Is eBay Broken?
How sad it is to watch a good company with a great concept succumb to it's own greed. No doubt, many have changed their view of this company since Sept of last year, which undoubtedly caused a ripple affect that we are feeling today. Are we feeling the affects of "desperation-damage-control"? Will eBay ever recover to be the company it once was?
Jim Rohn wrote: "The twin killers of success are impatience and greed".
21 comments
bonjourami
·3 years agoYou are basing is Ebay' broken', and heading for a downfall on your two year membership and 24 sales?
sextons-sweet-deals
·3 years agoWhat I remember is in September was reading posts about eBay changes / updates and discussion board posters were complaining of no sales. That was probably the start of eBay's Fall update rollouts.
September was good for me and then I was hit with the update rollouts in October. my sales activity crashed for an easy 7 to 10 days.
I remember other updates / changes in February & March of this year. Again, sales, views, offers, & questions just dropped off.
Same thing happened Last month. June started good and then nothing. End of the month picked up.
I don't have all the answers, but all the constant changes & updates are having an effect on sales, views, & buyer searches.
If I could point to one issue for every seller, it is what I call the wild card search based on shoppers' key words entered in search. That is so broken! I normally have to enter 3 types of word play descriptions to get a good view of all the listings on what I'm searching for.
Now we get to deal with the June 9th postal issue and figuring out how updating our first-class shipping listings will work out and the time we will spend fixing / updating.
house*of*paws
·3 years agoIs eBay broken?
eBay has always seemed to me as something that should have stopped working a long time ago … yet somehow manages to keep on trucking despite all odds.
ed8108
·3 years agoIn the opinion of manny it continues to be moving in that direction
Rome didn't fail in a day.
mam98031
·3 years agoWhat are you talking about? Are there some members that are upset with Ebay for one thing or another. Absolutely.
I'm not sure what importance the month of September 2022 has to do with anything. Would you mind explaining that a bit more. What happened to you Sept. of last year???
"Greed" I always find an odd thing to say about a corporation like Ebay that exists for the purposes of making a profit. It is why they were created and because they are still a very profitable company they still exist today.
But I find it odd because that is the same reason EVERY seller is here too. To make a profit. So if everyone that wants to make a profit is "greedy", then we are all guilty of that.
@allthings-collectible
oszika
·3 years agoI've learned, it's me, not eBay. Things won't sell automatically, quality, price, reputation matter.
annadryl
·3 years agoAll these "ebay is greedy" posts are a bit inane. Apparently in the past they were a generous charity? I've been here a long time and don't really remember that. So, same as always, my buyers pay all the fees. I don't feel sorry for myself at all.
vintage-camerastuff
·3 years agoDid it break last September? It started to crack about 15 years ago but not broken yet.
richard1rst
·3 years agoI would suggest you lift your head up and look to the horizon. Other than my own PERFECT little world EVERYTHING is broken. Welcome to Rome circa 420.
And no, I am not going to engage in a debate.
To those who agree no explanation is necessary
To those who do not none will suffice.
pls-consignments
·3 years agoSorry, eBay was all over the news when execs were sentenced in Sept 2022.
soh.maryl
·3 years agoSo that's what the OP is referring to? That the lawbreakers (?) were sentenced?
And that changed the viewpoints of many sellers? Really?
pls-consignments
·3 years agoI think he was referring to the effects on buyers, not sellers.
reallynicestamps
·3 years ago@pls-consignments
Oh that!
It didn't make the Report on Business in the Globe and Mail.
The eCommerceBytes showrunners were very brave in the face of vicious harrassment and deserved every penny of the fines.
But not all over the news.
house*of*paws
·3 years agoI'm guessing that the OP is referring to 'Promoted Listings' ... based on other threads they've started on the subject in the past month.
reallynicestamps
·3 years agoI've been using PL off and on since Fall of 2019.
My experiments were thrown off track by the pandemic surge in online buying, but it does seem to increase Views.
Last September.... no can't think of anything.
house*of*paws
·3 years ago@reallynicestamps
So nothing re PL started last September? [I'm not a seller, so don't know details of this program ... just aware of complaints I read here.]
rosszonebricks
·3 years agoI mean... my birthday is in September. But I'm over 50, so it wasn't THAT loud of a party...
lamber9347
·3 years agoDid it break last September? Was that the loud sound I heard while walking my dog around the neighborhood? Glad to know it wasn't what I thought it was....ðŸ˜
12345jamesstamps
·3 years agoSales have been good for me. Not sure what is going on.
soh.maryl
·3 years agoMust have missed it -- what happened in September of last year?
luckythewinner
·3 years agoI am also curious to know what happened in September last year. Do tell!