Let’s consider these online facts. eBay has more than 1.2 million registered users. Of those, about 25,000 of them are making five figure incomes from their eBay online auction business as full time sellers. The majority are supplementing their income by several thousand dollars a year.

Although eBay has been the champion of online auctions in the United States for years, and although many have turned to the auction giant to increase sales online eBay has now become one of the many internet auctions selling entities.

With the changes eBay has made over the years, can you still really make money with ebay online auctions?

With the direction eBay has taken, many auction sellers have spoken of lower sales leading to a mass exodus of eBay sellers.

But with all these changes eBay has made and with it becoming more difficult to thrive by selling on eBay, you may be fearful to either start an eBay business or you may find it difficult to increase your eBay selling profits.

Coupled with the declining economy, where can buyers and sellers turn? Where will one get rid of that junk that’s been sitting in their garage for years?  Although eBay is the biggest, biggest does NOT always mean the best. eBay is NOT the only game on the internet.

Here are 20 alternatives to selling on eBay! Remember to learn how to leverage these auction selling sites to grow your business. Learn all you need to know about eBay Selling!

Lets get started. First, I do not personally endorse these auction websites. Before utilizing their services, please make sure you read their policies and help section. This is for information purposes only. (Not listed in any particular order.)

1.Auction.com
A good site that currently does not charge listing or final value fees, but does charge you for enhancements like bolding your listing and so on. You can run reserve auctions or dutch auctions, although currently there doesn’t seem to be much traffic but if you’re able to post for virtually nothing, it could be a great alternative measure to grab a loyal customer base and make a few sales.

2. BidaBing.com
Auctioning real estate is becoming more and more popular, especially in these difficult economic times. Welcome to Bidabing.com.

Bidabing auctions are usually regular distressed listings with standard terms. The site may include pre foreclosures, approved short sales and other good real estate opportunities with the terms clearly expressed in the posting.

It’s important to keep in mind that not all auctions are foreclosures, so not all auctions require the same closing terms. If you’re into real estate, check out Bidabing.com

3. BidEuphoria.com
Launched by CEO Jay Michaels, BidEuphoria helps everyday individuals and businesses sell and buy consumer goods with ease. The objective is to have a very simple model that makes it users successful in easily being able to create another avenue of income.

The simplicity of BidEuphoria makes selling products much easier as opposed to other auction formats. The simplicity of the system helps buyers and sellers locate things better.

"When eBay was founded, it was for collectibles and unique items, say your grandmother’s old vase, and the auction format worked," said Michaels. "But if you look at eBay today, there are mostly primary market SKU-able items, a SKU meaning stock keeping unit, something that has multiple copies, and the auction format isn’t good for that but BidEuphoria is much different."

One of the great benefits of BidEuphoria is the pricing structure. As opposed to other popular online auction venues, listing an entire inventory on BidEuphoria doesn’t cost a small fortune!

Utilizing payment systems such as Google Checkout, but also allowing its users alternative methods such as Paypal, Authorize.net and more.

BidEuphoria is an online auction marketplace which enables items to be sold on a local, national and international basis. The community is a fast growing and diverse community of individuals and small businesses where millions of items are traded and sold each day!

The community consists of individual buyers and sellers, small businesses and even enterprises. Bid Euphoria is an excellent online auction house from the small buyer who shops online just for fun, to the to large seller who relies on BidEuphoria as a primary source of income. Check out BidEuphoria and get started today!

4. Bidtopia.com
Bidtopia is another online auction site that has some unique ideas in the bidding and selling process regarding being done from separate accounts. The only fee the site charges are final value fees and focuses heavily on $.99 auctions. This means you can give Bidtopia a try for less than a dollar.

5. Bonanzle.com
Bonanzle is an auction site that allows you to import existing items Craigslist and eBay. It is different in the sense that it encourages direct contact between buyers and sellers, and also prides itself on a quick listing process. No worries here about violating terms of directly communicating with the party you are making a transaction with. Give Bonanlze a try to see how it works for you.

6. eBid.net
Buyers and sellers alike are leaving eBay. According to the naysayers, "eBay is dying out! Their stock has dropped 50% in the last few months because EVERYONE is unhappy with their new policies including buyers as well as sellers!

So what do you do? Do you forget eBay? Do you continue to try to sell on eBay or throw in the towel?

Many folks are heading over to eBid! eBid offers several country specific sites, free registration, no listing fees for auctions, and even offers you the ability to pay for a lifetime membership that will remove all final value fees from your listings!

