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Blujay? No I'm not talking about those North American Aviary friends. Rhymes with eBay somewhat and it's another website vying for the legions of unhappy (or itching to move on) eBay sellers. Blujay offers no fee listings with no apparent strings attached.

One thing to note is that Blujay is not really an auction site. They call their listings "Ads" and you set an ad to run for up to 180 days. You can also set it to automatically regenerate after it expires. They are fixed price ads, but you can set them as "negotiable" meaning that buyers can make offers.

Blujay also submits to automatically to Froogle. In fact, I actually first found Blujay when I was looking for a certain item on Google and only afterwards read what other sellers had to say over at Power Sellers Unite (an off-eBay forum where PowerSellers can talk freely).

BluJay seems to have some fairly significant activity as evidenced by the screenshot below, although it is nowhere near the level of eBay. At this point, it seems to favor the collectable market, although other categories also have significant numbers of listings.

Blujay Category Structure

Some other quick things to note is that upon registration, you get a free web store with a static URL. Also Blujay is set up to use PayPal and Google Checkout as payment methods so it seems to be a pretty serious contender in the online selling market.

Some drawbacks - I noticed that as I was looking at it in the past few days, Blujay has had some pretty slow page loading going on. Chatter in the Power Sellers Unite forum (linked above) seems to echo that there are ongoing system performance problems there. Perhaps Blujay will need to grow their infrastructure to accommodate more buyers and sellers?

In any case, if you're looking for an alternate selling portal for your home-based business, perhaps give Blujay a try. If you're looking for techniques on researching online markets such as eBay and Blujay, check out the Guerrilla eBay Research System.

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Latest Comments in Quick Review of Blujay posts

Hi we are members at blujay and absolutley love it.The price is right FREE.Unlike ebays high prices and harsh policies,blujay is a better enviroment all around.Yes blujay does need to make adjustments in it's services but please remember that it is a free site.The owners have a full time job and only does this in spare time.You won't find nicer sellers and customers anywhere on the internet than what blujay offers.This site is growing in a fast pace since ebays new policy changes and come may-june it will explode.The listing on blujay is only slow once in a great while,maybe one out of every 30-40 listings might be a little slow.This is actualy pretty good for a small site.If a person wants to give blujay a shot,everyone there will give them a very warm and friendly welcome,just check the discussion boards and you will see. THANKS MELVIN ...
By: MELVIN OF USED HOUSE STUFF on 3/17/08 at 9:07 AM
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Blujay is definatley taking off to a good start.There are people pouring in like mad over here.Everyday people are being welcomed in the forums and explaining that they are coming from the dark side{ebay} mainly ebay refugees as they are called by most.They are looking to get away from ebays steep prices and strict policies.The sales at Blue jay are also taking off at a good as expected pace and getting better everyday.The forums are exploding with excited new comers as well as blujay veterans that have been there since the opening day.The new comers just can't believe how nice they are being treated and how much everyone is helping them with the small minor adjustment problems that take place in any transit. What could anyone expect,it's 100% free and most can't believe how nice it is.They now accept google & paypal checkouts as well as the usual checks & money orders.Some people are bringing in verbal communications for use with customers and fellow blujayers.The auction counts are up to about 350,000 and all categories are rising.WoW people you just have to come check this place out. MELVIN of USED HOUSE STUFF http://melvin.blujay.com ...
By: MELVIN on 4/3/08 at 2:36 PM
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ALLBUSINESS,ANY CHANCE OF GETTING A NEW SCREEN SHOT OF THE STORE CATEGORIES AND THE NUMBERS.MAYBE SOME TYPE OF CHART THANKS MELVIN ...
By: MELVIN on 4/3/08 at 2:40 PM
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I now know why ebay charges its fees and has such strict policies -----to protect the seller and buyer. BLUJAY.COM offers no protection for the buyer. I paid for my product immediately via paypal and received a receipt from paypal. I waited a week and tried to email the seller. No answer, I went to his blujay store and tried to email him again. No answer. Then suddenly his store disappeared without a trace. Now i'm short $300 without any help at all from BLUJAY.COM. Now i know better than to buy on websites like BLUJAY.COM. I for one will stick to buying from the big boys (i.e. ebay, amazon) because at least they offer protection for the buyer.
By: disgruntled 1st time blujay user on 7/10/08 at 11:41 PM
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I have only been on blujay a few months...but many many years on the big site...e***. I left there and do not need to give the reasons it was all over the net for months with the changes. But for you to slam blujay for the same thing that happens from what I read on Seller Central on ebay there are scammers on that site. If you had problems with not receiving your item.. you should have gone to the forums. ALL the sellers there would have made an effort to find contact the seller you purchased from.
Unfortunately there ARE scammers everywhere... there are a lot of dedicated sellers on blujay.. so I just happened on this site tonight and read your post.

You really should have checked into the forums.. they have a forum there Buyer Seller check. And anyone who hears of .. or had non-performance of a seller on blujay will post there.
Just not fair to be so critical of the site.. I do feel badly that you lost your money. Did you pay via paypal? You should have had the same protection purchasing on blujay.com as the big guy...e***.

Also before purchasing on blujay.com you are invited to go to the forum and ask about a seller if you find you cannot navigate. Everyone is very tuned in to keep scammers and cheats off the site.
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By: Jessieca on 7/21/08 at 10:58 PM
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