Ebay style auction houseq

[BobbyVCP]

Over the past 4 plus years that I have seen at least 3 eBay style auction houses try to compete with the beast and all have failed. Why do you think so and what needs to be done to make a successful auction site like them? I am in discussion with another company about the possibility of making a Graded Sports collectibles only auction site just like eBay 5 years ago. A few points that I think are needed to make it a go but how do you get the community that hates the old way try the new way?

Keys:

Feedback system with full disclosure.
Sniping
Mass lot upload application for large sellers.
Seperate sections by eras
????

I have the programmers and the people in place to make it a reality and think the others that tried failed because they went after everything and we are only going for a small sector of their business.

Any feedback would be appreciated and hope to make a go of this shortly.