Online buy and sell options for Filipinos (Part 2)

This is part 2 of a series of articles on online buy and sell options for Filipinos. Click here for Part 1 of the series.

Today, we’ll look at two other buy and sell options online.

Sulit.com.phSulit is a thriving community with thousands of members logging on each day to sell or shop (as of this writing, it’s 5,000 plus). You can even create an ad if you’re looking for something in particular - a feature that Bidshot and eBay.ph don’t have. For example, if you want to buy an Asus EEE PC for a specific price, you create a listing about the item you want and how much you’re willing to pay for it.I posted an ad selling my old videocam in both eBay.ph and Sulit, and nobody contacted me on the eBay ad. As for the Sulit ad, I had at least 10 responses - although all of them preferred to contact me via text rather than the ad page itself. I don’t think this is an isolated case, since it’s obvious how active the Sulit community is.

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Online buy and sell options for Filipinos (Part 1)

I’ve been making money on the web since 2004, and have had some experience buying and selling things online. Some of you have probably considered doing the same thing, whether you’re looking for a good deal on an mp3 player, trying to sell your own handicrafts, or you need to dispose of some unnecessary possessions for emergency cash.

However, most people don’t know where to start.

I found that the online buy and sell landscape for Filipinos is very different from that of most Western cultures. With that said, I’ve evaluated some popular online buy and sell sites for Filipinos. This is the first part of a series of 3 articles on the subject. We’ll be reviewing the following sites:

• Bidshot
• eBay.ph
• TipidPC
• Sulit.com.ph
• Other ways to sell online

Without further ado, we’ll start with a couple of auction sites:

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