Free Listings.??

[namtrag1]

What does everybody think about eBay having totally free listings and you pay 15% commission for selling your item?

[chrysylys]

I'd like to see it the other way to cut down on junk/frivolous listings.  A small listing fee for all items, maybe .20 or so regardless of membership type.  Then a reduced FVF and store rates to compensate.

[tunicaslot]

I'm with chrys - putting free listings out there just clogs up the site. If the item isn't worth taking a chance and paying 20 cents to see if it will sell - it doesn't belong here.

[vonbudde123]

I agree with the above comment. There are so many junk listings cluttering up the pages. I think a small reasonable fee per listing would be great with a lowered final value fee to compensate would do much to clean up the current mess.

[sashalucy2009]

I'm already paying a minimum of 16% in fees between 10% final value fees, 10% on shipping, 2.9% + $0.30 in paypal fees. Please don't give ebay the idea that we are willing to pay more. 

I don't agree with others when it comes to free listings, they like to say that if it's not worth paying $0.30 to list  it's not worth listing. I list many items that are in the $15 range and percentage wise it is not worth paying the $0.30 on top of the 16% I already pay. 

[richard1rst]

I have 10,000 listings for a flat fee of $299.99 per month plus FVF. Under your 20 cent fee those listing would cost me $2000.00 per month. Even if you reduced FVF to ZERO I would be paying more than I pay now.

If you are bothered by all the junk you see when you search for something then simply learn to be more specific in your search terms. The more narrowly you define something the less junk you are going to see.

There are any number of filters you can apply to narrow the search further. For example, under “item location” you can specify US Only. If you know that something is legitimately worth, for example, $20.00 and there is junk being offered from $10.00 or less then set the price range to a minimum of $15.00. That will catch a real bargain and eliminate the junk.

Some of us should not have to pay more because of your inability or unwillingness to work the system properly.

[emerald40]

And buyers are not going to jump through hoops to find items they are looking for.  They will go elsewhere.

All you will have left is a bunch of sellers but no one to sell  to.

[richard1rst]

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@emerald40wrote:

And buyers are not going to jump through hoops to find items they are looking for.  They will go elsewhere.

All you will have left is a bunch of sellers but no one to sell  to.

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My answer was in response to buyers who do not want to see a bunch of junk cluttering up the pages. I never said they had to jump through a bunch of hoops. I simply offered a way couple of very small steps to eliminate the junk listings for their benefit.

Or are you saying that all buyers are lazy oafs. When you walk into a brick and mortar store do you just take one step inside the door, do a quick scan and then leave because you did not immediately see what you were looking for? Or do you put a little effort into it by actually walking up and down the aisles?

No different here. It is a shame you have such a low opinion of buyers.

[southern*sweet*tea]

50 free listings/mo are more than plenty for average smallish sellers and closet cleaners to use. If a seller needs more, get a store. That's what they're there for.

[emerald40]

I have been here 19 years and I am getting tired of encountering one drop shipper after another whose 10,000 listings scroll off one month and go back on the next, month after month, year after year.

Buyers today are busy.  They want fast and efficient.  And if ebay does not offer it to them they will go to one of their competitors  who does.

It has nothing to do with laziness or my opinon of today's buyer.

It has to do with the fact that the older generation is downsizing, so if you want new buyers here then you have to make the site more attractive to them.  And for them time is limited.

[richard1rst]

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@emerald40wrote:

I have been here 19 years and I am getting tired of encountering one drop shipper after another whose 10,000 listings scroll off one month and go back on the next, month after month, year after year.

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If you mean to imply that I am a drop shipper - I AM NOT.

Everything that I list I have in my own warehouse. And I have a constantly evolving product mix. And my sales volume suggests that people like what I offer. And every month I get a different bunch of buyers which justifies repeating the listings month after month.

And the filter suggestions I made will speed up their searches since, as you point out, time is limited.

[chrysylys]

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@sashalucy2009wrote:

I don't agree with others when it comes to free listings, they like to say that if it's not worth paying $0.30 to list  it's not worth listing. I list many items that are in the $15 range and percentage wise it is not worth paying the $0.30 on top of the 16% I already pay. 

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The FVF would be reduced accordingly.  And people that used calculated shipping and bought labels though the system might not be required to pay the FVF on shipping.

[chrysylys]

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@richard1rstwrote:

I have 10,000 listings for a flat fee of $299.99 per month plus FVF. Under your 20 cent fee those listing would cost me $2000.00 per month.

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How many of those actually SELL each month?  How many are relisted repeatedly month after month?

Perhaps sellers should not have so many listings?  Perhaps not more that they can afford to list?

[emerald40]

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@richard1rstwrote:

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@emerald40wrote:

I have been here 19 years and I am getting tired of encountering one drop shipper after another whose 10,000 listings scroll off one month and go back on the next, month after month, year after year.

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If you mean to imply that I am a drop shipper - I AM NOT.

Everything that I list I have in my own warehouse. And I have a constantly evolving product mix. And my sales volume suggests that people like what I offer. And every month I get a different bunch of buyers which justifies repeating the listings month after month.

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I am not suggesting anything.

Obviously if unlimited free listings were offered, you would not be the only one taking advantage of it.

I was here during the middle of it when ebay was offering them by the tens of thousands, and it was one of the worst buying experiences ever.

If you think there is throttling now ............

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[emerald40]

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@richard1rstwrote:

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@emerald40wrote:

I have been here 19 years and I am getting tired of encountering one drop shipper after another whose 10,000 listings scroll off one month and go back on the next, month after month, year after year.

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If you mean to imply that I am a drop shipper - I AM NOT.

Everything that I list I have in my own warehouse. And I have a constantly evolving product mix. And my sales volume suggests that people like what I offer. And every month I get a different bunch of buyers which justifies repeating the listings month after month.

And the filter suggestions I made will speed up their searches since, as you point out, time is limited.

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It took me years to set up my searches and save them in email.  

And I still get listings that are in the wrong category either by mistake or the seller feels it will give him an advantage.

Or the seller who puts in 250 items with the same title an photo but in the title lists them 1 to 250. 

Or the seller who lists doll socks, one pair for each listing.

Or the ones who figure nothing ventured, nothing gained, but list items that do not have a prayer of selling.

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