A Part-time eBay Sellers Group
It seems to me that Ebay Is doing it's best to run the smaller seller off Ebay . The new Policies and fee's are a joke . They will learn that it was the smaller seller's that made Ebay what it is today . Not Walmart or Junk from China . No Seller's = No Buyer's = No Ebay .
It's just common sense .
I've looked at your history, http://forums.ebay.com/search.jspa?messageProps=tags&q=&tags=&dateRange=all&userID=mass2020&numResults=15 , & it seems you've been hit a few times causing your discontent with eBay. Not a problem! Wanna' vent? This is the place... Please remember we've probably all experienced your problem but we try to find a way to deal with it & find a way to improve everyone's situation>
I would guess that not only are they losing sellers but all the sellers that have decided to close up shop will no longer be buyers as well so they'll lose on both ends of this deal.
Seems it's been poor pickin's for you for years? http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Ebay-Stores/The-Real-Reasons/520005650?start=250&#msg520397072
We've had a number of discussions on this issue & posters addressing other venues they're looking at. Maybe you should spend some time here finding & reading them? Better to be informed than bitter.
Hope this helps!
Most sellers are buyers, but most buyers aren't sellers. When the buyers, who aren't sellers leave, then ebay will be dead. I don't see that happening in the near future.
First of all, we are a Wal Mart loving society! So what would ebay lose from being like Wal Mart? Nothing. And Chinese sellers wouldn't sell on ebay if people weren't buying. Consumers sacrifice quality for quantity everyday. And when a person gets ripped off or gets junk, do they stop buying on ebay? Nope.
Where else can you get this much traffic without working your tail off for it? I don't know of anywhere. But ebay isn't the only game in town, either. Its just one of the two largest and with the most traffic.
There's are other places and you can make money at it, but it takes ton more work than ebay to garner traffic. Am I happy about the changes coming in the Spring? Nope. Am I going to have to deal with them if I want to take advantage of ebay's traffic? Yep.
Like Honda said, read some of the threads. There are a couple of exciting venues that are growing because of ebay's upcoming changes. Why not considering diversifying? If doing just ebay isn't working for you, maybe there's another venue somewhere else that will work better for you. Granted, you'll have to work a little harder, but perhaps that will be good outlet for your anger and make you feel like you are in control of your business again.
First of all, we are a Wal Mart loving society! So what would ebay lose from being like Wal Mart? Nothing. And Chinese sellers wouldn't sell on ebay if people weren't buying. Consumers sacrifice quality for quantity everyday. And when a person gets ripped off or gets junk, do they stop buying on ebay? Nope.
Where else can you get this much traffic without working your tail off for it? I don't know of anywhere. But ebay isn't the only game in town, either. Its just one of the two largest and with the most traffic.
There's are other places and you can make money at it, but it takes ton more work than ebay to garner traffic. Am I happy about the changes coming in the Spring? Nope. Am I going to have to deal with them if I want to take advantage of ebay's traffic? Yep.
Like Honda said, read some of the threads. There are a couple of exciting venues that are growing because of ebay's upcoming changes. Why not considering diversifying? If doing just ebay isn't working for you, maybe there's another venue somewhere else that will work better for you. Granted, you'll have to work a little harder, but perhaps that will be good outlet for your anger and make you feel like you are in control of your business again.
I've posted this before...can't remember if it was here...but the following is the first paragraph of my item description:
A thought from The Mad Hatter…It's about time we all sat down and had a little chat about shipping charges. Let's face it...they're expensive! And there's no sense in your getting into a hissy-fit over them after an auction is over...it's bad for your blood pressure. Think about this...the average item I ship from here in New Jersey weighs about 2 pounds 8 ounces. Shipped Priority Mail to New York City, it would cost $5.50. The same item shipped to Chicago, $9.05; to Denver, $10.60; and to Phoenix or Los Angeles, it would be $11.95. That's more than double what it costs to ship to NYC from here! Fed Ex and UPS are even more. If you think the shipping charges are excessive or too expensive, I beg you, please don't bid! Remember...no hissy-fits!
The boldface is actually in the text of my listings.
I had a 4.7 on my shpping DSRs and within 6 months, it improved to a 4.9. I didn't change anything in the way I ship and never offer free shipping. One thing however, is I stopped charging a handling charge about a year ago. I cover all the costs of shipping supplies by the discount for online through ebay/PayPal and by buying supplies in bulk..
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A thought from The Mad Hatter…It's about time we all sat down and had a little chat about shipping charges. Let's face it...they're expensive! And there's no sense in your getting into a hissy-fit over them after an auction is over...it's bad for your blood pressure. Think about this...the average item I ship from here in New Jersey weighs about 2 pounds 8 ounces. Shipped Priority Mail to New York City, it would cost $5.50. The same item shipped to Chicago, $9.05; to Denver, $10.60; and to Phoenix or Los Angeles, it would be $11.95. That's more than double what it costs to ship to NYC from here! Fed Ex and UPS are even more. If you think the shipping charges are excessive or too expensive, I beg you, please don't bid! Remember...no hissy-fits!
The boldface is actually in the text of my listings.
I had a 4.7 on my shpping DSRs and within 6 months, it improved to a 4.9. I didn't change anything in the way I ship and never offer free shipping. One thing however, is I stopped charging a handling charge about a year ago. I cover all the costs of shipping supplies by the discount for online through ebay/PayPal and by buying supplies in bulk..
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It seems to me that Ebay Is doing it's best to run the smaller seller off Ebay . The new Policies and fee's are a joke . They will learn that it was the smaller seller's that made Ebay what it is today . Not Walmart or Junk from China . No Seller's = No Buyer's = No Ebay .
It's just common sense .
I am thinking of the rich folks around Portland who don't want a Wal*mart in their neighborhood.
Since 2004 Wal*mart has tried to open 3 or 4 stores here but have been stopped by the folks who don't want one near their house.
(These people don't care about the small stores that might close, they just don't want the traffic in their neighborhood)
Anyway... Wal*mart is doing just fine anyway. And people will still shop there...
Yes, all of their crap is made in sweatshops.
Yes, Sam Walton only sold American-made products... Now NOTHING is made in America!
But people still shop there.
Once evilBay drives away all the small antique dealers, there will still be people buying Chinese copies...
evilBay's preferred customer base is not really idealistic... Y'know?:^O
WoW! Seems all the less frequent posters found this thread....,.
chriscastanza... I only sell a few things... (Or TRY to sell a few things! X-()
I do not have a store, I just pay for each individual listing.
If you sell less that 50 or 25 items a month it is not worth it to get a store.
Everyone has to do their own arithmetic, but I believe even evilBay says that if you sell less than 50 items you don't need a store.
I do not have a store, I just pay for each individual listing.
If you sell less that 50 or 25 items a month it is not worth it to get a store.
Everyone has to do their own arithmetic, but I believe even evilBay says that if you sell less than 50 items you don't need a store.
Fewer Sellers = Less competition!!
Yippie!!
Yippie!!
"IS EBAY LOSING SELLER'S???" No.
Is evilBay losing small independent sellers??? Yes.
Does evilBay care??? Not really.
Is evilBay losing small independent sellers??? Yes.
Does evilBay care??? Not really.
