Since asking Ciao to put this opinion on here, I thought I would be the first one to write about it! I hope it is helpful enough for you :)
I decided to give friday auction a go after reading the opinions on dooyoo. The name of the auction site got me wondering though! Friday auction - does this mean you can only buy and sell on Friday's? So i decided to check it out.
The layout was easy to understand. The website was very easy to access and so were the links. The only problem was that it took so long to get from one page to another. Maybe that is something to do with my internet connection, but i've only had that problem with friday auction, so i don't know!!!The auction website is not as bright and colourful as ebay (i have written my opinion on ebay), but after reading about the fees for sellers, i decided to register.
Luckily on friday-auction, it is only 10p to list, whereas on ebay it is 15p to list. Also after the final bid on ebay they take off 5.25% minimum on all final prices, whereas on friday-auction they only take off 2.5%.
I clicked the register button on the side and it was nice and easy to register with them. The good thing about it is that if you register, they credit £10 to your account and if you register with your credit card, they credit £20 to your account, so i decided to put my credit card on file.
After i had registered, i received a confirmation email in my email inbox - all i had to do was click on the link in my email to confirm my email address and get my auction account activated! Easy!!!
Next, i decided to search the website for items i was interested in (i found the search button at the top of the page). I was disappointed at the lack of items listed. Ebay has thousands more. But then friday-auction isn't international or advertised as much as ebay, which is a shame as the fees are cheaper :(. Unfortunately aswell, the items are quite expensive, unlike ebay where you can get the odd thing for a penny or even free.
I put a couple of items on for sale but they didn't seem to be selling, so i decided to cancel the auctions! I also looked at the other items for sale and they didn't seem to have any bids either.
Maybe friday-auction would be better if it had more publicity. At the moment there isn't even a quater of the amount of people like there is on ebay on the friday auction site!
In my opinion, ebay seems like a very busy social place and friday auction seems like a ghost town! So in my opinion, if you want sales and profits then register with ebay and if you want to have a chance with friday auction and are not too bothered about whether your item sells or not, then register with friday - auction!!!
I think the only good thing about this site is the fact that you've got little chance of being outbid on items that you bid on.
I have also seen that there is a friday-auction magazine out (its free in post office's and shops etc). It shows ads and tells you about the auction website.
The security is good though and you have your own member homepage which no one can access except yourself, which is good. It also tells you about the auctions you currently have running and your acount balance etc. On ebay, the members homepages have alot more on them and the whole page is accessed the member. On friday auction, you can only look at what you have permission for, as some of the fields are blocked out, for some reason!
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Content Update
Very often
Security & Privacy Statement
Excellent
Search Facility
Good
Bid Tracking Function
Excellent
Ability to Customise
Good
Customer Service Support
Excellent
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