What is even the point of the eBay open anymore? | Selling

wikipuff*88 · 2024-08-06T17:58:07.114000Z

As we have all seen by now, the eBay open is coming up in September, and continuing on the recent trend of having the open online and the launch parties throughout, I was shocked to see the sheer amount of launch parties there are. In cities that make sense like NYC, LA, Houston, DFW, Chicago, Tampa, Orlando to name a few and the some that are straight puzzling, like Ocean Spring, MS, Sandy Hook, MS, and Delvan, WI. But as I looked at the events, I was disappointed to find out that these launch parties are just seller meet and greets with nobody from eBay actually going to be at them (at least it looks like). Last year, I went to the one in Philly and got to talk to people from eBay and explain what my problems that I had with the site and the app. I actually had a list of seven things that I wanted fixed/improved upon and of those seven, only 1 1/2 of them got fixed. Is this annoying? Yes. Did anyone reach out to me about any of these issues? No. But, I was able to give my list to the new CEO and several other staffers on the floor and discuss with them my issues, such as the eBay boxes becoming heavier all of a sudden and app photo quality. Now, without the ability to talk to anyone from eBay, are we just supposed to commiserate together as sellers? When I first started selling on eBay in 2018, I was brand new to this and online selling as a whole. When I went to my first open in Vegas that July, I learned a ton about eBay and how to eBay better as a seller and promote myself better to the point where I felt much more confident and less confused about how to do eBay. I also felt that my concerns were heard and didn't fall on def ears. I felt the same way in 2019. I understand Covid killed the 2020 and 2021, but now that we are much better off then we were in 2021 (Yes, I am well aware Covid is running again, I had it in July and it sucked), I think its fully time to start to think about having a central location for 2025 and not just small groups of sellers meeting throughout the country commiserating about our problems that go nowhere.

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