Beginners Guide to Online Auctions
This web guide is dedicated to helping beginners start an online auction business. This guide will cover the basics of online auctioning, list sites where products can be obtained for auction, and a list of popular online auction sites. If one looks hard enough, one can find a site dedicated to auction off just about anything.
The Basics of Online Auctions: The following websites offer information about the basics of online auctions. This information contains "How To"'s and suggestions from the field.
This article gives a concise definition of the concepts behind online auctions.
Online Auctions - How They Work
This website gives very basic information about the concepts behind online auctions and how they work.
This site descusses tax related issues associated with online auction businesses.
Federal Trade Commission Tips for Consumers: Internet Auctions A Guide for Buyers and Sellers
This page provides a list of tips on topics such as spotting fraudulent checks and money orders, arranging payment, and dealing with bidders.
Internet Fraud Tips From the National Consumers League's Internet Fraud Watch: Online Auctions
This site offers a list of common auction frauds. By learning what others have done, it makes it easier to know what to avoid doing that could make buyers suspicions, or that could result in negative feedback.
Online Auctions: Insights and Analysis
This article descusses the concepts behind online auctions and the different types of auctions offered on the internet.
Download.com: Auction Management Software
This site has a listing of free downloadable software for helping to manage online auction businesses.
Starting a Small Business: The following sites contain general information about starting a small business, These sites contain information, usually divided by state, about writing a business plan, tax information, organization tips, and general information need to begin a business.
U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Planner
This website is a government created site designed to help entrepreneurs. This site contains information on starting up a business such as writing a business plan.
SBDC.NET: National Information Clearinghouse
Laws governing small business differ by state. This clearinghouse list links to sites on business regulations in each of the fifty states and US territories.
U.S. Small Business Administration: Business Resource Library
This website provides information on obtaining a federal tax ID, information security, emergency planning, advertising, and other business topics
Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
This I. R. S. website is dedicated to the tax situation of the small business and the self-employed
Finding Products to Sale: When it comes to making money though online auctions, one is only limited by ones imagination. There are many options avaliable: selling as a distributor, reselling items picked up elsewhere at a bargain, or selling items that are home grown or manufactured.
This website offers a directory of online distributorships and franchises.
A business person who knows what they are looking for can easily pick up items on eBay and resale them on the same site. As with all online auctions attracting the right buyer is highly dependent on how you list your products.
Though item descriptions are often rather ambiguous, there is treasure waiting for those willing to look.
This page is a directory of flea markets across the country. Most entries list location and the flea market's hours of operation.
This website offers an online directory of over 7,000 thrift stores nationwide. The database is searchable by both city and zip code. Search results are listed by proximity. All search results list the address, phone number, map directions, and store hours.
Online Auction Sites: It is important to find the right auction venue for the right product. Online Auctions come in all shapes and sizes, and each offers different benefits for sellers. There are truly too many sites to name. The to find additional auctions is to Google a specific product type and the world auction.
Ebay Business: Merchant eCommerce Solutions Center
Though item descriptions are often rather ambiguous, there is treasure waiting for those willing to look.
This site is a smaller alternative to eBay. The site offers buying, selling, and trade options. Online Depot also has store options.
This service is offered as an extention of all the other yahoo services.
Amazon is a good general venue for online commerce. They also offer store spots.
This site offers many services including: no list fees, effective alternative sales channel, turn-key service(Let uBid.com manage your credit card transactions, customer inquiries, advertising, and web promotions/listings for you.), great selling features including Certified Central a free one-stop service of tools to ensure the success, free API available, and dedicated account managers.
Bid-Alot is an online auction site designed to make it quick and easy to buy and sell online securely. Using our secure trading site you can buy or sell computers, cars, books, games, electronics, clothing, antiques, and collectables or just about anything of value.
Online auction source for online auctions on the Internet with Free Unlimited listings and No Final Value Fees for shopping, bidding, buying, and selling with our Quick true bid feature. Pay a small monthly fee for deals on Internet auctions on onlineauction.
Reptile Auctions: The Online Reptile Market
I included this page as an example of how you can auction anything online.
Shipping Information: Geting the product to the customer is one of the most important elements of a online tranaction.
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Created for SLIS 748
By: Jessica Babb
Last Updated:
April 9th, 2007