If we were mis-informed you can look to Zippi themselves, most of our research came from Zippi’s printed or website content.

Also, a quick peek at the Zippi website today reveals about 10 auctions listed on eBay from 4 sellers with a total value under $250.

If they have more members posting more product, I think they should include it on the website where they are selling franchises. Might help the confidence level of prospective franchisees.

“zippi-auctions” ebay account is a corporate eBay account. With Zippi Networks each seller uses their OWN SELLER ID, therefore to say this is what Zippi Networks’ network of eBay sellers is actually producing is INCORRECT.

Sorry… just FYI.

–Frank

Maybe there is a zip in the dress?

Seriously, if your post stops one lamb from being fleeced it will be a good thing.

No retail store? That’s fine – but even when working from home, be sure your city/neighborhood doesn’t mind having a ‘mini-warehouse’ on the block! That was the first question I was asked by my city licensing department when they were determining what business tax collection schedule to put me on. Once it was clear that I did NOT store my inventory at my home, they were happy. I pay rent on commercial storage space — and any consignment seller, home based or not, needs storage space. You may not have a retail store front, but you still gotta put that stuff somewhere!

I saw nothing in Zippi’s business proposal that could improve on my own word-of-mouth growth in my local business community. By doing good work for one business, I was introduced to other businesses, owner-to-owner, and that has led to my growth. Today I’m a Gold PowerSeller, still part of the eBay Trading Assistant program, and continuing to grow.

Zippi is an interesting concept, but IMHO, they take too big a bite out of my piece of the pie. Thanks, but no thanks!