Introducing WisdenAuction.com

Dear Member,

This is just a short note to let you know about our website   www.wisdenauction.com (established in September 2008) and our sister site of www.wisdens.org. (Established in 2005).

Over the past decade, I have been extremely frustrated about purchasing items from on-line auction sites and by watching who buys the items on such sites, it is obvious that a number of us do not use them as frequently as we used to, especially for the big ticket Wisdens. I am not sure why this is, from my personnel experience it is to do with the lack of trust and the increasing number of surprise defects that arrive with any new purchase. I needed to do something about it and hence WisdenAuction was born.

Hopefully, with its custom built interface, wisdenauction.com can address many of these matters and rebuild a trustworthy on-line Wisden trading environment.

The most important point is that this site is built for the Wisden community and not as a revenue generator, there is a fee to sell but this is in place just to keep the website going, there is no buyers commission, ever.

The top 10 features that should appeal to all avid Wisden collectors/sellers are:

1)       Easy to understand categories – The Year then the Type of Book.

2)      Custom built Wisden specific fields that are fully searchable – for example on listing a 1950s Hardback, you will be asked about the spine gilt and the hinges but for a 1950s linen cloth these fields are replaced by the bowing to the spine or the quality of the covers. Looking for a 1965 with a mint DJ – you can now search for specifically for this!

3)      A user friendly webpage that is easy to navigate and easy on the eye.

4)      No fee for buyers when buying a book and membership is free & the ability to list a Wisden for free, with a specific end date, including 18 pictures. (9.09% final value fee applies). Reserves are also currently free but must be fair.

5)      Sniper control is installed – this prevents people piping you to an item at the last minute and should stop all the action being towards the end of the sale.

6)       All lots will be reviewed by Wisden collectors.

7)      New users and bidding patterns will constantly be reviewed giving buyers and sellers piece of mind, generating a shill free site.

8)      All details are held on our secure, encrypted server.

9)       Help available any step of the way,

10)   Registration is quick and easy and takes less than a minute. Please go to https://www.wisdenauction.com/register.asp

All comments are welcome as this site is built with buyers and sellers in mind and not shareholders or bank managers.

Built by Wisden People for Wisden People.

Happy Collecting!.

Cheers

Chris 

Welcome to WisdenAuction.Com - A site specialised for the buying and selling of Wisden Almanacks