Online Shopping with Auctions

With online auctions, you have the chance to set your own price - that is, if you're not underbid or sniped at the last second. Check out these online auction sites to find specialty products, grab a bargain, or add to a collection.

eBay.com

Originally started to supplement a Pez collection, eBay has grown into the world's largest online auction site. You can find pretty much anything here, or you can become an eBay seller, which can be a nice source of additional income (plus you can get rid of a lot of extra junk).

Yahoo Shopping Auctions

Yahoo Auctions includes links to thousands of different kind of products and auctions; in addition, you can comb through the bargain bins at the 99 Cent Showcase, or you can view which products currently are offering free shipping.

uBid.com

uBid.com has an immense product list and looks to be owned by Microsoft since there's a MS Passport sign-in button at the top of every page. It might be a good idea to go through the uBid Tutorial in order to get the most out of this large auction site.

Amazon Auctions

Amazon Auctions is a great place to not only find bargains, but if you have something to sell, you can do that here as well. I sold a few textbooks here last year and all I had to do was enter in the ISBN number and wham! my listing was up and ready. Some good bargains to be found here.

Half.com

Half.com is owned by eBay, and you can find some great deals on books, music, CD's, and movies, video games, and textbooks here. The best place to go at Half.com is the Bargain Bins; I saw some good books there for under a dollar.

ShopGoodWill.com

Go shopping and help somebody at the same time by bidding on items sold at GoodWill.com. The product listings are straightforward and cover a lot of eclectic ground,plus, you're helping a good cause every time you buy something here.

Bid4Assets.com

Bid4Assets.com is a unique site that specializes in government property, seized assets and property, tax sales, and more. Lots of interesting items can be bid for here, including houses, land, luxury items, etc.

Sotheby's

A little rich for my blood (for the most part), but Sotheby's is worth a look if you just can't find that special something from the Royal House of Hanover.

Dell Auction

Dell Auction "is a secure, easy, and direct way to buy refurbished Dell computers, peripherals and software." You can also check the Dell Outlet to buy items that have already been discounted.

Clothes Off Our Back Celebrity Auctions

Want to buy a dress from Reese Witherspoon? How about a shirt that Ellen DeGeneres wore to the Emmys? Then check out Clothes Off Our Back, an "organization that hosts charity auctions and private events showcasing today’s hottest celebrity attire. Items are put up for bid to the public with proceeds going to select children’s charities each year."

Charity Folks - Online Charity Auctions

Charity Folks host an ongoing changing venue of celebrity-focused auctions, with the proceeds going to non-profit organizations.

This article is part of the Online Shopping Guide. Be sure to check out Comparison Shopping Search Engines and Shopping Search Engines as well.

Online Shopping with Shopping Search Engines

Froogle

 Google's shopping engine is a great resource. Just type in anything you are trying to find, and Froogle will bring up a whole plethora of search results, complete with price comparisons.

Bizrate

Bizrate.com bills itself as the "world's best shopping engine". They have a huge index of search results to choose from (over 30 million product offers from more than 40,000 stores).

MySimon

MySimon.com, the winner of "Forbes Favorite" and "Best Internet Shopping Service" Eppy awards, is a prime Net shopping engine.

Yahoo Shopping

 Yahoo's shopping page is simply laid out and easy to use. A nice feature is the "Top Searches" on the top of the page.

Amazon

With millions of offerings to choose from, Amazon has evolved from a small bookstore to a mammoth Internet presence.

Overstock.com

 Ever wondered what stores do with the stuff they over-order? Well, check Overstock.com and find out.

Shopping.com

 Shopping.com is the merged result of Epinions.com and Dealtime.com. They do a good job of making their site simple and easy to use.

PriceRunner

Pricerunner is Europe's leading comparison shopping site. You can search by product or by product number/model name.

PricingCentral.com

is an extremely comprehensive shopping search engine, and can help you compare prices fast and simply.

MSN Shopping

 MSN Shopping's home page is a bit crowded, but their featured stores and directory are both easy to navigate.

Shop.com

 not only allows you to search for thousands upon thousands of different products, but they have an outlet store full of discounted products and bargains galore. For this cheapskate, this feature alone merited a bookmark.

Shopzilla

Shop from "more than 25 million products from over 45,000 stores" at shopzilla. Navigate to the bottom of the home page to see their shipping widget; just enter in your zip code and from then on out your shipping will be automatically calculated should you choose to purchase anything.

Keep going and read about comparison shopping search engines, or skip ahead for a list of the best online auction sites.

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