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“After Paid for Seller lifetime membership - them...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Wallmart on 11/12/2017

After Paid for Seller lifetime membership - them suspended my account 3 days ago without any explanation and refund - only received a vague e-mail say: "you account dont accepted" ? Until today no any refund or compensation - we open a legal claim in the Court about this discrimination, criminal company! Save you time and money and avoid the Ebid.net at all cost!

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“Do Not Be Tempted”

★☆☆☆☆

written by McCartyul449 on 26/11/2017

So, you have seen the offer of free listing - no fees? The 'No Fees' hooks many people in only to leave them disillusioned when they are charged for including a thumbnail picture on their listings. Well, if you want to sell, you do, don't you? Where is the 'sold' column? There isn't one. This has been requested time and time again over the years - yes YEARS, this isn't a site in its infancy - but one has to wonder why this has not been forthcoming. Not rocket science. Yes, there are sales, but take a look at those with high feedback numbers and they will most likely have transported them from eBay - which you are allowed to do. Another ploy to make it look as though the sales are good. Stamp sellers will also do well with items costing very little. But the biggest feedback tallies are from the 'worthies' of the forums. This is a clique who buy from one another each month in a charity listing. Not knocking that - they raise money for good causes. But I do feel that this feedback should be kept separate from that accumulated from sales. Would I recommend eBid? NO! Until the owners of the site put some money into advertising, it will never be an alternative site to eBay.

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“DO NOT PART WITH YOUR CASH. The...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by MissyM72 on 02/12/2016

DO NOT PART WITH YOUR CASH. The Newsletter,Introductory E-Mail I received from E-Bid sounded promising,Lower Fees than E-Bay,Hundreds of Happy customers and Sellers.I was getting fed up with E-Bay since they Introduced Higher Fees for Private Sellers.I was duped by E-Bid and feel I have been Misled by their False Advertising. I blame Myself,I should Have been more vigilant and my common sense should have kicked in.we all learn from our Mistakes,I certainly Have. I paid the £49.99 Fee for Life time Membership around 5 Months ago and have not sold one single Item.All of my Items are New,Low cost,I had a lot of Craft Items on the Site.Reasonably Priced.I have had no Messages,No Interest from anyone.I actually sold more Items on E-Bay UK.Looks like I will Have to go back to E-Bay £49.99 Poorer. E-Bid should be Investigated and Shut down.I have spoken to Many sellers on the Site and they all report the same Problems,we cant all be wrong. Customer Service on E-Bid is non existent and if you are one of the Lucky ones that do get a reply back,it is an E-Mail offering their Membership Terms even though you are already a full Member.They do not respond to any complaints,Concerns,Enquiries.It is a disgrace.

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“Very difficult returns”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Ihatevirginmediaevenmore on 03/10/2015

On my first (and only) purchase at eBid, the seller sends the wrong item. If this were eBay or Amazon, returns would be very easy to sort out. Not at eBid - there is no return option anywhere! Apparently I have to contact the seller and sort it out with him/her. Once I have sorted this mess out, I will be deleting my eBid account.

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“eBid items don't come up in online searches”

★★☆☆☆

written by DamianChapman on 03/03/2015

I used to sell used books for a low margin on eBay until last year when they reduced the number of free listings and at the same time increased their fees, so it was no longer viable for me. I want to continue selling and I was seriously considering using eBid, but I really have my doubts about them. Firstly, as others have pointed out before me, there are no listing fees, so once sellers have paid their £49.99 where is eBid's further income coming from? I'm no economist, but there must come a point when most of the sellers who want to try eBid have paid up, and the number of new applicants diminishes to little more than a trickle. So I ask again, where does eBid get any more money from? It gives me the impression that once they have your money they just sit back and put their feet up. Secondly, no eBid items come up in online searches. If you want to buy something, what's the next thing you do after looking on Amazon and Ebay? Some people have not even heard of eBid, while if you did know of it, it might not be the first thing you would think of. It's much easier to simply google what you are looking for, isn't it? Fine, but you won't see anything from eBid. Try it for yourself. As an example, if I do a search for the title of an out of print book, I'll get results for Amazon, Abebooks, eBay and others, but not eBid. So what use is a site where potential buyers don't know the items are there? Taking used books as an example again, another worry is the lack of items for sale. There is a long-running series of titles called New Naturalists, these are highly collectable and prices run from quite low up to hundreds of pounds per book. I've just looked on eBay, where there are uncountable numbers of them, possibly running into four figures. How many are there on eBid? Just five titles, and I'm pretty sure they're the same ones I saw there last year. From a seller's point of view, people aren't going to bother to look where there is less chance of them finding what they want. I suspect it means that sellers are simply not willing to pay £49.99 to eBid when there is little chance of recouping it. To me there is little doubt that I would simply be chucking my money away.

