Yahoo!-bay..? - Web Auctions Without Fees

penpen said:
Wonder how eBay feels about this...?

Yahoo ditches fees on U.S. Web auctions
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eBay is laughing all the way to the bank. How will Yahoo be a viable and profitable competitor if they don't charge fees? :confused:

Personally, I've looked at the Yahoo auctions a handful of times and never saw anywhere near the quantity and variety of items that eBay has. Where else can you buy a cool gnome like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5586813063

Yahoo? I don't think so. ;)
 
Well they have to secure a customer base first, so this is a good way of doing it. remember Big daddy Ebay started off as a company made by a guy so that his girlfriend could sell her hand made jewelry on auction.

Its a tough idea to financially plan but i guess it could be yahoos last plan before they close the auction division.
 
dehawk666 said:
Well they have to secure a customer base first, so this is a good way of doing it. remember Big daddy Ebay started off as a company made by a guy so that his girlfriend could sell her hand made jewelry on auction.

Its a tough idea to financially plan but i guess it could be yahoos last plan before they close the auction division.
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From what I understand Yahoo auctions have been around for a long time, so I think their customer base basically is what it is, but I agree that this may be Yahoo's last swing at the auction ball.

I didn't know that was eBay's origin. :eek: Hopefully the girlfriend got some "real" jewelry, stock options and then some for starting the landslide. ;)
 
I have gone to Yahoo Auctions several times and I hardly ever find anything in the catagories that I'm looking for. I really don't know of any other auction site besides ebay that has a large customer base.

Kage_
 
big daddy said:
eBay is laughing all the way to the bank. How will Yahoo be a viable and profitable competitor if they don't charge fees? :confused:
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I think in exchange they have many ads all over their search result page. Not too pretty.
 
I read about this, pretty cool.
 
Just make a 1 cent auction on Ebay that sells info to your Yahoo auction & save a ton.
 
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