In case you hadn't noticed, there's been a bit of a revolt among eBay power sellers. Basically, eBay increased some fees, which led some buyers to hold a boycott. But the truth of the matter is eBay is a giant, and if you make a decent portion of your income buying and selling goods on eBay, there aren't a ton of good alternatives. Wigix wants to change that, and the site is willing to waive fees on all items sold for less than $25 to do it. For pricier items, WIgix has significantly lower transaction fees than you'll find on eBay.
Wigix isn't exactly an auction like eBay. Rather, it's an "exchange," which lets buyers and sellers connect with one another. Sellers don't have to fill out product descriptions manually. Instead they choose from a database of products which already have product descriptions. This database also makes the search process easy for buyers. When you start to enter a term in the search box, Wigix will provide a list of items to chose from before you even hit enter. When you find the item you're looking for, you can see how many buyers and sellers there are, and you can set a price at which you're wiling to buy an item. As soon as the item is available for that price, Wigix will hook you up with a seller.
You can conduct similar transactions with eBay's Half.com, which lets you "pre-order" an item which will automatically be purchased as soon as someone offers one for sale at your desired price. But Half.com only includes books, movies, music, and video games, while Wigix users can sell pretty much anything.[via Mashable]
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4-29-2008 @ 7:01PM
zkam said...
Nice slogan: "Keeping fees at bay" That's pretty subtle, don't you think?
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4-29-2008 @ 8:01PM
sciencefare said...
The site looks promising, and I registered. However, I hit a very troublesome roadblock in the verification process.
The site asks for your PayPal account information, email address and PASSWORD! The site also wants your eBay member ID and PASSWORD!
This coming from a new site that has no trust built up. Additionally, NONE of the pages are secure. Not registration, not login, nothing. NO security, no encryption.
So, at least until I hear that SSL is implemented, I won’t be going back. The request for my PayPal and eBay passwords is the most disturbing part. Do the folks that run this site actually believe that the masses will entrust this sensitive data to them?
I will not.
-sciencefare
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4-30-2008 @ 7:38AM
Mark said...
If that is true than this is a scam, or the site owners are really stupid. Do not ever under any circumstances give your account details to anyone. Even if they did use SSL they have absolutely no right to that information and it would be crazy to give it to them.
4-30-2008 @ 8:35AM
DigitalOldschool said...
I just signed up as well and didn't see what you're talking about. Like Riddar below, all I had to do was verify my email address.
4-30-2008 @ 8:38AM
DigitalOldschool said...
Oh, I just found out where you're talking about.
That is an optional tab in your account settings, for "quicker" service upon the sale, I guess. It's not necessary to create an account though. As it says on the site, "Trust & Safety ratings on Wigix are an indication of a user's credibility and authenticity. Please provide us with the following information to increase your rating and broaden your appeal to other Wigix users." And those pages are authenticated by Entrust.net
4-30-2008 @ 8:25AM
Riddar said...
I just signed up, it didn't ask me... odd... The entirety of the verification for me was confirming my email address.
Where did it ask you, the initial signup process or somewhere else?
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4-30-2008 @ 10:38PM
Ben (Internet Millions) Tanner said...
I love the idea of no fees. However It seems a bit scary that they want so much info. Do they explain why?
I teach people how to buy and sell on eBay :http://snipurl.com/26jox
I would love to add this to the mix.. but your right.. they need to hold off on trying to get so much info up front.. and build some trust... also they need to build in some security.
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5-05-2008 @ 10:55AM
donperry said...
Crocusbag.com is much easier than ebay
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