When I first logged on to the internet about 6 yrs ago I did not have
the faintest idea that people would be actually swiping their cards or
making payments using email accounts(paypal) one day, to buy and sell
stuff on the internet. Then I came to know about eBay.the first
online shopping site which swept the world off its feet and then there
was a revolution which changed the meaning of "buying" and
"selling".Suddenly everything was online.
I enjoyed my part of the fun of being a seller and buying a lot of
stuff through eBay. no doubt eBay revolutionalized selling and buying
and is still considered the no1 online shopping site in the world.
However, somehow the whole idea about auctioning, buying and selling on
eBay became very difficult as the website further developed and grew in
terms of members and its features, now I find everything so confusing
on ebay. also there are the charges which I feel are too costly for a
small seller like me. hence I decided hunt for new online shopping
sites like "uShops" and my review today is based on this site.
Its still a new site compared to ebay in terms of members and the no of
transactions but has a lot of potential for the future.The site is
like a virtual mall where sellers open up shops and list their items in
the shop. The shop can be of anything except products forbidden from
listing under their terms and policies. The seller can also attach a
banner of his SHOP and ake public annoucements from time to time for eg
: for giving discounts
I particularly liked the site as it looks like a no nonsense site in
terms of design which is topnotch. The design is clean and the site is
very user friendly. also the site has a catalogue page which have high
resolution pictures of latest and older products and the catalogue
keeps getting updated everytime a user lists a new product. They also
have a ne feature where users can search for a product through a color
pallette on the site. The Blog and Forum are interesting and neat. The
customer service in terms of the quality of response and the time taken
to reply is just great. You can report bugs, errors, suggestions and
questions acc to their categories or just simply interact with other
sellers on the ushops forum. You can also comment on a product and give
it a thumbs up or thumbs down or mark an item as intersting. It also
has my account link where users can see the items they are
selling, items sold and other such features.
Of course nothing in the this world is free and so even ushops charges
and nominal fee of 10% when you sell a product which is nothing when
compared to bigger sites like ebay which have started charging even for
listing and highlighting items on their site.
Members keep getting newletters every month updating them on the latest
developments and future features about the site. In all ushops is a gr8
site whith a unique idea and has a great deal to offer in the future.:)
Imran