2007 January » Best eBay Auction Stores

fix your ipod&more sells the iPod 60GB, iPod 40GB, iPod 20GB, other brand MP3 players. The Store has a newsletter. The Store categories are minimal, but they do not need more because they supply a very focused selection of products.

This eBay Store, fix your ipod&more, had more than 450 items on auction when we visited the Store. Nearly all the items were offered as regular auction listing, with the Buy-It-Now option enabled on the listings. A search for "iPod" returned 288 items from the Store inventory listings.

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AnimeStuffStore sells manga, anime art books, cd soundtracks, posters, wallscrolls, playing cards, and other goods.

They had more than 4,600 related items on auction when we visited the Store. All their items were offered through the Buy-It-Now feature of eBay at the time of our visit. A search for "anime" returned 2,793 items from the Store inventory. They have around 1,000 English Manga items and 400 English Manga comic sets. AnimeStuffStore has a Store newsletter that people can subscribe to.

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Mission Equity Properties LLC sells low cost, high quality property available to the private investor who may have had limited access to real property investment prior to the development of the Internet.

Mission Equity Properties LLC focuses on investment real estate auctions. At the time of our visit, they had 47 auctions on the go. All the auctions were regular auction listings and every single one had bids on them. Those properties were located in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Mission Equity Properties LLC also operates the Integrity Property LLC eBay Store, which sells real estate on one dollar no-reserve auctions.

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Chinaberry Antiques provides a variety of old and new china. The Store owner says the products go along with Southern hospitality and dining in an atmosphere of elegance.

Chinaberry Antiques had in excess of 150 items on auction when we reviewed this eBay Store. Less than 10% of the items were offered as regular auction listings. The rest were offered as Buy-It-Now items. The Store categories are superbly organized, making it easy for buyers to browse the store inventory.

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High Velocity Comics sells comics and other collectibles. They welcome international orders. Their inventory appears to be evenly composed of Marvel, Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine, X-Men, Hulk and other titles.

At the time of our visit, High Velocity Comics had more than 3,800 comics items on auction. All the items were available through the Buy-It-Now feature, with none on regular auction. The Store Categories are well organized and it should be easy for buyers to find what they are looking for.

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Ocean2tides sells china, stoneware, and glassware, including: Fitz and Floyd, Johnson Bros, Lenox, Mikasa, Noritake, R. Lauren, Royal Albert, Royal Doulton, Sakura, Sango, Villeroy & Boch, Wedgwood and fine china from England, Germany, Japan, and USA. They also offer other decorative housewares.

Ocean2tides had more than 400 auction listings when we reviewed the eBay Store. Around 20% of the items were on regular auction with the rest being offered from the Store inventory as Buy-It-Now items. The inventory is well-organized into meaningful categories.

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Integrity Property LLC is a subsidiary of another eBay business, Mission Equity Properties, and it operates with the same managers. The Store was formed in 2005 to sell higher valued property via one dollar-no reserve Internet auctions. They have conducted more than 10,000 auctions over the past 5 years.

This Store appears to be focused completely on investment real estate. When we visited, they had more than 50 parcels of investment real estate on auction, via regular auction listings. All their auctions had bids on them, even those that were more than 25 days from closing. At the time of our visit, they offered investment real estate in Arizona, Califirnia, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

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Relentless MTG focuses entirely on selling Magic the Gathering merchandise, including rares, foils and promos, core sets, Time Spiral blocks, Ravnica blocks, Kamigawa blocks, Mirrodin blocks, and many others.

The seller has put effort into this eBay Store with an appealing look and feel, custom header design, as well as promotion boxes that list new arrivals and featured items. When we reviewed Relentless MTG, they had 1,796 Magic the Gathering items on auction. Of those items, 52 were offered via regular auction listings and the rest through Buy-It-Now listings. There were 73 Ice Age items on sale and 656 items marked as rare.

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Titan Comics Store sells comic books, Japanese animi/manga/sets, statues, busts, maquettes, stereographs, trade paperbacks an hardcovers, related magazines and other merchandise.

Titan Comics Store had more than 5,500 items on auction when we reviewed the Store. All their items were offered as Buy-It-Now listings. They had price guides and reference books on offer.

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Bloom Fine Art and Antiques are dealers in art and antiques. They specialize in 19th and 20th century European & American paintings, drawings, prints & lithographs (Impressionist, Modern, Folk, Contemporary, landscapes, portraits, abstract), porcelain, china, figurines, glass, silver, metalware, lamps, clocks, bronze sculptures, and more.

When we visited Bloom Fine Art and Antiques, the Store had more than 2,300 active auction listings. Approximately half of those items were offered via regular auction listings and the remainder through Buy-It-Now listings. They had 200+ prints and lithographs on auction, 77 Asian art items, and 148 watercolors and drawings. The storefront has a very simple and elegant design.

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