AquaBid

[HUKIT]

There was a time in the not so recent past where AquaBid was a great source to buy fish and allow everyone from fish farms to private hobbyists to sell fish online without the need for a dedicated website. The traffic to the website has fallen off hard over the last few years which caused the site to dwindle down to essentially life support. They finally decided to update the site to look and act more modern but unfortunately usernames didn’t transfer to the new format so we all lost our feedback. The larger sellers who had thousands of positive feedback are gone and everyone was forced to make new accounts and reset back to zero, kinda feels like the final nail in the coffin unfortunately.

AquaBid.com - Your Aquatic Auction Website

Buy and sell aquarium equipment and aquarium fish on AquaBid.com. Sign up and begin to buy and sell - auction or buy it now.

www.aquabid.com

 

[danotaylor]

Wow that’s crazy Why would anyone bother with all the other options out there now? Clearly AB doesn’t have the money, or the care, to protect its users accts. By by aquabid

 

[phreeflow]

I loved Aquabid and am sad it’s gone downhill. eBay charges way too many fees, Band is hit or miss and there are no reviews and most don’t ship, Facebook Marketplace banned fish sales, so that leaves Craigslist? Am I missing something…besides dealer websites, is there a better place to buy fish from other private breeders?

 

[HUKIT]

I loved Aquabid and am sad it’s gone downhill. eBay charges way too many fees, Band is hit or miss and there are no reviews and most don’t ship, Facebook Marketplace banned fish sales.

Yes sir, I’ve gotten some incredible fish over the years. I only typically keep centrals and years past there would be 4-5 pages of listings but lately it’s been maybe 20 ads.

I don’t have any social media so what is Band, I’ve never heard of that?

 

[phreeflow]

Yes sir, I’ve gotten some incredible fish over the years. I only typically keep centrals and years past there would be 4-5 pages of listings but lately it’s been maybe 20 ads.

I don’t have any social media so what is Band, I’ve never heard of that?

It’s an app you download. A bunch of folks started using it to buy and sell fish when Facebook Marketplace banned fish sales. It was great at the beginning but is dying out also. Seems platforms get dominated by a handful of big sellers. It was nice to be able find some small hobbyists on Aquabid.

 

[Little Sebastian]

So does anyone have some alternatives or vendors with quality fish?