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Thread ID: 111601 2010-08-03 10:06:00 Sella vs Trademe forrest44 (754) PC World Chat
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1124306 2010-08-03 10:06:00 I know Trademe obviously has most of the market for 2nd hand goods, but has anyone used Sella much?

Any tips/thoughts/whatever on Sella would be appreciated (buying and selling stuff)
forrest44 (754)
1124307 2010-08-03 12:54:00 I know Trademe obviously has most of the market for 2nd hand goods, but has anyone used Sella much?

Any tips/thoughts/whatever on Sella would be appreciated (buying and selling stuff)

FREE:

MOTOR AND MARINE.

NO SUCESS FEES.

otherwise most of the same rules and principles apply.

support it and give it time. its markett share is growing.

The TradeMe scam site however, has had a worse year on year through put sucess in most cats.

some motor and marine scam site listing are nearly 2 years old.
angry (15305)
1124308 2010-08-03 21:26:00 haven't used sella much - much less items and bit more pricey i found.

airnz has last min auctions on sella :lol:
Nomad (952)
1124309 2010-08-04 00:03:00 They bombard you with mail as soon as you join up. Can opt out, but not the point. Peter H (220)
1124310 2010-08-04 01:34:00 Stuff sells much faster and for better prices on TradeMe. 4 identical listings for N-Wireless network cards.
2 on TradeMe
2 on Sella
All for 48 hours

Long story short I started the TradeMe auctions with $40 start / reserve, $45 buy-now. One sold for buy-now within 12 hours, one sold for reserve

Lowered both my Sella auction prices to S$35 / BN$40
Not even a single view still
Lowered to $30 / $35
Still not a single view
Listings have been going on for almost 3 weeks now, still not a single view ...

Long story short:
The additional exposure on TM more than makes up for the TradeMe "tax" that you pay!
Chilling_Silence (9)
1124311 2010-08-04 09:41:00 I agree stuff sells better on Tradme.
But regular sellers should support Sella or Tradme will be able to do what they want. (fee rises)
I read on Wikipedia that when Tradme started they did not charge any fees !
Digby (677)
1124312 2010-08-04 10:50:00 So I guess if Sella became the #1 auction site, they would inevitably start charging as well... Just the way life works I guess forrest44 (754)
1124313 2010-08-04 20:33:00 So I guess if Sella became the #1 auction site, they would inevitably start charging as well... Just the way life works I guess

I am inclined to agree with you For.

Greed wins in the end.
Cicero (40)
1124314 2010-08-04 22:58:00 Well I don't think any NZ auction site will get within 50 % of trademe's search engine traffic for quite some time...

Keyword research use Google's Adword tool shows these monthly local stats for Google searches -

Sella: 12,100 (broad search = 22,000)
Zillion: 2,400 (Broad search = 4,000)
Trademe: 1,500,000 (broad search = 2,240,000)
Trade and Exchange: 33,100 (broad search = 40,500)

Those are for excat search terms, not "broad", or "phrase" related.

Then their are various related terms to Trademe...
Trademe co nz - nearly 250,000
Trademe co - 368,000
Trademe cars - 27,000

Even the typo error search term "tradme" has 12,000 searches
I'm sure 1000's of NZ's bookmark Trademe as well, and don't really search online anywhere else (but Trademe first) if in a "buying" frame of mind.
kahawai chaser (3545)
1124315 2010-09-14 05:08:00 Hi,

I am a resident of US and I came across a children's book on sella.co
but I cannot buy it because I dont live in New Zealand.
Can someone help me buy this book, I had lost it when I was a child and I am trying to replace it since.

Thanks,
J.
iamjrd (15917)
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