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“Need to make some changes”

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written by Diana1945 on 26/06/2014

I started selling on US eBid a couple year ago and today I decided to shut my store down and move my products to a few other productive sites. eBid has several steps to make before I consider it worth the time to list on there. I paid for a lifetime membership and fortunately I made that fee back. For sellers, price comparison for sold items is joke and the ratio of sales to non sales is down right sad. The business expects the customers and sellers to do their leg work for getting the word out which is ludicrous. If they can't push their site into the real world on their own and are willing to still charge sellers to pay for the service, (which the seller would make eBid money on the sales final value fee), then this site is no more than a cash hog and will slowly go the way of the Dodo bird. I hope they make the need improvements

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“Don't Bother ”

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written by on 03/08/2013

I used to sell on Ebid Whilst it's cheap you get what you pay for because they refuse to market themselves to increase the traffic, so in the main sales are sluggish. If only they would do that it would be a more viable alternative to Ebay. Ebid seem to care more about the number of listings on the site than anything else. The run to sold option is not as good as it appears. Many sellers have their items on this option but because of sluggish sales they easily forget their listings and they stay up there for months. You have to contact seller before bidding/buying just to ensure that they are still around. Customer service is appalling. Listings are removed without any reason given. Someone only has to report(Usually malicious reporting related to competition) & your listings vanish. I would not recommend this site.

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Blue7011's Comment

Written on: 10/10/2013

Yep,nothis is changed, is just bad business model.
Hell this site doesn't make it even on UK market and exist already almost 16 years !!!!!!
Peoples recognse that clearly and right now eBid is down for about 35% total listing worldwide !!!!! from ever high listing way back to Appril 2013.
Looks to me is just like social site rather serious auction site.

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Amazingnan's Comment

Written on: 26/11/2017

This response was written in 2013 and absolutely nothing has changed.
The company refuse to advertise and until they do so, eBid will simply never be an alternative auction site to eBay.
It is as Blue 7011 says, becoming a social site with the forums clogged up with domestic issues.
If you look at other review sites, you will see a sudden wave of positive reviews - these are from sellers who frequent the forums on a regular basis and have banded together in order to give the site some credence. They will tell you that they have massive sales - yes, their feedback will reflect that - BUT!!! these are mainly from items purchased from one another in the monthly charity auction - YDC. Not knocking that - but, in my opinion, this feedback should be separated from the rest. That would tell a different story.

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“Dont Use !!!!”

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written by 2003hm on 08/06/2013

eBid does not vet sellers or offer any assistance if you have a problem. In the event you have a dispute they suggest you contact the payment provider or report the seller to the authorities !!

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“Don't Use this site”

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written by Nelio on 07/01/2013

As normal you register then it makes a life time offer of selling for £49. A few hours later it blocks me and asks for ID and address and this is after I paid using paypal !!! BEWARE THAT SOME OF THE REVIEWS WHICH ARE POSITIVE REGARDING EBID ARE FAKE. STAY AWAY FROM THESE GUYS.

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Reviewer2016's Response to Nelio's Review

Written on: 05/06/2014

Exactly what happened to me. I am in process of reporting them to the police. And opening a website campaign against them. They took my £3 from my bank and lifted my limits. Then they closed all my accounts without refund.

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“ebid.ca”

★★★★★

written by on 25/11/2012

ebid is way better then ebay... ebay sucks cause all they have is paypal. i will not use either paypal or ebay anymore. go ebid go.

