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eBay is dead. Where are the sales?
Ran some promotions and ads for the holiday. Not a single sale. Got the right items and everything is priced below everyone else. Here's the kicker. I'm killing it on Facebook marketplace. My asking prices are higher and I'm seeing less fraud. Also paying less in fees. I know Facebook has a bigger user count than eBay but you would think eBay being more established would mean something? Is eBay dying? Starting to think I should just put all my listings on Facebook marketplace since it is free to list, no store fees, and lower selling fees.
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kh-gary
·3 years agoHi everyone,
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da979761
·3 years agoEbay is being killed by Facebook Market Place, thrift stores, it’s bias pro sellers in case of dispute & majority of sellers are middle lower class ignorant & greedy folks asking outrageous price on stuffs they picked up free from street side. Ebay is just being supported by small sellers selling Chinese imports at price LOWER than Amazon. The high asking prices on Ebay on used household stuffs do encourage more buy from Goldwill & Salvation Army. One can see many people at thrift stores point their iphone at item & google for online asking price on Ebay as reference. Another demise on Ebay is the PayPal partnership. Few years back, i got cheated by fake sellers on Facebook Marketplace using Paypal account. Paypal had the ball to ask me to absorb half the loss while they hold paying seller 30days after sale. I contacted BBB & got that revolve, since then i cancelled Paypal account. Ask yourself, who would buy from Ebay in the future? Customers on e-commerce are mainly younger generation who check price online before buying. For new products, there’s Amazon, Walmart & now TEMU, used household stuff, there’s FB for every town as well as online.