That horrible dominance of Amazon .. or how eBay hopelessly lags behind

[cyclebitz]

A widget I listed on eBay for nearly 2 months. 585 views, 6 watchers, not one single sale.
Yesterday, on a whim, I decide to list same widget on Amazon.
Same exact full retail price, seller fulfilled with paid shipping. So not Prime and not discounted one penny.
Within 30 minutes, the first one sold and 6 more (all inventory I have) in the next 4 hours.

Of course, let's see how many will be returned from that horror site that is Amazon.

[rugerskick]

No one is a cheerleader for unfairness that hits them as a seller, from scammers or even worse, online business partners.  And it happens all the time.  Everyone here is one algorithm error away of being permanently banned from selling.  Since no one will ever fix it because no one at ebay gives a rip if you are unfairly banned, its just a matter of when it will happen to you.

[2011jleach31]

Ebay is not amazon and will never be. It's biggest problem now is that it keeps trying to be amazon while gaining no ground on them and losing the Collectibles  market share to up and coming selling sites. 

[2011jleach31]

Everyone that sells on ebay invests in the company

[fab_finds4u]

How is eBay trying to be Amazon? Where is the proof ?

[kh-gary]

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