Date   : Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:16:39 +0000
From   : rich@... (Rich Mellor)
Subject: New Retro Auction Website

Mark Haysman wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Trying to register, still waiting for the confirmation eMail, maybe traffic 
> is a bit busy.
>
> Just one thing....
>
>   
>> The fees are a lot cheaper than on ebay
>>     
>
> Just looking at the fee schedule, BINs charged at 1% of start price for 
> listing? (or have I mis-read that?) That's more than I pay on eBay, I can 
> list a ?149.50 computer and it costs me 75p per category. For a new site, I 
> would suggest waiving all standard listing fees to get people to try you 
> out. eBid is still zero listing fees.
>
> For a new site, it's looking good though! Just need a few more zeros on the 
> registered users number! And as we all know, it's not all about the sellers, 
> it's about the buyers - if there's plenty of people browsing through and 
> buying, then it's populatiry will pick up no end.
>
> Thanks, Mark. 
>
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Hmm - you are right on the listing fees, although ebay clobbers you on 
the final value fee of 9.9% on the first ?49.99, 5.9% on the next ?600 
and 1.9% over ?599.99

I have however adjusted the buy it now listing fees to be fixed all the 
time.

I agree it is about browsers and that is one of the reasons why I have 
added the wiki to try and attract more people to the site.

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