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7. ePier.com
ePier is an online auction site that focuses heavily on localized auctions in various cities. ePier does not charge any listing fees, but their final value fees are fairly high. ePier allows individuals to buy and sell anything from personal items to automobiles. ePier also allows invididual sellers to large businesses to sell through products to the global community. Service providers are also allowed to advertise their services!

8. Fididel
Fididel is a new live-negotiation auction business site!

Fididel is new kind of auction site which allows buyers and sellers to have the opportunity to negotiate in real time over the price of an item. It gives buyers and sellers the ability to chat in real time to agree upon a final value price for the item in question.

Fididel (named after a Mexican restaurant in San Diego) is a San Jose, California company run by CEO and founder Hal Wendell, who came up with the idea after being frustrated with this lack of availability on current online auction sites.

Sellers will be able to list items for sale. The potential buyers can then contact the sellers to negotiate a price in a kind of instant-messenger conversation. However, the negotiations or conversations on this site are ready made. Buyer and sellers communicate with each other through a menu of responses, such as "go higher". You are not able to type anything since open conversations tend to deteriorate into name calling.  

This auction house is also unique because there are "Fididelers" available. These are members of the community who have gone through special training on the site and can handle negotiations for sellers when the sellers can’t be available themselves.

The sellers can set parameters for the Fididelers, who close deals with the buyers and then get a commission for the transaction. A Fidideler might get $1 to $2 for a $100 transaction, but the real-life sales will set the amounts the Fididelers get paid.

Give Fididel a try if you’re tired of the same ole process of waiting for an auction to end. This could be an excellent way to make fast cash to jump start your online auction business.

9. Gmarket.co.kr
Gmarket, short for Global e-Market, is a popular auction site from Korea.  The site is available in both Korean and English, and welcomes buyers and sellers from all over the world. A great opportunity to find great deals from Korea.

10. iOffer.com
iOffer lets you first negotiate with other users and then lets you buy. This is not an actual online auction site but allows you to negotiate and also to import items as well as your reputation from eBay as well as other online auction sites.

11. OnlineAuction.com
Online Auction is another internet auction site where the basic registration is free, but the verification will cost you $4.00 per month and selling is $8.00 per month. By paying the selling fee, you will not have to pay any final value fees. Give Online Auction a try for a change of pace.

12. Overstock.com
Most everyone has heard of Overstock.com. They are one of the oldest on the net  as far as online auction sites as they have been around a while. They are known for their television ads and selling overstocked goods, but Overstock allows users to list auctions on their site. They do have listing fees as well as final value fees. Give Overstock a try if you’re looking to venture off the beaten path of eBay.

13. SalvageSale.com
If you’re into selling big bulky items, SalvageSale specializes in bulk auction items and items that are too large for a standard UPS delivery truck. If you have pallets of products to move or large construction equipment, this is the site to use.

14. TheSOCExchange.com
A nationwide internet trading community that will only cost you $1.00 per month to post unlimited listings. For $10.00 a year, you can also get unlimited auction listings for an entire year. For just $1.00, you can sell anything you wish, as much as you want and as long as you want. You will have no listing fees, no percentage fees, no final commission fees, and no charge for buying.

The SOC Exchange gives you your own personal site along with the tools to sell your items at a profit which will allow you to make sales as easy and fast as possible. Give SOC Exchange a try as a great cheap alternative to make extra money online.

15. Webidz.com
Another excellent online auction site that is free to list auctions, open a store and place bids. Become a verified member for $5.00. Check out Webidz as another great alternative to online auction selling.

16. CQout.com
CQout is primarily aimed toward UK online auctions. CQout does not charge listing fees and has a 1.5% final value fee which makes it one of the lowest in the industry.

17. OZtion.com.au
OZtion is targeted toward Australian online auctions. You can register for free, has no listing fees and does charge a final value fee with a maximum of $99.00.

18. Souq.com
An online auction site that focuses primarily in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The site is available in both Arabic and English.

19. Tazbar.com
UK-based site that offers four different levels of monthly subscription from free to £18.99 a month, which determines how many listings you may have and how much they will cost.

20. TradeMe.co.nz
A New Zealand auction site that has a quarter of all residents as a registered account. It is one of the biggest websites in New Zealand. They have expanded into other areas such as real estate and a classmate locator.

So check out these top online auction sites and diversify your sources or income to making money with online auctions!

Here’s to your success!

Chad Maslak
Author: “THE “ULTIMATE” INSIDERS SURPLUS, LIQUIDATION & WHOLESALE BUYING TO RESELL FOR MEGA PROFITS GUIDE”