Urban Art Association

Perfect, thanks a lot for the reply.

Also...the seller pays 15.1% (in Europe) and buyer 9% - on the same article...so Catawiki gets 24.1% .
The biggest differences are that on Catawiki :
-you cannot contact the buyer during the auction.
-you cannot modify the add after it's been approved(you can ask, but they never reply)
-you cannot delete the add after it's been approved(you can ask, but they never reply)
-fees are way higher than Ebay.

Pros:
- Buyers trust more Catawiki because of the "expertise" - but like said before, it doesn't mean anything. There were cases when a Super Nurse was auctioned with real photos and the buyer received a fake , not a real FAKE

Cons:
- Big fees compared to Ebay.

On Catawiki you cannot chose the reserve price and results are all over the place for the same items.

Always a lottery.

There is an older thread about wiki - very poor seller protection from scamming buyers so beware and sell at your own risk...

Huge fees ? ? ?

Buyers premium is 9% . . . 

I have modified and deleted items after approval or during the auction.
Best to contact the auctioneers directly.

Fees are basicly the same for a seller as on eBay.
Catawiki charges about 15% including VAT. They pay through bank transfer.
eBay charges 10%, but payment is usually through Paypal which is another 5%....

How do you contact directly the autioneers after the item was approved or it's in auction? 
My only option is to "Request Change" and that goes to the general support. 

Thanks! 

That would be a total waste of money. Doesn't make any sense.

Your grapevine best focus on making wine.....

I've sold about 500 items on each platform. I say buy on ebay and sell on catawiki as a general rule. Ebay/Paypal has much better buyer protection and automated international shipping system. Selling on Catawiki you have to arrange all the shipping and update the tracking manually so there's a lot more opportunity for inexperienced sellers to make mistakes. Plus catawiki is very scammy, I've seen the same items from the same sellers with the same photos sell dozens of times over. Their customer service really sucks too, it's like one girl in an office who is very nice but can't actually do anything to help. They always want the seller to work it out with the buyer, and if you don't receive the item or it comes damaged or fake you have little to no recourse. Use a credit card that you have good standing with in case you need to stop payment, it's the best and only real buyer protection you'll get buying on catawiki. If you are buying any original art on catawiki just contact the artist directly and you can get most stuff for much less than what it auctions for.


I hope ebay does a catch and kill on catawiki, they've been getting away with murder for too long.