It’s taken a long time, and it’s still going to be a couple of months more possibly, but we are working night and day to get trade 2 save up and running.

It’s been difficult creating a bying and selling website with the level of sophistication as New Egg or Amazon without a team of 20 developers and a multi-million dollar budget. Our small team have big ideas though, and when finally launched, trade2save will stand out among other website where people go to buy or sell  pre-owned products, including console games, computer hardware, cellphones, movies and music.

So what’s the site going to look like?

This 60 second trade2save launch video gives a sneak preview on the look and feel of the site along with a quick scan over the functionality. One unique feature of the site is that you’ll be able to buy and sell products in the same transaction. This is because trade2save will buy directly off of you for cash or higher value store credit.

trade2save is the first trading portal where you can either (1) sell instantly to trade2save or (2) add your product with your asking price to the product page.

trade2save charges no listing fees, no transaction fees and no variable closing fees . Trade2save will charge 6% commission on computer products and 12% commission on anything else.

Small Sellers have to pay up to 50% commission to sell on Amazon

Structuring the commission in this way makes it very cost effective for customers to sell one off items like a DVD movie or a cellphone. For example, sell a $5 dvd movie on trade2save to another customer and you’ll receive $4.40.

Sell it on Amazon for example and you’ll receive $2.46. That’s because Amazon and other portals charge a minimum transaction fee as well as as a variable closing cost (on top of the commission).

Small everyday sellers don’t get a good deal and are squeezed out in favor of the more profitable power sellers and merchants who provide ongoing business.

trade 2 save levels the playing field for small one time sellers. Whether your a Power seller or a small seller, you’ll be able to sell (and Buy) knowing that you’re getting a good deal and that there isn’t a middle man double dipping.

If you’d like to become a beta trader on the trade2save website, please let us know. What this will involve is buying products from us and selling products to us in the same transaction. We won’t be charging you and we will give you store credit as a thank you to use when we launch. This is so that we can iron out any problems with the site before we officially launch.

We’ll keep you posted on developments. For now it’s back to programming!!!!!! Doh!