They may have added it to their registration, but there is still no SSl to the login page. These people are obviously not prepared to take on eBay. Security issues must be taken care of before announcing their website to everyone.

I have checked this, and found that registration at Wigix IS now secure.

Mr. Burnham has indicated that further changes are forthcoming.

-sciencefare

You stated “As to the security concerns expressed by the last poster, rest assured Wigix does in fact use SSL encryption for personal data.”

Well Bill, I can not “rest assured”, because at no point is SSL invoked. There is no security, there is no encryption, there is no “https://” at all.

If Wigix does in fact use SSL, why is it not apparent Bill? Why does it appear that the site DOES NOT use SSL?

-sciencefare

The site asks for your PayPal account information, email address and PASSWORD! The site also wants your eBay member ID and PASSWORD!

This coming from a new site that has no trust built up. Additionally, NONE of the pages are secure. Not registration, not login, nothing. NO security, no encryption.

So, at least until I hear that SSL is implemented, I won’t be going back. The request for my PayPal and eBay passwords is the most disturbing part. Do the folks that run this site actually believe that the masses will entrust this sensitive data to them?

I will not.

-sciencefare

Well, gollllly! You mean, like the real world?

I think the ONLY auction service that can ever compare to eBay involves getting paid to list items before they even sell. And it’s no wonder that hasn’t been invented yet.

Or maybe Wigix is counting on the recession so that the “make me an offer” option will be a big hit.

The human tweaking of data doesn’t scale well, of course, so they could try to crowd source it with Amazon’t Mechanical Turk or something similar.

I think a better buyer experience will win in the long term, whether ebay provides it themselves or someone else does.

–Nige

Gaining sellers will be a huge obstacle for reasons pointed out above. Gaining buyers should be comparatively easy. Since there is an excess of sellers for some of the items on eBay, it may be possible that a few will migrate to Wigix. The way that Wigix pulls eBay user ratings is important to this process.

And I agree with the guy, comparison shopping is a horrible thng for the sellers, because it means they need to fight tooth and nail to list the lowest price and lose all profit. There is a reason 99% of sites out there say “We price match…except for eBay”

+ I’m not sure, but it looks like they have absolutely no items. Just the database of different skus at this point. So really no point to even go there for the next 3-4 years until they get the basic # of items. Thats the thing that makes it impossible to launch a classifieds/auction site this days. You need like a billion items to even make that first sale.

Personally I think they should change it to just be a comparison shopping site, and then when they get the 3-5 million uniques per month, they can add the buy/sell service.

eBay has such insane market share in something that actually reflects real money to millions of people (unlike social networks), so overtaking them is a pipe dream.