The Marketplace@ODwire.org is
the safe, secure place for Eye Care Professionals to buy and sell optical equipment,
books, and any other product or service that might be useful in practice.
ODwire.org members can also post "Help Wanted" ads for Optometric jobs and even use the site to help facilitate
the sale of a practice.
Unlike eBay, Craigslist, or other classified & auction sites, posting at the Marketplace@ODwire.org is limited to
the ODwire.org community and our vetted industry partners.
This more intimate setting provides you with a greater degree of confidence when bidding on goods, or placing
classified ads.
Sellers can also reach nearly 10,000 ODs in a setting that is more highly focused than any other online.
Yes! We encrypt all sensitive information (including, but not limited to, credit card information.)
The Marketplace@ODwire.org is administered by Wolf Bioscience, a reputable company that is responsible
for millions of dollars of secure online transactions each year.
We recommend that you use PayPal when transacting with other Marketplace users, as they can act as a secure
intermediary.
You may choose to pay our site fees either with PayPal, or with a credit card.
Our credit card processing system is secure, and we don't retain your credit card information on our servers.
Absolutely!
One of the major concerns that members have is that they don't wish to expose their real name when
selling or buying items. This could be for a number of reasons, particularly if the item is sensitive
(for example, if the member is selling a practice.)
All identities within the Marketplace are kept confidential -- you are identified only by a system-generated
user ID number, not your ODwire.org username. This gives you the confidence to participate in auctions
without worrying that your identity will be revealed.
Obviously, when an auction concludes successfully the winner of the auction & the seller of the item will
at that point reveal their identities to each other, in order to facilitate the completion of the transaction.
We strive to make our service the most inexpensive auction/commerce site for the optical industry.
Posting an item for sale is free of charge.
If your item fails to sell, you will not be charged. You may automatically re-list your item for free
if it fails to sell. We want our members to make the most of the Marketplace!
The only time you pay a site fee is when your item actually sells.
The Marketplace@ODwire.org supports most common forms of secure online payment, including
Visa,
Mastercard,
American Express and
PayPal.
If you still need a little help learning how to post an item, click on the
help tab to see videos & other examples
of how to post to the Marketplace.
You can also visit the
Marketplace Forum to ask for help from your fellow ODwire.org users.
The Marketplace@ODwire.org has
stores for businesses that wish to sell products and services to ODwire.org
members.
The number of storefronts available are limited, and are made available based on several criteria, including vendor
reliability and responsiveness to the needs of the ODwire.org community.
