Launched earlier this year, the online auction site Wensy has grown in
the past six months to a total of 2,400 registered members conducting $60,000
in net sales. Currently Wensy offers offer 21,000 listed items spanning a total
of 22 categories.
Wensy has become more popular than many of the smaller online auction sites
we've covered simply because all services to buyers and sellers are completely
free.
While many sites offer free listing and charge only if you sell an item,
Wensy provides online sellers full auction functionality as well as access to
Forums and communication tools. There are no listing or final value fees.
For sellers, Wensy offers a choice of standard listing formats that includes
auction, dutch auction, reverse auction, reverse dutch auction, classified ad
and "request for quote," where you can solicit quotes for a product or service and
then choose the best offer.
Those who list can also take advantage of several
listing options that consist of homepage featured, category featured, gallery
listing, highlight, bold, hit counters and auto-relist. Once you have items
listed, you can choose to cancel, delete or end any listing. In addition to
completely free auctions, Wensy also offers its registered members
free online storefronts.
Wensy seems to be offering both buyer and sellers everything they need to
complete a sale, and according to Wensy, because the site is free, members are
able to sell items at a fair price and earn a better profit, and this helps to
encourage more buyers to join the site.
Vangie Beal is a seasoned eBay seller, frequent contributor to ECommerce-Guide.com and managing editor of Webopedia.com.
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