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OZtion first began it's life in 2005 with a very modest membership. In 2006 OZtion
won the "Best New Site" award by ACP's Australian NetGuide magazine and
went on to win several Hitwise "Top 10 Site" awards. We have quickly grown
to become the 2nd largest dedicated online auction website in Australia.
At the heart of the business is the OZtion philosophy - offer a superior product
and service to both buyers and sellers to ensure everyone has a great trading experience.
Attracted by the combination of friendly customer service, choice of items, value
and our fair sale fees, it's a concept online shoppers are embracing.
In June 2008 we entered into an agreement to be acquired by Melbourne based Jumbuck
Entertainment Ltd, an Australian online media company. Jumbuck is successful
around the world, and publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: JMB).
In September 2010, Jumbuck Entertainment Ltd sold its OZtion assets to carsales.com
Ltd - see announcement. A proud
Australian company, carsales has 26 online brands that cover categories including
cars, bikes, boats, caravans, industry equipment and homes. Now with OZtion added
into the mix we can include everything else – from DVDs to dishwashers!
OZtion was founded by Philip Druce and Kelvin Yip in Melbourne in 2005. Together
they identified the requirement for OZtion from working in the online industry and
began to build a team to offer Australians an Australian online auction site. OZtion's
team now includes professionals in online trading, web site development, database
systems, internet security and fraud prevention. It's been heaps of fun and challenging
building and running OZtion.
We strive to make OZtion the safest possible method for you to trade online. Fraud
prevention is highly important to us and you and helps ensure a safer place to trade.
We have many procedures in place such as innovative user verification systems (all
sellers must be verified), high risk item email alerts, system monitoring, an easy
to understand rating system, a buyer protection program and dispute resolution services
to help prevent fraud.
Learn more about Trust & Safety
The OZtion trading platform has been designed and developed in Australia, using
Australian knowledge and Skills. We are an Australian company and
all fees are
GST inclusive, therefore, there are no GST complications for Australian
businesses. When we all support Australian businesses profits stay in Australia
benefiting us all.
We offer a fair fee structure for our sellers, eliminating any up front risk and
offering affordable sale fees making it easy for our sellers to list all their inventory,
know their costs, pass savings on to buyers, increase sales and margins.
Learn more about our fee structure
Our seller tools and no upfront risk fee structure make a simple job out of listing
items for sale on OZtion. Sellers save time and money and provide a great choice
of listings for buyers. We have a fast 'one page' online listing page for low volume
sellers and a bulk upload tool (Express Lister) for larger volume sellers. Express
Lister can even import items and map categories from Turbo Lister.
Learn more about Express
Lister
We believe in providing all members who contact us with the highest levels of customer
service. Whilst we may have some templates we send you, we always aim to provide
a human touch to help explain our decisions to you. We listen to our members - many
features on OZtion have been a result of members' suggestions. By providing high
levels of customer service we ensure our members receive the best possible attention.
