Is There Still Room for the "Little Guy" After Online Auctioneer Giant Raises its Prices Again?

    /24-7PressRelease/ - July 28, 2006 - Yes there is still hope! OnlineAuction.com (OLA.com) was looking out for the little guy when it designed its own Founding Membership Program! With over 2.2 million items listed to date the little engine that could is fired up and ready to bring aboard discontent eBayers! Chris Fain, CEO of OnlineAuction.com, balks at the statement Meg Whitman made about "eBay's Rate Hikes Are A Great Equalizer". "I too was a power seller on eBay," said Fain. "Sometimes there's just no profit left to share! That's why at OnlineAuction.com we put it in writing Founding Members receive a lifetime membership rate guarantee. We don't charge a final value fee, and we offer sellers unlimited postings for $8.00 per month. One of the problems with eBay is the final sale fee. Charges appear on the seller's bill even if the sale is cancelled. It takes time and hassle to get that money back. What may sound small to a big company is huge to the little guy!"

"It is disheartening to build a site only to have the management nickel and dime you to death until finally there is absolutely no profit," says Fain. "I do agree with one thing that William Cobb, eBay president said, 'Auction-style listings have made eBay what it is today'. That's our motto at OnlineAuction.com, we are an Online Auction and that's what we are focused on being...the best Online Auction there is. eBay was built by word of mouth and we think that once the word gets out buyers and sellers will have another alternative. We are not saying don't use eBay. We are saying use us too! We want your business and we will do everything humanly possible to get it! If eBay wants to clean house so to speak and focus on the big sellers that's all the better for us! We will welcome all the little players we can get! Meanwhile, the little OLA.com train is gaining more and more momentum."

For More info:
Patricia Cruz
OnlineAuction.com
VP Media Relations
[email protected]
www.onlineauction.com
800-900-2828

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