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Auction Alfie’s Accelerator plugin for IE8

July 31, 2010

   

Auction Alfie has launched another great auction tool for savvy bargain hunters.

If you browse the web with Internet Explorer 8 then you can now install the auction accelerator so that you can check the prices of items you see on ANY website.

Accelerators save typing (just like Auction Alfie!) and even save copying and pasting as you can just highlight a word on a website, then simply select the Auction Alfie accelerator to search for that item across eBay, eBid, Amazon and all the best auction sites.

Visit IEAddons to install the free accelerator.

AuctionAlfie.com named best money-saving site by The Sunday Times

February 2, 2010

Auction Alfie has been named as the number one money-saving website by The Sunday Times.

This is such a great accomplishment and I am glad people find this unique comparison site as useful as I do.

There are now so many money-saving sites that you need a comparison site for the websites themselves — and that’s where many are now focusing. Auctionalfie.com, for example, compares listings for a chosen item on seven of the most popular auction sites, while mysupermarket.co.uk scours the web for all the best supermarket deals.

They used Auction Alfie to find the best deal on an Apple Macbook laptop:

Suppose you wanted an Apple Macbook laptop, which usually costs £816. You could fill in one search form at Auctionalfie and see that it is going for £600 on Cqout, compared with £770 on Amazon Marketplace.

Thank you Sunday Times.

Trading Post added to Auction Alfie Australia

August 23, 2008

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The popular auction and classified Australian website, Trading Post, has been added to Auction Alfie’s Australian auction and classified search.

Trading Post is a well designed website allowing sellers to advertise their stuff for sale as an auction listing (free to list) or as a classified listing until it sells.

Trading Post joins the best auction websites such as eBay Australia, OZtion, eBid and Gumtree on Auction Alfie to give buyers the best chance of finding what they are looking for at the cheapest possible price. Search now.

Search ePier with Auction Alfie

May 25, 2008

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ePier, the online auction website, is now available to search alongside the best auction websites like eBay, eBid and uBid.

ePier only charges closing fees for sellers so no listing fees.

Auction Alfie adds CQout to UK auction search

March 17, 2008

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Auction Alfie is pleased to announce the addition of CQout.com to its UK auction search.

CQout (pronounced ‘Seek You Out’) claims to be the UK’s second largest Auction website (after eBay.co.uk presumably) and with over 600,000 auction listings it’s certainly a busy marketplace for sellers and buyers.

Sellers can list items for sale in the standard package on a no-sale, no-fee basis, but can increase exposure by purchasing optional extras.

This is great news for buyers looking for a great deal and who are maybe looking at trying auction websites other than eBay.

New fees for eBay sellers in the UK

February 23, 2008

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eBay has launched the new fees for UK sellers.

In an attempt to encourage more sellers to list items for sale eBay has lowered the ‘Insertion Fee’ based on the starting price of the item.

eBay.co.uk has also changed the ‘Final Value Fee’ with eBay’s final commission being taken on a sliding scale depending on the final sale value of the auction.

More information on eBay.co.uk’s new fees.

However, not all sellers are happy with the new fee structure and some sellers have formed an eBay boycott in an attempt to force eBay into re-evaluating it’s fee structure. 

Only time will tell if the new eBay fees are a positive step to encourage more users, or whether the eBay seller strike has permanently damaged eBay with sellers turning to alternative auction sites like eBid or uBid in the future…

eBay seller strike causes 3% decline in listings

February 21, 2008

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The 5 day eBay boycott by sellers has reportedly reduced eBay‘s listings by 3%, from 14.5 million to 14 million.

Whether this dip in listings is directly because of striking sellers and the eBay boycott or whether it is just seasonal is just speculation. But eBay has certainly upset some regular sellers and PowerSellers who have mentioned they are unlikely to return to sell on eBay – turning to alternative auction websites like eBid or uBid or classifieds like Craigslist and Loot to sell stuff on.

New Google Gadget to search the best Australian auction websites

January 29, 2008

Having recently launched the Australian auction search, Alfie has produced a Google Gadget which you can either add to your Google homepage (iGoogle) or even add to your own website or blog. Searching for the best deals in Australia has just got easier.

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The Australian auction search gadget searches eBay, eBid, Oztion and Gumtree.


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