PopShops is Popula's new fixed-price annex, where online merchants of rare, vintage and collectible goods can open their own online stores. PopShops are:

A new place for buyers to find you. Popula already has a devoted audience visiting its award-winning auction site, which opened on the Web way back in the last century. You'll have a whole new selling venue, with a fun, knowledgeable and eclectic crowd that loves collecting.

Practically-free advertising! Link to anywhere on the web directly from your PopShop. Unlike other, grumpier sites, we actively encourage you to use your PopShop to promote your own site--indeed, we encourage every strategy that makes business better and more profitable for you, our valued customer. Take advantage of our traffic to increase exposure for your own website and other selling and content venues!

Reasonable fees. Your shop can be up and running for only $10 a month. In addition, you will pay a reasonable 10% commission on successful sales. Please see our Terms and Conditions for complete details.

Easy set up. Our PopShop Generator makes it easy to set up your PopShop, with space for your own logo, favorite images, and links. You can be up and running in no time. If you do need any help or advice, please remember that Popula's Nerve Center Staff, praised everywhere for their friendly, non-big-brother attitude, are always at your service.

Upload your inventory with the greatest of ease. If you already have your inventory in a database, send it up to us and, at least if it's in one of the usual formats, we'll convert it right into your PopShop. If you haven't yet listed your inventory in a database, and you have MS Access 7.0 or better, our mighty Populator will make your job immeasurably easier.

Use Popula's Broadcaster system to send announcements of promotions or your own newsletter to all your online customers. And Popula users get the chance to subscribe to your mailing list every time they access your merchandise. Spread the word about your newest acquisitions or your latest featured sales. Just compose and click!

We'll be adding more features to our PopShops as fast as we (or you) can think of them. So why not give us a try and Sign Up?

(And don't forget to try the venerable Popula Auction!)

List Your Auctions on Popula?!

Yes, there are other auction sites out there, a few of them simply gargantuan, and with much more traffic. So why on earth would you want to list your things on Popula?

Great Value. On Popula, you won't pay listing fees if you list over 100 items in a calendar month, and commissions on your sales are very reasonable -- never more than 5%. This already represents a big savings compared to our largest competitor, and that means more profit per auction for you, our valued customer. You can also use our Image Manager for picture hosting -- this is free, unlike on other sites -- our List-o-Mat for easy auction management, and Private Eye, the simplest and quickest way to keep track of your current and closed auctions.

Awesome Service. Popula is a seller-friendly site. Your success is our success, and if you prosper, so will we. Popula's goal is to put buyers and sellers together, not get in between them. Real people will answer your email. You won't be given a one-click canned response to some question you didn't even ask. Our sellers are not only our customers--they're our partners in crime, our confederates, and our friends. We'll make your experience with Popula a pleasurable and profitable one. And then, there's the question of

Sales, mon ami. Popula's Nerve Center Staff works hard to find and attract the off-beat customers you want, waving fistfuls of cash which they can't wait to spend on your vintage, rare and collectible merchandise. Bidders come to Popula in search of the rare, the groovy and the absurd, so if you've got anything that fits that description, you can sell it here.

Remember, it's not how much traffic a site gets, it's the traffic on your pages that counts. With the huge volume of auctions to search through on the biggest sites, how many viewers will see your page? And how many of those viewers really want or understand your merchandise? Find out by adding counters to your auctions on those deplorably crowded, noisy sites and comparing them with your page views on the smooth, civilized, wonderful and worthy Popula site. (Your Popula page views appear automatically on your Private Eye page—-you won't need to add a separate counter). Popula has loads of willing buyers who are interested in, knowledgeable about, and ready to buy what you're selling.

Fun. At Vox Popula you can read Vintage Voice, Popula's house organ, with hilarious and informative articles, contests, and features of interest to collectors. We have book and movie reviews geared to those interested in vintage and rare stuff. And Vox Popula may well host the most entertaining bulletin board on any auction site—though admittedly, the discussion is rarely auction-related. Vox Popula is a fun community of like minds; people who love and conserve the things of the past, and have a great sense of humor. We hope you'll join us.

Free Trial Offer!!! As if all this weren't enough, we're so keen for you to give Popula a try, we're offering 10 chances for you to start an auction without paying any listing fee. If you've never listed anything on Popula before, just list your 10 things and then e-mail staff@popula.com with the words "Something for nothing" in the subject line.

OK, I'm ready! First, let me Register. (Or, if I'm already registered, Let me auction something!)

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