[AdmiralAsshat]

Half.com was useful back when Ebay was more of a strict auction site. I remember using it circa 2001 or so to buy some rare PS1 games. I may have used it as recently as 2008 or so to buy textbooks. Now-a-days, most Ebay Sellers have "stores" anyway, where stuff is strictly on a Buy it Now price, so half.com is basically obsolete.

[zongic]

You are mistaken. eBay is good for unique items, but Half.com was better for books, CDs and DVDs.

eBay is worse than Half.com for the buyer:

- Search results on Half.com were selected by item, grouped by condition and then sorted. Search results on eBay are by keyword match only (and then sorted). You have to read every listing to see whether it's the right item and what condition it's in. - eBay shipping cost varies from seller to seller.

eBay is worse than Half.com for the seller:

- 30 cent per item per month listing fee for items beyond the first 50. Useless for large catalogs of slow-selling items. - Buyers can make a purchase and never pay.

[VerDeTerre]

I don't think it's entirely a matter of Half.com becoming obsolete because of changes to eBay; I suspect they lost out to Amazon Marketplace, which provides basically the same service with (I'd assume) a larger reach. I would often check both sites and see the same listings by the same sellers.

[Pxtl]

Yup. My first textbooks I sold on half.com. My last textbooks I sold on Amazon marketplace.

[philfrasty]

I once got shouted at by an ebay service rep over the phone that you „cannot BUY“ on ebay (because I mentioned the word „buy“) ... well times have changed ...