Flunkies of Fiction: Online Auction Industry Exposé

Traffic rankings of online selling channels.  The channels listed include auction sites, fixed price marketplaces and malls, barter sites, classified sites, and comparison shopping engines.

(numbers shown are unique monthly visitors || stats source: compete.com)

Monthly visitors by the numbers - May 2008:

eBay 71,904,536
Amazon 54,954,103
craigslist 37,463,362
NexTag (CSE) 33,129,936
Shopzilla (CSE) 12,631,868
Smarter.com (CSE) 10,425,809
Pronto (CSE) 9,283,270
Shopping.com (CSE) 7,387,561
Become.com (CSE) 6,792,525
Pricegrabber Storefronts 5,061,352
Shop.com (CSE) 4,565,724
Buy.com 2,987,227
Kijiji.com 2,723,057
Etsy 1,830,083
PriceRunner (CSE) 1,446,926
Alibris 1,342,999
LiveDeal 933,302
GunBroker.com 874,751
TheFind (CSE) 784,477
iOffer 738,004
Ubid 734,143
AbeBooks 706,526
Tias 576,867
eCrater 563,241
RubyLane 542,556
DomesticSale 489,716
Liquidation.com 420,919
SortPrice (CSE) 377,446
Sedo 362,022
Biblio 304,948
Ciao (CSE) 269,983
Sell.com 223,507
ShopWiki (CSE) 207,812
PropertyRoom 193,294
Blujay 147,175
Bid$Assets 133,473
TextBookX 113,443
BuySellCommunity 112,284
OldAndSold 100,119
Gemm 84,990

Warning, you are entering the no traffic zone! If you waste your time on the channels below this dividing line you are truly a moron!
The sites below this dividing line are suitable only for hobby sellers who value community and warm fuzzies over sales. These sites share the following features: no traffic, no outside buyers, pitiful site GMV, seller to seller sales are the norm, and in many cases: inept board junkie owners, and no advertising budgets

Webidz 70,932
OnlineAuction 60,781
Wagglepop 56,113
ePier 52,758
AtOncer 31,444
Wigix 30,515
AuctionFire 25,776
LoudFrog 25,828
Silkfair 22,191
NaughtyBids 22,011
Plunderhere 18,802
BidOnUSA 12,564
Bid-alot 9,479
SwapAce 9,085
Usiff 8,987
Fididel.com 8,880
HiBidder 4,977
Ewaey 4,753
YourHighBid 4,337
Wensy 3,815
AuctionQuests 3,756
BiddersNSellers 2,645
MilBid 1,631
OvernightAuctions 1,426
TheTradersPost.com 1,353
IWACstores 1,073
UBidRight 979
ESTIMATE-Mo’s AlsoShop 70 (traffic is composed of 60 sellers plus gawkers from TT, PSU, TCH)