Webstore - alternative to ebay???

Wolf359

Wow there are a lot of coins over there.

Personally I'm pretty pissed at eBay and looking for alternatives. Any other suggestions?

derryb

Getting the traffic they get is going to be tough.

djm

Here are a couple of more

ebid.net and webidz.com

One is free and the other is a $50 lifetime fee.

As for volume you only need 1 buyer to make a sale.

LindeDad

Where is there?????

Is the question most people will say when you even think about there.

MsMorrisine

some are already using eBay to drive sales towards their websites.

JamesMurray

<< <i>some are already using eBay to drive sales towards their websites. >>



Yep , it's as easy as putting a business card in with each purchase , ebay even obliges with free business cards via vistaprint in the banners.I started doing it a couple year ago and pretty much stoped selling on ebay last year. Im not high volume , more unique oddities , it's working for now.

Tiny

I have bought several coins off webstore.com They seem to have more raw coins than TPGs.
Prices seem to be inline with the market and maybe some what lower. 1

RYK

It would be interesting if the ANA or some other coin organization would get behind a competing venue, if it could gain some traction. No one want to throw a coin up for auction if they are not convinced that potential buyers would see it.

Recent posts about price increases on ebay and seller experiences on ebay have me very wary about using it to sell coins.

frnklnlvr

John Wexler has a site for selling coins, www.usacoinbook.com. No listing fees and 2% FVF. I don't know how much traffic this site gets but for no listing fees you can't go wrong.

BryceM

The market is ripening for a well-structured organization to bump eBay off their perch. eBay's own policy changes are eventually going to make this even more likely to happen. Free markets love choices. The best way to do this would be in a single, focused market area such as coins. Whoever does it best might really see something successful happen. As soon as someone is able to get it large enough to reach "critical mass", I'll be there.

NumbersUsacom

A new ad for Great Collections popped up today, It seems like on the Legacy.Stack's website and it was appealing to buyers
"why buy retail when you can purchase at auction prices" A thought came to me that its great for buyers but what about the sellers. However the more buyers that show the more inherent competion it foments, there net effect good for seller. Great Ad.

One thing for sure Ian is really advertising the site to boost registerd buyers, thats a good thing.

Wolf359

I've sold 10 coins over there (@webstore) so far. All common stuff, but ... not bad for free.

lasvegasteddy

i think ebay will always have an edge
it's just too established

TURBO

JUST SIGNED UP!!

mingot

meh. does not look like it is currently worth adding to the rotation of websites where I check for coins.

lcoopie

Great
Collections

Spooly

I use Webstore, hard to beat free! In time the volume will increase.

LindeDad

I just looked at Jacks store and like the idea. And noted that a couple of other on this page say they use it.
Now for an idea that you guys might think about is to form a alliance for web linkage or cross linkages of your stores. In other words if I don't find what I am looking for on Jacks site then maybe it is over on spoolies or turbos site.
Just an idle thought that you guys might want to think about and PM each other about.

johnny9434

ill be checking out great collections, thats for sure

smokincoin

<< <i>Personally I'm pretty pissed at eBay and looking for alternatives. >>

m21221

Every time you think you got ebay's rules and fees figured out they add more. You can do everything right in a sale a be left a negative. Just happened to me (for the the first time), I agreed to take a coin back that I had listed with high res scans with a no return policy. Customer was disappointed with the coin and it cost him $2.00 to return. His listed reason for the negative...disappointed and the return shipping! Mind you this is a PCGS MS67 70+ year old coin. I don't have a problem with excepting returns, we all know pics don't always accurately reflect the coin. But a negative for $2 return shipping? Of course ebay does not allow any form of like kind negative for the precious buyer. Rant over, sign me up for the new venue.

ebaytrader

There's also Bonanza.


The secret to web success is advertising. The fact that most upstarts do little to none is an indicator of future oblivion. Ian at Great Collections 'gets it'.