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eBay Showing Sellers the Door?
Envois, Inc., announced the launch of Bidjit.com. The site combines a static auction site with real time Global Live Streaming Broadcast technology.
The site offers Broadcast Channels, which substitute as selling categories. Paul Fischer, COO for Bidjit.com stated, "The on line auction industry was ready for something new and as technology has advanced, on line auction sites have become complacent in offering static venues, which offer very little in the way of connecting buyers with sellers. In creating Bidjit, we quickly came to the conclusion that we not only have a responsibility to drive traffic to our sellers listings, we needed to appeal to the buyer on a more personal level hence, we combined two technologies (within one venue) that not only inform but, entertain.
And entertain it does. Bidjit.com reaches out to its viewers through Global Live Streaming Broadcasts.
Sellers list their goods within the static auction side of the site and
Bidjit's Live Broadcast hosts select listings randomly and talk about the items being offered.
"No doubt, people want to be entertained and the best way to connect with both buyers and sellers is to launch Live Streaming Broadcasts (front and center) when they land on our homepage." stated Fischer.
Sellers can list their items auction style or opt to sell at a fixed price. The site also offers Dutch style auctions for those wish to sell in quantity. In addition, Bidjit.com offers Luxury Classified Listings, which appeal to Real Estate and Yacht Brokers.
Is the on line auction world ready for a site which is akin to an on line home shopping channel?
"When we developed out Bidjit.com, it became clear that something so obvious as integrating two pieces of technology, side by side, made absolute sense. Bidjit is a bit different than television shopping channels in that it doesn't work to sell its own merchandise, it works to assist its registered users in selling their merchandise. In addition, our site offers national advertisers the least expensive form of advertising available on the market
today. It's for this reason that we applied for patent and trademark
protection." stated, Fischer.
What about competition? "I think there's more than enough room for many more niche auction style sites to pop up on the net. What we have to offer is a unique venue, which will undoubtedly become a popular alternative to what's presently available. Competition is a good thing and I believe that anyone selling merchandise on the net, needs to have as many tools in their selling arsenal as possible." stated Fischer. The site may be accessed via
Bidjit.com.
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I opened up an account and have listed items. I have some bids on items and view counts are high. Bidjit stores will be free and they will be launched on Monday or Tuesday. They will also be offering Bidjit Widgets within a few weeks. As near I can tell, Bidjit has over 18,200 categories and sub-categories. The categories collapse as you browse and it's a pretty nifty concept to just point and click down into your category of choice. There are NO ads allowed on the site and no sending off traffic to off-Bidjit venues. They allow a store URL to an off-Bidjit store address as well.
Take a look as I believe it's worth the trip and the creators took much time and care in developing out the site.
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The site is BidJit.com
eBay Showing Sellers the Door?
The site is BidJit.com
eBay Showing Sellers the Door?
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If the link does not work, go to Amazaon.com's homepage and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Sell Items". Once you land on the page you'll have access to all of the information you need to sell on the river:-) All the Best!
eBay Showing Sellers the Door?
eBay Showing Sellers the Door?
First, thanks for reading my article. I guess I'm not alone in my thinking:-) As for eBay Live 2008 - Yeah. no wonder they cancelled it as they don't expect any sellers left by 2008:-)
eBay: Where's Oprah When You Need Her?
Not Seeing a 'Better & Safer' eBay
Not Seeing a 'Better & Safer' eBay
When any company can create a monopoly (online or off) it's bit a hard to ask that question. What some may not understand is that for those who have relied on ebay for their living were not expecting ratical changes, which affected the majority of sellers.
In fact, it's been stated that even more changes are on the way. As for trashing eBay, no one is trashing eBay in their articles, simply pointing out observations and stating opinion.
eBay: Where's Oprah When You Need Her?
Not Seeing a 'Better & Safer' eBay
eBay has underestimated the "mood" of the buyer. Buyer's build trust with specific sellers and if an eBay seller is being hurt by its venue (and conveys its story to its buyers) a percentage of their buyers will follow. eBay was built upon a community and as such, sellers and buyers have formed bonds over a period of months and years. It is for this reason that sellers can take a percentage buyers with them and move on.
There was a time when our towns boasted a corner store and five and dime store. As time goes by those stores have disappeared and have been replaced by large chain stores. When we drive by what used to be the five and dime (which is now WalMart), we have a sense of loss. We knew the mom and pop owner of the five and dime and in many cases knew their history within the community.
eBay had one thing going for it and that was its ONLINE community of sellers and buyers. Your eBay storefront was your five and dime (so to speak) and sellers established relationships with their buyers.
Again, the loss of one seller starts a domino effect and others will follow. The community begins to take on the "look and feel" of a large chain store focused on simply moving merchandise (through a portal) which no longer resembles a "community".
Sellers who don't fit the new and improved eBay model are left to fend for themselves and/or get exiled off of the site through no fault of their own.
John
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Thank you for adding the comment! John
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