I agree!
Sellers of fixed price items know that most serious buyers sort items by choosing "newly listed" or "ending soonest" when browsing for something of interest. Therefore, economic success depends upon the ability to spin higher priced items in shorter cycles AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PREMIUM STORE SUBSCRIPTION! Ahem... sorry to yell. Needless to say, my March numbers took a serious nose dive.
Sorry to throw barbs here, eBay, but this isn't the first time you've implemented changes that have seriously affected my growing little business. While you might upon look me as a squeaky wheel and mere bottom feeder, the opinion of all sellers should matter to you, when it's constructive.
I truly think you should collect and take to heart all user opinion before you commit to any software changes. It only makes sense that the majority of common denominators will point the way to the path of least resistance toward success for all. In other words, a million heads are better than whoever is making some of your decisions. Every time I start making headway (February was one of my best months ever) you introduce another policy change that effects my operation in a way that stunts my growth.
I didn't purchase a Premium Store subscription so I could list 1,000 books. I purchased it so I could use my 1,000 fixed listing credits in a way that will generate the most money. To be clear, the kind of books I'd like to sell are hard to come by. Ideally, I would like to list books that are worth $50.00 dollars or more because I seriously discount them for resellers. But, those books are often difficult to obtain, so my inventory generally runs between 600 to 800 books, and, as I've already explained, I've been spinning the more expensive books on shorter cycles, which frees up greater amounts of cash to run my store while attracting more attention to it.
What do I do now that I have so many empty slots... fill them up with cheap books that take a lot of time and expense to acquire, list correctly and ship properly? No thanks. I started out doing that when my intention was to GROW. What's my incentive to get a larger store? I did that once upon a time, only to discover eBay had raised the price so high, I couldn't afford the transition. It was as if the third step in the normal progression had been raised so high you needed another step to reach it. How difficult is that to create for us. eBay?
Please print a newsletter that will tell us where you are trying to take us. Are we wasting our time here? It's not like I don' appreciate the opportunity you provide. I just have many, many questions related to the way you're going about it.
