TRADE ME, ZILLION, ONEWAY

This forum invites users to comment on the various auction websites so here is my humble commentary on the following sites.

I look forward to reading your comments.
TRADE ME - www.trademe.co.nz

Positives

More opportunities to buy & sell
Biggest online auciton site
Excellent product variety
Good site layout and very user friendly
Support friendly and helpful and quick

Negatives

Fees are extremely high
Doesn't allow self promotion
Store Designs & Layout could be better for the money paid in fees
Doesn't allow dropshipping
International traders are not allowed

SUMMARY

Still my favourite site to do all my online shopping and browsing. Despite the ridiculous fees TRADE ME has been serving New Zealanders for many years so deserves the place of being NZ number 1 online shopping site.

ZILLION - www.zillion.co.nz

Positive

Has great potential
I love the software
Lots of blings on this site
Very user friendly (for the user)
Allows drop shipping & Self Promotion
International traders are welcome
Site admin are prepared to listen to their community

Negatives

The owners of the site not only own the site but trade with users, I think there should definately be a level of seperation between site owners and site users.

The site owners should not be in competition against its own members - for example owning shares in one of your own Z-STORES is not very ethical in my opinion.

Does not have a facility that enables users to know how many people are browsing

Not enough members

Not enough variety

SUMMARY

Getting a reputation for being the $2.00 auction site for cheap products

I do think that the innovative programmes being designed by Team Z and their willingness to work with its community will be the drive behind the site continuing to differentiate themselves from competition.

ONEWAY www.oneway.co.nz

Positive

Encourages Entrepreneurship
Excellent incentive programmes for users
Lots of online stores
Product variety
Excellent membership numbers
Excellent customer support
Also another site showing great potential

Negatives

Site instructions can be a little confusing
Very busy design layout
Customer support is fantastic, just a little slow to respond to questions.

SUMMARY

Overall - Oneway is a great place to invest money. This website definately is doing everything possible to assist its members to get the most out of the online shopping experience, I look forward to seeing how far it develops.

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fn980 wrote:

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what do you have to add - I would welcome your input.

Leigh