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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 33 - March 03, 2001 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That
1) Auction Stats
By Ina Steiner
Some Interesting Statistics from the auction site world - if you're counting. (Note that these are self-reported figures.)
- BidBay Stats
BidBay http://www2.bidbay.com was launched in January 2000. It recently filed with the SEC to go public, and an inside source tells us they expect to be trading on the NASDAQ exchange by early April. BidBay says it has 5 million registered members with an average of 1.2 million items listed for sale on a daily basis. It has plans to expand worldwide to create local auction sites all connected to the BidBay site.
- Epier Stats
http://www.epier.com
Number of registered users: 50,000+
Number of completed transactions per day: 200+
February: membership growth rate: 78%
- Andale Counters Stats
http://www.andale.com
Counters are tools that allow you to see how many visitors have viewed your auction listing. Andale reports that it adds 3.7 million new counters every week and had a recent reliability metric of 99.98%. It serves more than 19 images per day in an average of 19 milliseconds per image.
- Yahoo Auctions
http://auctions.yahoo.com
The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo's sell-through percentage grew 550% since it recently instituted fees. (WSJ, 2/22/01)
- Bidville
http://www.bidville.com
405,026 auctions in 2,020 categories
It reports "NoBidding, Inc. has plans to be traded publicly before January 2002."
2) Who Would Buy That???
By Ina Steiner
Next time you come across something a little weird or kooky on eBay, send it on over to Drue and Shauna at the "Who Would Buy That" Web site http://www.whowouldbuythat.com. Drue and Shauna show a lovely lack of good taste as they troll the Web for auction oddities that include Deer Poop Earrings, Possum Fur Nipple Warmers, Black Market Baby Bears,...
3) ePier: No Big Brother Policy
By Ina Steiner
In an obvious dig at eBay, epier.com has a clear policy on the rights of users to email each other: http://www.epier.com/nobigbrother.asp
EBay recently restricted the ability of its users to email each other directly. EBay now forces users to use an eBay tool to contact one another. While eBay cited concern over Spam email as the reason for the policy change, many believe eBay's policy was to discourage "off-system" transactions.
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