Saturday, April 29, 2006

Jewelry Auction on Oltiby.com


It looks like Jewelry has been the most popular category on the new Oltiby marketplace. The most users have selected this jewelry (rings, necklaces...) categories to submit their auctions. You can find many sellers on the auction seller jewelry page advertising their available items for sale at auction, like body jewelry, beads and findings, bracelet, rings and even men jewelry.

This marketplace can become the main place for procurement in engagement and wedding rings. There is so many jewelry websites around here, a lot of sellers competing to get traffic on their website. Everybody, buyers and sellers should meet on Oltiby.com. Sellers will advertise for free, no need of tough SEO and buyer will find exactly what they are looking for by posting their wanted ad and getting the best prices...

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Having a good business on eBay? You can do more...

Let's come back on the sellers, see how they can benefit from Oltiby.com Reverse Auctions. If they are sucessfully selling products on eBay, that means they have found the right product at the right price.

But where did they found that product? What is their procurement process. If they have an exclusive, unique, brand new product, the following rule may not apply. But for everything else, as long as there is several suppliers, here is a simple rule to increase profit: sell at higher price (but customer may not follow) or buy cheaper in quantity... That's where the reverse auctions comes for YOU! Buy cheaper on Oltiby.com and continue to sell the same price on regular auctions sites.

Monday, April 03, 2006

Buyer and Sellers: Both Have Benefits in Reverse Auctions

Sellers are also beneficiary from reverse auction marketplace. Don't think that reverse auctions are bad for sellers. Reducing the price may reduce their margins but the capitalism world has become like this, competition is everywhere and customer is always looking for better prices.

The advantage for sellers is to get more leads for cheap! Sellers don't need any marketing budget to get know for their products. Just browse one of the category and find buyers, ready to buy that already have the budget. No need for marketing speech to convince him, just post your better price and win the sale!

As I explained before, buyer is saving money buying with Oltiby.com. He can ask for everything, his imagination is the limit! Any categories can be added and sellers are everywhere, not that far... on eBay for example.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Online Auction should follow regular business where the buyer is king

Talking about auction, you think that only the seller take advantage of having more money for his item. He is the one to offer a product and all buyers are stressed and hesitating to give away more money in the last second of an auction. Let's imagine yourself in the buyer mind: you came with a maximum budget to buy this frame at auctions. Unfortunately, when the countdown approches the end, other buyer are bidding higher than your maximum. But you really want the frame that would perfectly fit in your living room. What is your margin, can you dedicates more money on this auction? Finally, you have to forget the item as the bids reach double of your initial budget, you end up without any item.

Now what if the buyer would take control of the operation. When you think about it, he's the one with the money, he's the one spending... Like in regular commerce, the customer is always the king, even in online auctions.