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Sure! About two months ago I was cruising around the web looking for an e-commerce solution for the Houston Antique Source. I'm going to be trying to build a local community on there so I wanted to have a platform multiple people could sell items on. None of the regular shopping carts I could find really supported this feature well, if at all.

I ended up looking for auction software because that is the closest thing to a 'group marketplace' that I could find that would fit my needs. There are two price points for auction software I learned : Free and Thou$ands. Out of the free group I found 3 different prospects:

1. PHPAuction : Looks terrible, doesn't work well and is difficult to Mod.
2. EveryAuction: Written in a difficult language I don't know (Perl), extremely difficult and complex to install ( and no longer supported by anyone).
3. Kaqoo: What I chose to power Instant Online Auctions.

Kaqoo had a couple things going for it that I liked:

1. The appearance and look is fully customizeable.
2. There is a central 'hub' that all the listings go through. This means that if you search for 'Antiques' at Houston Antique Source, you will see all of the Antiques listed on a site running Kaqoo Software. This is huge for sites that don't have thousands of visitors a day.
3. Even though the software is run from a central place, you still have an installation on your web host and you choose all of the settings: fees, allowed categories, etc.
4. The only cut that Kaqoo takes is 20% of any fees that you decide to collect. I think this is pretty reasonable considering the quality of the application.
5. All of the settings and the listing process would be familiar to an Ebay user, making the learning curve for adoption low.

However, Kaqoo has one little hitch. You have to basically know your way around owning a hosted web site in order to do the install. With Instant Online Auctions, I'm taking all of the technical steps out of the process.

1. I Install the software and get them a username and password. (which they can obviously change).
2. I provide the space and the bandwidth to host the site. (Kaqoo doesn't take tons of space and if you only want to run a auction site, paying even $3.95 a month is ripping you off for the amount you would use)
3. I allow you to register your domain.

End Result:

Instead of spending a week trying to get Kaqoo to work and giving up frustratedly because of web hosting or installation issues, I have reduced hosting an online auction to the lowest common denominator - storage, domain, bandwidth, software - All in One.

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You Don't!!

All Kaqoo auctions are updated from Kaqoo as soon as the update is released! All you have to do is launch it and leave it!

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All of our pre-made sites offer billing in monthly, quarterly, Semi-Annual, and Annual increments. The longer the increment signed up for, the lower the price! Our Basic Auctions start as low as 99 cents a month!

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Absolutely!

Kaqoo is written in PHP and you can customize it to look however you want !  Currently our basic install comes with 6 color templates to choose from.  At this time, Instant Auctions Online does not offer web design services, just turnkey implementation.

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No Problem!

Just Send us an e-mail at support@instantonlineauction.com and we will install a fresh copy for you Free of Charge!. You may lose some of your formatting settings, but all of your listings and accounts are stored on the Kaqoo central server and will still be there!

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Great Question.

All of our Auction Sites are Powered by Kaqoo. This is a full featured web-based Auction Software.

• Kaqoo Accounts are Free to sign up for
• All fees you generate are split 80/20 with Kaqoo. You get the 80%!!There are no other fees associated with the software.
• You can set the fee schedule for your site! This Includes:

• Listing Fees
• Final Value Fees
• Upgrade Fees

• You have a 'virtual money' account which allows you to add funds to any member's account (including your own!) this 'virtual money' can be used for any fees you have set up on site. This is great for setting up your own Affiliate Programs and Sign Up bonuses!
• You can create Classic Auctions, Classifieds, Fixed Price, and Reverse Auctions!
• Third Party Payment
• PayPal Integration!
• and more!

Check out the Kaqoo Web site for more details!

If you have registered your Account, Stop by the Forums to ask any questions you may have!

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