller second.. and that is hard to get sometimes..
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heck yeah! ive been on items bidding and 2 min before its over someone starts bidding...and no it wasnt just one time..its been more.....like they have a second id to which they are busying with to get a max gain...
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The big companies usually make some employee sales of the company actives, I think that is the best cheap deal you can get, but you need to have someone working on a place that does this auctions...
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read the classifieds.  the storage places have to list the auctions in the paper.
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I think EBay shops have caught my eye i saw one where they sell little wooden doors for trees that look like hobbit entrances or fairy and elves doors, my plan is to buy some and maybe put one on a wall and some on our oaks.\nI have a feeling this will be a big hit for the little people! So maybe you need to be part of something like EBay to open up your market to a larger market which i believe is the planet! My wife buys jewelry on speculation on EBay\nand has been successful.JuJu