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The best online auction sites for individuals
September 15, 2017
We present you our top 10 internet auction sites, everyone knows eBay which was the first platform of this type but there are some other more reliable sites that deserve to be known, little tour of the web of this that it is best in the field of online auctions.

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PRESENTATION OF AUCTION ONLINE
There are two types of online auction sites to distinguish: sites of physical auction houses that have opened a website to relay their auctions on one side, auction sites that have been designed for sale online in the form of auctions and that only do that of the other.



The sites in the first category are not very fanciful and are rather reserved for people who can not move to attend a sale that can not be seen at all, it is only possible to see catalogs and place an auction online ... You will be presented in the second part of the article because they are not the ones that interest us the most.



The second category therefore includes sites specialized in online auctions, they allow for some as well to buy as sell objects between individuals and for others to bid on cultural products (leisure, travel).



The American forerunner on bidding has paved the way for other sites offering an alternative to eBay, better designed and more efficient, that we present you just after a small reminder of the different types of auctions and their operation.





OPERATION AND TYPES OF AUCTION
The standard operation of an auction for a particular buyer is that a product is offered for sale at a base price and that many buyers bid upward until no one over-bid for the last bid offered, the sale is awarded to him and he wins the auction. But there are other types of auctions ...



On the internet this operation is slightly modified by adding an end date and time to the auction as the web turning H24 and 7/7 a sale could never end since when the Europeans go to sleep the Americans and Asians are well awake and ready to bid (and vice versa).There are 4 kinds of auctions each having their mechanism:

British Auctions: Traditional Auctions, the price is up and goes up until the last bidder wins the sale either because no one wishes to over bid or because the time limit is up.



Dutch auctions: Dutch auctions use an opposite mechanism, the sale starts at the highest price and is descending, so the price drops until a bidder wins the sale. The first to bid wins the sale therefore, this type of sale is more common in the professional environment between producers and wholesalers.



Reverse auctions: this is the auction in English but in reverse because it is not a seller who offers a product for sale but a buyer who makes known his need, sellers make an offer (equivalent to a quote ) revised downward until no one bets at a lower price. This type of auction is generally used for public tenders.



Blind auction: the last type of auction that develops for certain specific auctions and especially in charity sales, bidders offer a price at their discretion that is not communicated to other potential buyers and at the end of the auction. Sale at a tender count, the highest bid wins the sale.





THE BEST ONLINE AUCTION SITES


Catawiki

Catawiki online auction site
This is the site that is all the rage and our favorite, the right balance between auction house and online auction site, we devoted an article visible here. We can bid on all kinds of objects but also have our valuables appraised and put on auction.



This allows to be on both sides of the barrier if you wish and even to reinvest his earnings if you sell his items to bid on others, no wonder that the site is dubbed by collectors. .



Catawiki is accessible to all with auctions starting from € 1, it is ideal to start in the auction as well as buyer or seller. But it is also suitable for more seasoned bidders with collector's items and more expensive art objects.



Serious and secure the site works seamlessly and sales are validated by notarial deed, Catawiki has a network of 194 experts and claims 14 million visitors a month for 35,000 auctions awarded each week.

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EBAY

online auction on ebay
Everyone knows eBay has opened the way of Internet auctions, the American firm then opened a marketplace allowing everyone to sell both new and used items in the form of auction or fixed price. .



This has had the effect of drowning the mass traditional auctions since today 95% of sales on Ebay are for new products, the site still attracts some 8 million French visitors per month but less and less of these visitors are interested in traditional auctions



It remains in the United States the reference but has not really conquered the European online auction market, eBay manages to regularly make the buzz with an off the shelf sale, the latest being the Bugatti Veyron boxer Floyd Mayweather set price at $ 3,950,000 in April 2018.



But that is not enough anymore and eBay is out of date in the sector of marketplaces by Amazon and FNAC, which have a better reputation for the sale of new products and now by Catawiki in the auction which has emerged as a solid alternative.

ebay auction exampleLEISURE AUCTIONS

leisure online auctions
A site as its name suggests that is dedicated to leisure and travel in the form of auctions, a good plan for your outings and last minute holidays so, especially as the advantage of the site is that each bid indicates the sale price in traditional trade so no risk of paying more for a service than its commercial price.



There is therefore a wide range of local and national and international offers on Leisure Auctions, ranging from a meal in the restaurant to the entrances for a leisure park to a trip to the other side of the world, hotels or sports or discovery activities.



A little, for those who know, the same type of deal that we find on Groupon but in the form of auction ... And as the site is recent and still little known there are very nice things to find, for example when I write the article a stay in a cottage 5 people a week in Corsica is sold at 250 € while its face value is 600 €.

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VAVABID

vavabid holiday auction site and leisure online
Vavabid is a Dutch online auction site like Catawiki but which specializes in cultural goods like Loisirs Enchères, two other sites mentioned above ... It has a few less offers than its direct competitor but to the advantage of being even less well-known, so there is a great deal to be found there.



There are offers in several categories: outings, well-being, parks and bungalows, getaways, hotels, products, gastronomy and holidays. The site announces the putting on line of 1500 sales every day for 3 million bids awarded since the creation.



Well, apparently these figures are on all the sites of the group that is European size, on the French site there are today 207 auctions in progress, which is still a fairly wide choice and the advantage of not to end up bidding against a German or an Englishman.



I just saw an auction for a stay of 3 nights with breakfast in the countryside sold for the modest sum of 26 € ... Another for a professional photo shoot did not find taker but would have left for 1 € symbolic ( little traffic = good plan).

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EXPERTISSIM

expertissim online auction site
Expertissim operates differently from other sites because it uses a fixed price system with the possibility of transmitting bids lower than sellers, so close to the Dutch auction system.



And it works since the site announces 2 million page views per month, 4000 sellers for 40,000 sales, the highest has negotiated at 350,000 €. Expertissim is a relay site between these 4000 professional sellers of the art market and individuals, their virtual catalog has 8000 objects and fifty new additions are added each day.



The art objects for sale are listed in 40 categories: jewelry, watches, furniture, lighting, graphic arts, decorative arts, tableware, Asian art, wines and spirits, etc ...

Expertissim




THE AUCTION SITES OF THE MAIN SALES HOTELS
The list of auction sites below is different from the sites presented above, their main role is to inform you about upcoming physical hotel sales and to be able to bid live and from the internet on items / lots during these auctions. sales.The 5 main sites:

Artcurial

Auction

Barnebys

Christies

Sotheby's



WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU LAUNCH
Before you start the auction online there are a few things to keep in mind not to be surprised ... Especially since the auction format quite addictive can lead to bad business instead of a good plan if we did not integrate all the parameters well.



Compare the prices

As with any purchase on the internet, especially if it is expensive, you should first check your favorite search engine to find information on the characteristics and the provenance as well as the estimated value before placing a bid.



Bid taxes

Most of the time for auctions a tax due to the organizer of the sale that is not indicated in the reference price is to be paid in addition, it is added after the purchase and depends on the auctioneer or of the site for online auctions.



Think before placing a bid to check the applicable tax rate on the sale to not have a bad surprise once the auction won, some sites prefer them to apply a fixed tax of x euros on each sale.



Shipping costs

The same goes for any shipping costs for remote sales that are not necessarily included in the price, so you may have to pay extra to ship your item.


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