Stampwants Blasts Ebay

so a si seller I should be on stampwants? what if I am selling material from india should I still be on stamp wants or on delcampe?

Spock1k, it really depends on who you want to be your buyers. If you want to attract European buyers, then use Delcampe. StampWants is currently majority US buyers/sellers, although a few Asian/European sellers have done fairly well. It normally does take a while to build up a buyer base at SW and Delcampe.

ok I have baptised myself on stampwants. if the stuff sells good otherwise ia m going to try delcampe.

Howdy guys. I just wanted to let you know that bidStart (formerly StampWants) is getting ready to embark on an aggressive marketing campaign to help make more buyers aware of our service. As part of that initiative I was brought in about a month ago as the Director of Marketing. I'm still getting my feet wet with regard to all the variables but it's been going quite well. Most people seem to really like what we have to offer.

I would like to hear from any of you about any concerns or ideas you might have about bidStart.

The ebay newsletter situation is rather a touchy one. It's our belief that ebay has been an exceptional company. They started from nothing just over a decade ago and have turned it into a major powerhouse. However, over the last few years they have made many changes that suggest to a lot of us that they're moving in a different direction with regard to the type of service they want to be.

They've made it clear that they want to compete with the likes of Amazon with an Amazon-like offering and that sort of approach simply doesn't fit the collectibles marketplace in our opinion and the opinion of many of the sellers I've spoken to personally since starting here. There's nothing wrong with their desire to go in that direction but that doesn't mean everyone has to follow. To me this represents a real opportunity for all of us to have a marketplace that better fits our specialized industry and that's how we're proceeding.

Again, I welcome the chance to hear from any of you on how we might improve what we're doing at bidStart. We've recently expanded our categories to emphasize all collectibles as its pretty apparent that buyers of one type of collectible are often interested in several types and this means more traffic for everyone in the end.

Thanks for listening.

Rich Heimlich
Director of Marketing
bidStart

Thanks for your information, Rich

to the SCF Rich.

I personally appreciate your input as I do a lot of business with StampWants. (I'm old so I'll probably always call it that.)

I hope you'll check in with us on a regular basis and continue to contribute. I'll suspect you'll have a lot of interesting information about auction sites and bidding to share with us.

As to suggestions - I hope you will actively seek more sellers of large lots (collections, accumulations, etc.). You've got a great selection of set and singles but sometimes a bulk purchase is what we're looking for.

guys I remember 1999...who was around ???? I only remember ebay..i did not have a scanner...i described my stamps and covers and sold about everything I listed..things are different today..my wife buys alot of stuff from some great small friendly dealers on Bidstart...for things under 3 dollars I sell on Wensy..for the higher end stuff its ebay for me..sure you pay some fees..but the stuff sells it does not lay dormant in a box !!

My last dozen or so ebay listings didn't sell, so I've given up. Good items are hidden in MOUNTAINS of dross listed during the "free-listing" promotions.

I'd prefer to sell here or on the other forums I visit. I buy exclusively on Delcampe.

we were all around phil we arent toddlers not to be there in 1999 :)

Rich, does bidStart have an affiliate program? (This forum is an ebay affiliate)