A Guide To Online Classifieds – Deal or Steal ?
Image via Wikipedia Some naysayers way back in the 1990s predicted that online shopping wouldn’t last. Sure, and they said television was a passing fad, too! As we all know, just the opposite has occurred. There’s a television in every household, and more than likely, the homeowner bought their television online-along with his books, music CDs, clothes, and maybe even his home.
Internet shopping is bigger than ever. You can find anything and everything for sale online. Many times, you can find it cheaper online than anywhere else. Internet shopping offers so much more than a discounted price tag, though.
Imagine a shopping mall where there are no lines, where there are no jammed parking garages, and no pushy sales clerks. This is no land of make believe. It is the Internet, where you can discover unprecedented selection, convenience, and opportunities. Online shopping gives you the luxury of browsing hundreds of stores from your living room, while saving on time and frustration. It provides you the chance to compare prices to your heart’s delight on a near limitless selection of brands and models.
For even more benefits, try your hand at classifieds and auction Web sites. These sites are like yard sales and flea markets rolled into one. Unlike retail shopping sites, they offer:
Access to super secondary markets. Take your pick of secondhand or brand-new wholesale goods at steeply discounted prices. The vendors at classifieds sites can get away with it because they aren’t paying high rent for a storefront or a warehouse. And in many cases, you’re not paying taxes.
Tools to locate unique and rare collectibles. Imagine a classifieds site to be like a sunken pirate boat, laden with cultural artifacts, hard-to-find heirlooms, and priceless antiques. The Internet is your deep-sea vessel, sonar, and oxygen tank all in one.
Reach beyond your neighborhood. Search through the inventory of a vendor from your home town, or if you don’t find what you’re looking for there, try that fellow in California, Texas or Canada for that matter.
Close relationships with vendors. You deal with real people-not big, impersonal corporations-when you buy on classifieds sites. They can provide more details about the product, which you can then use to bargain for a reasonable price.
Despite this bounty of benefits, you might still be hesitant to dive into Internet shopping. Don’t be embarrassed. You have good reason to take your time and weigh your choices. According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Internet fraud tops the list of the thousands of fraud cases that happen every year. In some ways, WWW could stand for the Wild West Web, in that anything goes. Vendors can be villains in disguise, and there aren’t any online Wyatt Earps to protect you from these bad guys. You’re on your own.
But give yourself some credit. You have the common sense it takes to survive the WWW. It is the same commonsense that helps you make the most of your money on your standard shopping trips. Become familiar and comfortable with an online vendor before jumping into a purchase. Ask questions and do a bit of research.
After doing your research, you’ll feel more confident in searching for your online booty. To refine your findings and whittle your list to only the exceptional sites, look for these additional qualities:
- A focus on local shopping, so you can feel more confident buying from neighbors.
- Free education and advice on safe purchasing.
- No-cost and easy browsing through available merchandise.
- Search tools that let you prioritize items by category, location, and distance.
- A straightforward pricing system that avoids the haggling and risk of auction bidding.
- Quick price comparisons among different vendors.
Unbelievably, a few trustworthy, practical, and exciting Web sites exist that have all of these features. To find these websites, simply browse through Yahoo’s directory under the classifieds category. The best of the online classified sites offer these services free to buyers such as you. Some of these sites can link you at no charge to your neighbor selling the antique lamp that you’ve been hunting for or that retiree looking to unload an incredible piece of real estate-or the cowboy looking to sell his big-screen television.
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I think that online shopping has grown because people aren’t only turning to it to save time – they are also doing it to save money. Some stores I know have more items available online than on the display windows of their physical shops.
I do agree that Internet shopping already revolutionized the Internet. There are a lot of online shopping websites out there and I have to say there are really making double money compared to the traditional one especially if the target audience is worldwide.
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Ilove internet Shopping, i make it in my bed.
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I think people are shopping online more than ever, and selling online more than ever, especially on their local classifieds sites.
Here’s something new in the online classifieds/auctions arena…I run a website called Listasaurus.com, and we actually pay users simply for listing their ads. So not only can you make some extra money by selling your unwanted stuff, but you can make money just for listing!
We also feature video classifieds and video auctions, so you can include even more detail about your items. It’s a new technology that we’re excited to offer.
Would love to hear what folks think of the site, feel free to take a look and let us know!
Online shopping is the best thing that could have happened and I think the main reason is that there are so many perks that come with it.
It does avoid a lot a of stress and also at the same time gives us a lot of space to think.
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Online classifieds are very effective and that is mainly because of the vast reach it has over any other medium.
I think there are times, when there are scammers out there, but I think they are not that much if a threat in the real sense.
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Great post. You are right, people are afraid of shopping on the internet, especially from websites they visit for the first time. The problem with classified ad websites is that you don’t know the buyer, and you cannot see the product, maybe a picture of the item for sale. But as we all know manipulating images is not hard. This is why a new type of classified ads is in demand: video classifieds. Sellers will shortly realize that using a video ad to sell their product will result in higher customer satisfaction, higher loyalty and trust.
Yes, it’s a nice post indeed. The problem now is that classifieds websites starting to be filled with spam ads. I own an UK classifieds website and few days ago I’ve decided to fight all these spam adverts. So I don’t mind banning IP’s that post spammy ads like: affiliate websites (because they are too many posting the same crap [sorry for this word] they put their affiliate number in title), work-from-home, UK puppies (with Cameroon posters) and anything you can ever imagine (even weapons, yeah!).
Well, there are other – let’s say – competitive websites but I wonder why owners allow their sites to be spammers’ playground? I ban about 20 IP’s and one provider a day and most spammers are coming from India (business opportunities), Pakistan (affiliates), Nigeria (loans) and Cameroon (pets). Can you believe there is a localized trend?
Anyway… the conclusion is this: to be able to maintain a quality classifieds website you have to be very selective and careful. It’s a time consuming and sometimes a hassle and a continuous battle, but the advantages will be revealed in time!
Well… I encourage you to post ads on the “very” SEO classifieds website… UK free ads, SEO classifieds, no registration required, spam free. I hope you don’t mind the link.
Thank you!
Marius
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