OZtion

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OZtion company logo.

OZtion is an online auction site designed for Australians. OZtion is the second largest auction site in Australia behind eBay. The site was founded in 2005. According to the site, there are more than 700,000 items available for auction or purchase and as of 2008-06-12, over 280,884 member accounts.

1 Community
2 Trading
3 Prohibited items
4 Promotions
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Community

OZtion has a forum network that is used for both website purchases and wanted items.

OZtion uses a feedback system for rating transactions. Transactions can be rated by both the buyer and seller as either 'Satisfied', 'Neutral' or 'Unsatisfied'. Each OZtion user is also given an overall rating score based on their transactions, as follows: 2 points are added for each 'Satisfied' rating; 0 points for each 'Neutral' rating, and 2 points deducted for each 'Unsatisfied' rating.

[edit] Trading

Listing, including up to 3 pictures, is completely free and sellers are only charged a nominal fee when a sale is completed. ^[1] vShops are a unique OZtion version of online auction shops. They allow sellers to have a searchable store, and include information about their business on a separate page. Owners of vShops are charged $5 per calendar month for the privilege.

At least one form of verification is required to become a seller. Forms of verification available are: address verification (to a street address), credit card verification, drivers licence or passport ID verification, phone verification and Australia Post verification (which adds address and ID verification as well). As of 2007, only residents of Australia, New Zealand, UK & USA are permitted to sell on OZtion (overseas sellers from other countries registered prior to Sept 2006 are still allowed to sell). ^[2]

[edit] Prohibited items

A number of items are not permitted to be sold on OZtion^[3]. Notable examples include:

Adult items (unless added to the "Adult" category)
Alcohol

An alcohol license is required to list wine and other alcohol on OZtion. The seller must display their license number on the listing, and are responsible for knowing alcohol laws in all states and territories.