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New Company Will Sell Stuff For You On eBay

from the derivative-business-models dept

Wed, Mar 5th 2003 11:57am — Mike Masnick

As easy as eBay is, there are still some people who don't want to go through the hassle of setting up an eBay auction. For those people, there's a new company, founded by the people who created the Internet Shopping Network nearly a decade ago. The way it works is you drop off the item you want to sell, and they auction it off on eBay for you - while keeping a hefty commission. Clearly, this is a local business opportunity, though, they see themselves opening up nationwide outlets. I wonder how big they can get. Basically, it's a pawnshop of sorts, selling things on consignment online. While there are still some people who don't know how to use eBay, that number should decrease over time. There will still be a market for people who simply don't want to spend the time to put up their own eBay auctions, but they'll still have to drive to the local "AuctionDrop" center and fill out whatever paperwork there - so the time savings seems small, especially when you're giving up 20 to 40% of the proceeds. About the only other market I can think of, are people who have bad eBay feedback rankings, and need to hide that under some other seller's - but those people probably just register new identities.

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DV Henkel-Wallace, 5 Mar 2003 @ 12:22pm

could get a better price
Buying from a known seller who has the goods in hand may make the buyer willing to pay a premium.
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Oliver Wendell Jones, 5 Mar 2003 @ 1:06pm

ebay already does this
http://pages.ebay.com/tradingassistants.html

Anyone with significant positive feedback can sign up and be recommended by ebay as a trading assistant who can place your auctions for you.
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thecaptain, 6 Mar 2003 @ 7:18am

in other words...
this is a middleman for you to use between yourself and another middleman.

Sheesh.
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- Tammy, 28 Feb 2005 @ 10:48am
  
  Re: in other words...question
  How do you find large companies or even those people who I can sell this for. I would like to be able to set up actions and then when the action is over, I can have the merchandise drop shipped. I am clueless right now as to how to start this...Thanks
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daire, 30 Apr 2009 @ 7:45am

i have an iphone i have been trying to seel i really want to sell it if anyone will sell it for me i will pay commission to them, please contact me asap
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WIL RICHARD, 20 May 2009 @ 10:21am

seller wanted
I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN HAMPTON ROADS VA TO SELL MY STUFF ON EBAY FOR ME AT A REASONABLE RATE.
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J. Schnabl, 4 Jan 2011 @ 12:34pm

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR A PLACE TO SELL MY STUFF ON EBAY NEAR MEMPHIS
I have a couple of very old paintings by a well known artist from Memphis. I also have a lot of records to sell from the 60's 70's and 80's. Everything is in excellent condition. Please contact me if you can help; at my email or cell phone 901-517-2074.
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Rachel Di, 28 May 2011 @ 9:31am

Sell My Record Collection
I am looking for someone to sell my record collection. Approximately 230 78 rpm and 50 long play records.

Thank You
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wendy pumper, 22 Mar 2012 @ 1:33pm

want to have someone sell salon furniture and other items
please can someone contact me to discuss the sale of items.
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Laronda smith, 5 Nov 2012 @ 1:02pm

Need ite.ms sold on eBay for. Me
Please call me and come by my place of business to sell some items from my business 415-424-0577
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Kenny Smith, 28 Oct 2017 @ 6:49pm

Selling
I used to know a guy back in 2002 that would come to your house and take pics and sell items for you and if necessary he would fix or repair even restore some items to resell. I don't know what happened to him, but I believe he wanted 35 % for selling these items , which at the time seemed ridiculous to me , but looking back, maybe he was onto something. For fixing or repairing was more. But if you think about it, I had to do nothing but supply the items. I wish he was still around or someone like him.
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