According to Preloved, more would-be parents are buying used and second-hand baby stuff online in an attempt to save money.

Of the 1650 mums questioned Preloved found that a staggering 89% had purchased more than three items second hand for the impending birth.

Have a look what used baby stuff is on offer for yourself on auction and classifieds websites.

Listing a property for sale on eBay currently costs from just £35 for a 28 day classified listing, potentially saving sellers thousands of pounds in estate agent fees.

Listing property as a classified listing means buyers can not buy property online, they can either call or email the seller for more information or to arrange a viewing, so sellers will have to be prepared to field enquiries throughout the day or night.

According to the Guardian, 125 houses have been sold on eBay.co.uk in three months at the start of 2009 – a new record.

The deal between eBay and PropertyIndex has seen many more properties advertised on eBay so it will be interesting to see how effective this will be in generating sales.

Smashing Magazine have an interesting article about redesigning Craigslist to make it easier to use.

Craigslist’s design has become quite stubbornly iconic in it’s simplicity but that doesn’t mean that it’s actually easy to use.

A few simple design changes could make Craigslist even more appealing to its buyers and sellers, possibly increasing the chance of a sale.

Craigslist is actually in quite  a unique position as it has hundreds of local sites so could conduct some useful small-scale user testing to see if improvements could be made.

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.

Gumtree claims to be the ‘UK’s No. 1 in classifieds – jobs, property, cars and more’ on its website. This surprised me due to Loot‘s dominance in London, but as Loot only operates in a few cities in the UK, including Manchester, Liverpool and London, I can see why Gumtree may be able to make such a claim.

Both companies offer free listings for most categories, but Loot also places your add in there printed newspaper distributed through major UK cities. However, Loot does have a one-off placement policy so if you want to advertise your stuff until it’s sold you’ll have to pay to upgrade for this service.

We’d like to hear from you about which classified site you prefer.

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.

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

If you are using Internet Explorer 7+ or Firefox you can now add Auction Alfie’s auction search plugin so you don’t even need to come to AuctionAlfie.com to start your search – you can do it from any website!

To install the auction search plugin, drop down the ‘Search providers’ menu when you visit Auction Alfie next or go to our plugins page and install it straightaway:

Tazbar has introduced classified listings for certain products, like cars, which require more interaction between buyer and seller, or where the handover process is longer.

For example, when buying a car the buyer made need to ask further questions about tax, MOT, mileage etc, or offer a part-exchange opportunity, and would also want to test-drive.

This is slightly different than eBay‘s Buy-it-now feature as the listing will stay live on the website until the seller has finally exchanged products.

This is an exciting development for Tazbar and with low listing fees is great for sellers to.

Australian auction and bargain hunters can now search eBay, eBid, Oztion and Gumtree with ease, making sure they get the best prices in the cheapest online auctions.

The auction and classified market is huge in Australia and Auction Alfie is keen to add more of the best Australian auction websites in the near future. Let us know which sites you would like to see included.