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I NOW HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE
AUCTION SITE 'EBID'

To go to my store - click →   Ebid : Sussex Matchbox Labels : Store No 1 

The labels being sold on this site require you to register with me and be approved before you are able to make any purchases.  Additionally, the price you pay is determined by me.  On the auction site Ebid referred to in the title, (Note I am not referring to the Ebay site) I have my own auction store(s) which can be of benefit to those who are more inclined to try and get their labels at a lower rate than other sites and other auction organisations. 

With Ebid, I do not have to pay the same listing and final sales fees as I do with Ebay, consequently I am able to set my prices lower.  Additionally, Ebid have a number of variations to a standard auction which allows me to have, a 'Starting' price, a 'Buy it Now' price and the ability to set the auction period to start from the time the first bid is placed by a bidder.  All these facilities are far better for the customer as with the auctions, the time period is fully adjustable from a 24 hr auction to 10 days or more.

I have decided at present to concentrate on promoting my Auction Store on Ebid, which ultimately will be of more benefit to both my visitors and myself.   I would therefore like to take the opportunity of asking visitors to this site to explore my Ebid Auction Store by clicking on the link directly beneath the title above.  Visitors should note that the 'Buy it Now' prices on the labels in my Ebid store are the average prices I would expect to get for the labels being listed and that these prices are comparable to those in this store (with a few exceptions). 

When first viewed, the store displays any auctions that may be running first and after those auctions the labels are listed chronoligically and alphabetically by the time periods for each of the auction lots.  By default, all the labels in the store are listed, but as I have laid out the store in the same way as this one, visitors can select from the menu in the left side bar, any specific area that they want to view, and, only labels applicable to that selection will be displayed.

I have laid out the store in a similar way to this store which benefits those who are looking for particular types of labels or particular countries. To view specific countries within each label type just requires you to expand the subject sub category by clicking on the + sign within the circle beside the name of each sub category. This will then display a list of countries in the format for example 118 Australia. If there are labels in this sub-category, a number will be displayed to the right of the sub-category.  

The visitor has the choice of  selecting List, Gallery or Showroom views for displaying the labels in the store and for the majority, I would suggest gallery.  Selecting a label will bring up the auction page for that label.  If you decide to have the label, you can select the auction start price which is lower, or the buy it now price which is slightly higher.  If the auction hasn't already started, making the minimum bid will start the auction clock and providing no one else bids on the label, that starting price will be the buying price once the auction ends.  Clicking on the buy it now logo prevents the auction clock from starting and allows the visitor to buy the label at the price displayed.

So, may I please encourage you to visit my Ebid store by clicking on the link under the title shown above.  In conclusion, at the moment there are only a small number of labels on my site but I'm hoping to have well over a 1000 or more in the next couple of weeks.

Welcome to the Stores Country Based Index

The layout for the Country Based Index is very simple but it is very important to remember that although the Index is arranged by countries, everything within those countries is still arranged alphabetically. 

Each country has a three digit number which is known as the Country Code.  This code is permanent and cannot be changed.  The first allocated code is 100 and is for Afghanistan whilst, the last code number is 600 which is for unnumbered sets of labels with images/text but No Country of Origin stated {these terms are explained in the Important Links sidebox located 2nd to top right}.  I have created 8 Country Index Sub-categories and 1 for labels with No Country of Origin.  These sub-categories are listed immediately below.  After selecting the sub-category you want from the categories sidebox located top left or from the categories listed below, a full description of that sub-category will be displayed in the header.

Please make your choice from the categories listed and I wish you happy hunting!!!