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Many of the members have been here on a long time.
And I would think that most of our members would like to see ebid more well known especially in the USA.
But it is a small private company.
The say they tried showing bids years ago and the bids were not there, so they felt it put people off.
Going for a venture capitalist etc is the worst thing that could ever happen.
The owners would lose all control and the friendliness of the site would disappear.
Look at Bonzana they got some funding and people are not like some of the changes, and its growth has stalled.
Look at esty they got huge funding and many people are leaving it to go for another handmade site.
Yahoo tried auctions and could make it work.