Regards,
lisa5768
From a C/Net article:
"Amazon on Monday confirmed that it's significantly delaying US deliveries of nonessential items, as part of its effort to get more medical supplies and household staples to its customers during the coronavirus pandemic. According to product listings on its website, some of these shipments will be delayed by as much as a month."
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One advantage eBay has is that it's Sellers are individual accounts, NOT warehouse based. With Amazon "delaying" shipments on non-essential items as much as a month perhaps Buyers will be less likely to purchase from them not wanting to wait that long?!? If eBay Sellers can still ship their items they stand a good chance of having their sales increase IMHO.
@picknparley I suspect the Amazon platform and all their locations pretty much use the same hardware and software and it's probably more up to date ... its a massive warehouse inventory system in basic terms. eBay's platform relies on individual sellers all using different systems and different operating systems so when they make a change to their platform it needs to be able to work with all of the.
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
In terms of GMV, the disparity between ebay and Amazon is too great for ebay to pass Amazon. However, it is certainly possible that ebay could end up with an uptick in y/y sales volume. But I think it's way too soon to predict that, because it's way too soon to predict the effects of the virus on the overall economy. As for me, I'll he happy if I can maintain a decent level of sales. If I can significantly increase my sales, I'll be thrilled. That will depend on both what I do and what the economy does. I can only control the first one, so that's where my focus is.
Good perspective ... locally the issue is acquiring inventory. What is shut down for resellers of vintage, antique and collectible items includes thrift stores, consignment shops, live estate auctions, online auctions, etc. Some online auctions can offer shipping but pick up is preferable in many cases since it costs less money in gas to go get a trunk full of stuff compared to their shipping rates.
"The thrifts stores, antique malls etc are all shut down around here. However, I have more than enough non-listed inventory here to last a good long time. I know my situation is not unique, and I also do realize that other sellers are having a hard time finding inventory. I wish I had better advice, but my advice is the same many non-sellers are getting who can't get to a brick and mortar store for their basics: search online. There are bargains to be had. Best of luck to you!"
So true, I am also sitting on a stash of inventory. I have seen my sales of non-essential items, not including my Easter items, increase over the past week. I hope this trend continues----- mama's gotta eat.
