Selling Online - Is it worth it? - Ebay, Ecrater, ioffer - ecommerce for Small Business, home based Business and WAHM

The company I just purchased comes with lots of inventory, lots of which I want to blow out to reduce the amount.

I have put some stuff on ebay and ecrater to get an idea about how well these things sell or don't sell online.

Issue one: I don't have a rating because I haven't sold anything on ebay or ecrater yet, I do have a rating on ioffer but the amount of actual sales is low.

Issue two: For auction I have posted a below market price to gain interest, and have not received too much yet.

I think that selling online will take time and isn't something you can expect to utilize to move merchandise right off the bat. Especially if your merchandise is specialized for a smaller niche market.

So where can someone sell online?

1. Ebay - the largest marketplace and the most expensive depending on what method you utilize to sell your items. Auction or buy now, a store will cost you $15.95/ month plus insertion fees and selling fees.
2. Ecrater - the cheapest and the amount of hits is low. It's free to post items, you receive your own store and your items do show up in the marketplace. You do have options of the color of your store but the layout of every store is the same.
3. Etsy - .20 for each item and everything must be handmade. The site looks nice and you do receive a store for your items.
4. ioffer - Cheap and easy as you can transfer your items from ebay and your ebay rating to ioffer. A store is free and your items do get lots of hits from the marketplace.

Other online marketplaces are:

Ebid.com
Ubid.com
Overstocked.com
Kijiji.com
Craigslist.com

Do you sell on one of these online marketplaces, what's your experience?