What is "huuto.net"

Huuto.net is a Finnish online auction similar to the international eBay or the Swedish Tradera. It was established in 1999 and is owned by Ilta-Sanomat Oy, which belongs to the Sanoma media group.

The main differences between Huuto.net and eBay are:

• Listing items on Huuto.net is free of charge. The seller is charged a fee should an item sell, the same as eBay.
• Sellers can store "templates" of up to five items within their accounts for future editing and listing. eBay users need an app like TurboLister to do this, although TurboLister is not limited to five items.
• Huuto.net uses conventional bidding and proxy bidding. The first bid however is raised from the seller's start bid, and does not begin at that price.
• Huuto.net does not (as of May 2014) offer a "saved search" facility.
• Huuto.net does not (as of May 2014) offer PayPal as a payment method.
• "Standard" users cannot message other users. Users are required to upgrade (for a fee) to get this facility.
• Negative or neutral feedback can be left for buyers (e.g.: those who fail to pay, etc.). This was removed from eBay some time ago.

The name of the website is derived from huutokauppa ( Finnish for " auction").

On August 18, 2007, Huuto.net had more than 500,000 items on sale. By March 26, 2014, this had risen to over 1.8 million items.