Advertising your own website on ebay?

[we_buy_2_much]

This seller is selling 30+ items a day with an inventory of 1200. This seller gets contestant sales day and night, BUY IT NOW is fully on and working full blast 24/7, weekends, holidays, overnight hours it does not matter this seller is always selling.

400 + sales a month with only 1200 items up on ebay, his inventory levels never change and they in an extremely competitive category.

NOW MY QUESTION TO EBAY STAFF READING THIS (WE KNOW YOUR HERE) OR ANY POSTER WHO CARES TO SHINE IN ON THIS, WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE THEIR WEBSITE ON EVERY LISTING PAGE AND IN THEIR STORE HEADER IN HUGE LETTERS?

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Isn't this 100% against ebay TOS rules or are my eyes playing tricks on me? Why is this seller allowed to use their website URL on every listing and can still consistently list and sell at that absurd SELL-THROUGH-RATE while other sellers on ebay and on these message boards are making 1 sale a day (if they are lucky) with double and triple his inventory with better prices and feedback and have been here selling much longer.

what is going on here?

[ted_200]

Not saying it isn't cheaper for them in the long run, just saying that probably any one of us could get those privileges if we were willing (and able ) to pay for them.

There are plenty of Anchor Store subscribers who have posted suggesting it isn't quite that simple...

I won't count into those purchasable benefits the low shipping rates China Post gives exporters. That has nothing to do with eBay and a lot to do with the Chinese government.

It was a "tri-lateral" agreement.  China Post, USPS, and eBay are named as the three parties responsible for the agreement.  It has plenty to do with eBay, they were a principal party to the agreement, and the broker for the agreement. 

True enough though, these bargain basement shipping deals are no longer exclusive to eBay.   I don't fault eBay though, it's a good deal for them and for their Asian sellers - there is NO REASON they wouldn't want such a thing.  The fault mostly lies with USPS for agreeing to such a stupid thing that hurts American businesses, and only adds to the USPS' operating losses.