Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Why Overstock.com Auctions deserves your attention.

Overstock.com Auctions vs. eBay - Price Comparisons
I was browsing Overstock.com tonight... in response to a couple articles I have read recently. They've gotten some press regarding their online auction environment gaining market penetration against the EBay behemoth. Although its not a huge share, I was glad to learn of their success in the market and even more happy to find this page on their site, with a side by side comparison of the two products. Overstock has drawn up a table of the auction products they offer and their prices versus eBay.

I suggest you take a look.
Why am I pro-Overstock? Its all eBay's fault. As a fan of selling lower cost products using the auction model, I eventually stopped all of my eBay auctioneering because of the ridiculous margins that eBay asked for when selling my low revenue products. It got to the point where I stopped selling there and started my own fixed price site, and what do you know? It's been cheaper ever since. The truth is I support competition in the market, and therefore I am in support of Overstock Auctions. After all; when there is competition the consumer always wins.

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