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“Would recommend with caveat”

★★★☆☆

written by atticadventures on 03/10/2012

The site is nicely laid out, easy to use. Traffic seems to be the big problem, I would not expect barn busting sales if your going to try it. However, considering the low cost to keep items listed on ebid it is definitely attractive considering the high fees charged by ebay. I keep deleting ebid items which sold on ebay even though I have listed slightly at a lower price on ebid. In approx 2 months on ebid I haven't experienced a single sale. I didn't opt for the site upgrade as I simply wished to test ebid's performance. I would like to see a search feature that selected past sales and current items with bids. Nice platform, good payment options, ability to import items from ebay are all positives. If the traffic was better and with some additional features I would raise my review assessment.

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“Ebid.net seller+ lifetime SCAM”

★☆☆☆☆

written by ebidseller on 08/09/2012

We are sellers in ebid.net located in USA, we subscribe to ebid but they charged us sales tax. Sales tax is only for local to UK not USA seller subscriber. Also, they scam us with their sellers+ lifetime upgrade, we pay 49$ and avail the upgrade promo, they intentionally did not upgrade our account so they can charged us 25$ yearly. How did they do it, very easy, they will charged you international sales tax!so it will cause a setting problem in your seller subscription page. At the end of your first year, they will charged you 25$ even you have upgraded your account to seller+ lifetime at the time you avail the 49$ promo. So again, USA SELLERS beware of ebid.net auction site, they are scam , WORSE THAN EBAY. With ebay, they will scam you in front, in ebid.net, ebid will scam you by system problem and behind the scene charges. Plus this folks are not a member of BBB and no telephone number. So there is no way you can complain this scam site to state regulating body. Ebid has branch in Florida, but can be dummy address as its possible not a member of BBB.

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“Low Cost for Sellers - therefore Cheaper for Buyers”

★★★★★

written by on 24/04/2012

Very low (or no) fees for sellers who can have up to 5 stores. Products upload to Google so you are selling to the world. Good customer service. Nearly 6 million items for sale - many at a cost cheaper than anywhere else. A huge site for collectibles - probably the fastest growing in the world. Friendly site where its easier to communicate with buyers and sellers. Some very big sellers have moved to this site from other places. Overall the site is excellent - no site is going to be perfect but this is as close as it gets for both buyers and sellers.

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“LOW FEES HIGH PROFITS”

★★★★★

written by JewelEffects on 22/04/2012

I've been with www.ebid.net for over 4 years now and I have not looked back. I'm a seller lifetime member running 5 FREE stores paying only 2% Final Value Fees when my item sells (using gallery auction style listings) - that's it, no other fees. eBid allow YOU to be in control of shipping prices and payment methods and your listings receive FREE exposure worldwide (using your options of countries you are willing to sell and ship to). eBid allow editing of feedback which is a two way system if and when a transaction changes for the worse or betterment. Scammers are dealt with swiftly by the eBid management, with the help of it's members. The forums are second to none with the many helpful and friendly members only too happy and willing to help others succeed. If you enjoy the challenge of advertising your wares and raking in profits, then eBid is the place to be. If you prefer to list your items and sit back and wait for sales to happen with less profits, then, for exorbitant fees, you can enjoy the eBay experience. When you join www.ebid.net you will need to clear your mind of the ebay mentality and embrace the eBid way as things are done differently. eBid have a huge successful campaign running on Facebook plus they have a deal with Google shopping where every single auction listing, with a Buy Now price, receives lots of automatic free exposure. I'll be with eBid for a long time as it works for me just fine. The fees are low but we have to work at it to sell our items unlike Ebay where you pay very high fees, sit back, and wait for sales to happen. However, there are a few newcomers too eager and quick to make negative comments about eBid because they expect to pay low to no fees and expect all of the Ebay services including quick sales within days of joining eBid.

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“ebid versus ebay, just plain facts”

★★★★★

written by on 22/04/2012

We have been with ebid for 4 years, before that we sold only on ebay. when ebay kept upping the fees and allowing scammers to rip off sellers we decided to move to ebid.net. these are the facts at the moment....all our items on ebid are buy it now, cost to list and relist is zero. cost to do the same on ebay would be £800+ per month. we now sell as much per month on ebid as we ever did on ebay, plus we dont get the " i didn,t get the goods" mob. we have many return customers and are getting new customers all the time, many from all around the world. we produce a lot of the items we sell and they are exclusive to ebid.net. we, like any good bussiness, followed the good, well meant, helpful advice on the forums when we joined. yes it was slow at first, but we are now regularly in the "hot sellers list" and getting busier by the day. to us its a no brainer....give ebay £800 a month or pay the one off seller plus fee and get 5 free stores. support is brilliant and its a very friendly site. i do see sellers complain that the site is not advertised, this is correct, but for £800 a month i can do my own. ebid.net is growing fast, and those that put the effort in are reaping the rewards. we have a new home and we love it....if you are serious and prepared to work at selling, why not give it a try?

