advertise4apound.co.uk Auction Site

[neilwill1979]

I have purchased a few domains. Do you reckon there is there space for a cheap large auction site in the uk?

AUCTION IT FOR A POUND

[Indy]

Hi,
the idea sounds good but ebay is so big and successful you'll have your work cut out attracting people away. On the other hand I'd probably use it.

[neilwill1979]

Hi Indy,

Thanks for your reply. I have now changed the name to auctionitforapound.co.uk & has been live for 3 days now. I know what you are saying the key is in advertising but the key to advertising is money. Which has stopped growing on my money tree at the moment.
I have contacted a radio station to get a qoute lets hope its not to much!!

Even if it was not my idea I know which I would use aswell, I have sold quite a few things on ebay and hate the monthly bills..

Regards

Neil Williams

[stratigen]

Neil,

Auction sites suffer from a 'critical mass' problem.

Unless there are 1000s and 1000s of users, all of whom are buying and selling, its improbable you're going to match a seller with a buyer.

Most people forget that eBay was free for its first couple of years, until such time as it had a large enough user-base to warrant charging its auction fees.

So, is there a market for a cheaper alternative? Sure. But, the real question is - is that a market that's accessible? Perhaps. But, sure will take some cash to spend on advertising ...

Good luck.

[Indy]

Hi, did a little bit of looking around and there are a couple of free ebay clones out there. They seem to have a good few members too. I won't post the URLs here, if you want to take a look I'll pm them to you. Have you thought about offering free ebay style shops? May attract some of the ebay shop keepers over and encourage some trading.