Type Private Headquarters Surrey, England UK Founded 1998, United Kingdom | Industry Online marketplace Website www.ebid.net | |
Key people Gary Sewell & Mark Wilkinson, Co-founders Products Online auction hosting, Electronic commerce, PPPay Motto Online Auctions Without The Fees Profiles | ||
eBid is an online auction website founded in December 1998. eBid operates in twenty-three countries where it allows sellers, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia and lists to buyers in over 100 Countries. eBid uses its own online payment service PPPay to allow for buyers and sellers to pay each other in Euros and Pounds Sterling, although members are not restricted to using this form of payment: Paypal and Skrill (Moneybookers) are also integrated payment methods. Sellers and buyers can use any payment method by mutual agreement but this would not be integrated.
Contents
- Welcome to ebid uk
- Membership levels
- Buddy Points
- Auto extend auctions
- Featured auction
- Free auctions
- Platinum auctions
- Gallery auction
- Run Until Sold
- On first bid
- References
Listing a basic auction on eBid is free and a zero or small percentage final value fee is paid on selling an item.
The domain ebid.net has 8 million page impressions a month and attracts around 60,000 visitors a day (15m unique visitors yearly) alexa.com ranking.
Welcome to ebid uk
Membership levels
Currently eBid has three membership levels available for new members:
Buddy Points
Members can earn "Buddy Points" when they buy, sell or enlist new members. These points can then be used in Buddy Auctions to bid on items from eBid T-shirts, hats and golf umbrellas to cameras, monitors, kindles and household electrical items.
Methods of earning Buddy Points:
Auto-extend auctions
If the seller has this turned on it will extend the length of the auction by 60 seconds if there is a bid within the final 60 seconds of the auction. This option is only available to Seller Plus+ users.
Featured auction
If the seller selects this method then the item will be at the top of the relevant section for 30 days. Featured listings cost from zero to 1.00 in a seller's local currency, however the final value fee is zero
Free auctions
The listing of free auctions is totally free. Basic Sellers do not get a picture thumbnail on the results page, but they still get up to 5 free pictures. If a free auction sells then it incurs a 3% final Value Fee. Free auctions can have a run time of 3+ days
Platinum auctions
Platinum auctions are only for seller status. There is a listing fee of £0.05 or 0.05 in local currency normally. Platinum auction listings get a thumbnail picture and if it sells, a final value fee of 3% is taken. Again platinum auctions can have a run time of 3+ days. These listings can be set to Auto Repost up to 10 times.
Gallery auction
Gallery auctions are only for seller+ status. There is no listing fee for standard auctions, but unlike the free auction above, a gallery picture is shown in the results. If a standard auction is successful then a final value fee of 2% is charged. Run time of standard auctions is 3+ days. As with the Platinum Listing, these listings can be set to Auto Repost up to 10 times.
Run Until Sold
A "Run Until Sold" auction is one where the item is listed until it is sold. This type of auction appears near to the bottom of the search results. This type of auction does not have a countdown time. These listings show at the bottom of Search Results, so careful thought should be taken when using this type of listing.
On first bid
On first bid auctions only start after the first bid has been placed, with a minimum duration of 3 days.