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Polystyrenebox09's Comment

Written on: 04/06/2013

This is what I like to hear, where people are happy with eBid instead of the unnecessary harassment that eBay seem to cause.

As I am totally fed up with ebay, they have seemed to now give me a limit on what I can sell each month, which is 40 items or 622.00 a month; or whichever comes first.

Time to try eBid as I hear that it is free from unnecessary hassle.

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Wertyu2007's Comment

Written on: 06/10/2013

sorry i agree that the basics of ebid are excellent and i do have a shop but sales are very very poor .

i think ebid has lost tbh , they have been going since the 90s if they had advertised back then they could of been one of the trusted big auction sites , but they did not and know they will never make it , too late .



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“Santa recommends Ebid”

★★★★★

written by Santaswonderland on 22/04/2012

I was a bit worried about paying the £49.99 life time fee, but over 860 sales later have more than made money back. Yes you have to work harder at it, but with friendly forums, excellent support from Ebid themselves, it's a fun way of doing it. Two plus points for me very low selling fees and not having to accept Paypal. Go and join the fun and visit Santas Grotto's while your there.

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“I'm very happy I moved to eBid”

★★★★★

written by ElaineCA on 22/04/2012

eBid is a wonderful site for me as a seller. One reasonable lifetime fee, five free stores, currently running over 7,500 listings with no additional fees. We get up to five pictures and thumbnails with each listing, also with no added fee. Easy to use, lots of helpful applications for sellers, and we can accept any payment type we want, eBid has no restrictions. I was on the big site for several years, and we had more sales on eBid in the same time period. A bonus is that we can accept any payment type we want, eBid makes no restrictions. I also found the forums have a lot of active members who actually want to help each other. Very friendly, informative, and I generally got help in a few hours when I had problems. On the rare occasions when I had to contract the eBid support staff, I got an answer from a real human being, and they answered the question. It did take a few days to get set up, because eBid takes time to ensure new members are giving valid information. Very little dishonesty on eBid by either sellers or buyers. eBid is growing fast, over the past year I've found more and more items to buy, and that is just as pleasant an experience. Good products at low prices.

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“Best online auction site for a seller”

★★★★★

written by on 22/04/2012

Although I'm recently new 'seller + lifetime' to eBid, I've already sold quite a few items. I like the one 'lifetime' fee and if I choose not to have a gallery auction, I need never pay another penny. Items can be relisted over and over with no fees, I can have up to 5 stores, up to 5 photos per listing, auto reposts - can't fault it. Like a lot of people, I've been selling on eBay for many years but the ever increasing fees - especially as a business seller when there are no free listings - has made me think again about online selling. With the expected postal increases, it's hardly worth the time and effort to sell on eBay anymore.

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“An auction site I can afford”

★★★★★

written by BillHH on 22/04/2012

What I like about Ebid is that I can list loads of items without cost and I only pay a small amount when they sell. This is great for me because I get a better return than on another site where I don't list very much because of the high cost of listing. Ebid is easy to use and very friendly. The Forum answers any questions I have and makes Ebid feel like a good place to be. I averaged 50 sales a month for the last couple of months, with a couple of thousand items listed.

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“Ebid Does It For Me”

★★★★★

written by HampshireLass on 22/04/2012

I have been trading on eBid on and off since 2006 alongside other auction sites. I am very happy with my sales and I made my first profit in the last tax year which was the first tax year where I traded on eBid exclusively. I am also a buyer on eBid and always look there first when shopping on-line. I will always recommend eBid to friends as the site is fabulous for buyers and sellers alike. Sales have been slower for me than they were on eBay but I would rather trade at a profit than at a loss which was the case for me when I traded on eBay.

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