CEO of eBay explains how offering its own shipping service will be a profitable way to fight Amazon

[wheredidiputthatremote]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

https://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-interview-benefits-managed-delivery-service-201...

[domin-tomas]

Oh boy! Here we go again, another nightmare.

[luckythewinner]

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@wheredidiputthatremote wrote:

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

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I don't this changing anything for OOAK sellers.

@domin-tomas wrote:

Oh boy! Here we go again, another nightmare.

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If you choose not to use it, what makes it a nightmare?

[domin-tomas]

Fix the problems we have here first. People can't check out with Pay Pal or credit cards, can't leave feed back, can't find items that they listed and can't print shipping labels. I'm always one for out with the old and in with the new but lets fix whats broken first.

[luckythewinner]

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@domin-tomas wrote:

Fix the problems we have here first. People can't check out with Pay Pal or credit cards, can't leave feed back, can't find items that they listed and can't print shipping labels. I'm always one for out with the old and in with the new but lets fix whats broken first.

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That hasn't happened before, so I wouldn't hold my breath 🙂

[wheredidiputthatremote]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@wheredidiputthatremote wrote:

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

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I don't this changing anything for OOAK sellers.

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It's all relative.  Is it not?

[valuestore]

Profits in the cloud services, where they draw prime benefits from to juice the high cost of the logistics. 

[alseyf-73]

How is eBay's

Buy-by-matching-the-Product-Image

working out for everyone?

[laurabeardsley]

This will only be used by big box stores or sellers of large amounts of same type items. They want the sellers to pay to have their items stored and boxed and shipped at a discount rate? At least this is my take on this. So for sellers on a smaller scale of antiques ,etc. it will be of no use and shipping will stay ridiculously high!

[wheredidiputthatremote]

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@laurabeardsley wrote:

This will only be used by big box stores or sellers of large amounts of same type items. They want the sellers to pay to have their items stored and boxed and shipped at a discount rate? At least this is my take on this. So for sellers on a smaller scale of antiques ,etc. it will be of no use and shipping will stay ridiculously high!

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What concerns me is the continued focus on Big Box Stores - like adidas

[greg5000]

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@wheredidiputthatremote wrote:

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

https://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-ceo-devin-wenig-interview-benefits-managed-delivery-service-201...

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All of what was said was interesting, but the last bullet was the most interesting.

"Wenig says he expects that Managed Delivery will be a profitable business for eBay."

If he's serious and said this, then:

• eBay just found another thing to profit from ... and 2x, vs. helping Sellers become more profitable. (Seller's already pay a fee to eBay on Shipping Charges and now eBay will take a kickback from the Shipping & Logistics Companies). 
• eBay will now have hand-in-the-game to direct you towards where they are profiting from (which may violate Consumer Protection Laws).
• eBay will be making major changes to the site ... yet again (and we all know how those work out).

[greg5000]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@wheredidiputthatremote wrote:

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

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I don't this changing anything for OOAK sellers.

@domin-tomas wrote:

Oh boy! Here we go again, another nightmare.

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If you choose not to use it, what makes it a nightmare?

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Just knowing it's there is nightmarish. 

[greg5000]

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@domin-tomas wrote:

Fix the problems we have here first. People can't check out with Pay Pal or credit cards, can't leave feed back, can't find items that they listed and can't print shipping labels. I'm always one for out with the old and in with the new but lets fix whats broken first.

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There's so much broken right now, he probably figures "let's introduce more new things," in the hopes everyone might forget about the broken things.

[zamo-zuan]

Yeah... Managed Shipping will be a "great way to fight Amazon", because offering what Amazon offers, except with slower delivery speeds, has led to so much eBay growth within the last year and a half.

Meanwhile, back in reality, Managed Shipping is offering 3 day or less shipping. Exactly the same as what Guaranteed Delivery offers right now. 

[wheredidiputthatremote]

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@zamo-zuan wrote:

Yeah... Managed Shipping will be a "great way to fight Amazon", because offering what Amazon offers, except with slower delivery speeds, has led to so much eBay growth within the last year and a half.

Meanwhile, back in reality, Managed Shipping is offering 3 day or less shipping. Exactly the same as what Guaranteed Delivery offers right now. 

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I really wish Ebay would go back to their grass-roots as being the original Uber of E-Commerce.