Post by Collector's Connection on Sept 29, 2004 14:57:24 GMT -5
September 28, 2004 04:12 PM US Eastern Timezone
Snappy Auctions Opens eBay Drop-Off Center in Atlanta; Growing Chain Handles eBay Auctions for Tech- and Time-Challenged Consumers
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2004--eBay selling just became a "snap" for Atlanta consumers with the opening of the first local Snappy Auctions, a franchised eBay drop-off center and selling service. Customers can bring whatever they want to sell to the Snappy Auctions store, and the staff will prepare and manage the entire auction process from preparation to payment of the proceeds from each eBay sale.
The new store is located at 3228-A Roswell Road near the intersection of Roswell and Peachtree in the Buckhead community. Co-owners Damon Mushrush, Travis Jones and Michael Holt plan to open six more locations in the Atlanta area in the next six months.
"Millions of people use eBay to turn possessions they no longer want or need into cash, but millions more don't have the time or technical know-how to do it themselves," Mushrush said. "It can take four hours or more to prepare even the simplest items for auction, from taking and uploading digital photographs to writing the 'ad' and selecting from 45,000 selling categories. We do all the work so our customers don't have to."
Snappy Auctions accepts any item with an expected value of $50 or more, ranging from sporting goods, apparel, jewelry, electronics, computers, camera equipment, music equipment, antiques and collectibles to stamps, mannequins, shelving, power tools, heart rate monitors and radiation detectors.
The staff performs an expert valuation to determine the estimated selling price of the item on eBay and devise the most appropriate pricing strategy. Then they photograph the item, categorize it, write a strategic keyword-based description, handle the eBay posting process, answer inquiries, and collect payment and ship the item when the sale is complete. Snappy Auctions receives a 15% to 35% commission for its services, depending on the value of the item.
Snappy Auctions opened its first store in Nashville in October 2003 and began franchising this year. All franchisees are equipped with proprietary software that ensures that customers' merchandise is expertly priced, photographed, categorized, listed and managed to bring the best possible selling price.
The company is in the forefront of a new breed of brick-and-mortar eBay offshoots that are expected to generate higher sales than all do-it-yourself eBay sellers combined. Internet Retailer has estimated that stores like Snappy Auctions have the potential to gross $10 billion in sales annually -- a figure that would nearly quintuple eBay's 2003 gross revenues of $2.17 billion.
For more information, visit www.snappyauctions.com.
Contacts
Snappy Auctions
Press: Marcy Manning or Jodi Perkins, 800-287-2279
marycy@sspr.com
jodipr@aol.com
Snappy Auctions Opens eBay Drop-Off Center in Atlanta; Growing Chain Handles eBay Auctions for Tech- and Time-Challenged Consumers
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2004--eBay selling just became a "snap" for Atlanta consumers with the opening of the first local Snappy Auctions, a franchised eBay drop-off center and selling service. Customers can bring whatever they want to sell to the Snappy Auctions store, and the staff will prepare and manage the entire auction process from preparation to payment of the proceeds from each eBay sale.
The new store is located at 3228-A Roswell Road near the intersection of Roswell and Peachtree in the Buckhead community. Co-owners Damon Mushrush, Travis Jones and Michael Holt plan to open six more locations in the Atlanta area in the next six months.
"Millions of people use eBay to turn possessions they no longer want or need into cash, but millions more don't have the time or technical know-how to do it themselves," Mushrush said. "It can take four hours or more to prepare even the simplest items for auction, from taking and uploading digital photographs to writing the 'ad' and selecting from 45,000 selling categories. We do all the work so our customers don't have to."
Snappy Auctions accepts any item with an expected value of $50 or more, ranging from sporting goods, apparel, jewelry, electronics, computers, camera equipment, music equipment, antiques and collectibles to stamps, mannequins, shelving, power tools, heart rate monitors and radiation detectors.
The staff performs an expert valuation to determine the estimated selling price of the item on eBay and devise the most appropriate pricing strategy. Then they photograph the item, categorize it, write a strategic keyword-based description, handle the eBay posting process, answer inquiries, and collect payment and ship the item when the sale is complete. Snappy Auctions receives a 15% to 35% commission for its services, depending on the value of the item.
Snappy Auctions opened its first store in Nashville in October 2003 and began franchising this year. All franchisees are equipped with proprietary software that ensures that customers' merchandise is expertly priced, photographed, categorized, listed and managed to bring the best possible selling price.
The company is in the forefront of a new breed of brick-and-mortar eBay offshoots that are expected to generate higher sales than all do-it-yourself eBay sellers combined. Internet Retailer has estimated that stores like Snappy Auctions have the potential to gross $10 billion in sales annually -- a figure that would nearly quintuple eBay's 2003 gross revenues of $2.17 billion.
For more information, visit www.snappyauctions.com.
Contacts
Snappy Auctions
Press: Marcy Manning or Jodi Perkins, 800-287-2279
marycy@sspr.com
jodipr@aol.com