Our testers were located in the United States and Canada. For that reason, we will be taking another look at these services during the summer of 2001. There are pros and cons to each type of system. The home-based software allows the seller total control over listing and sales data. Web sites are sometimes unavailable, or achingly slow, and if your listing information is stored at a web-based system, you're subject to all the vagaries of the web's connections and outages.
Fees vary significantly.
Don't expect the free services to remain that way forever. Web companies are in business to make a profit. The reviews and feature table describe how each of these services stacked up. Auction Watch Auction Mgr. See site for details.