Next Seller Update

[2013fitzp]

Hi all- I was wondering what you are anticipating for the next seller update.  Feedback, shipment deadlines, peer metrics and defects have already been enforced- honestly, what else can eBay pull out of their hat to hold us to?

[flubberdoo]

Hand deliver items and take buyer out to lunch.

[pauyo_43]

@flubberdoo

I needed that laught today....this week.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@flubberdoo wrote:
Hand deliver items and take buyer out to lunch.

[castlemagicmemories]

Purely speculation on my part.

They might make auto accept/decline mandatory on Best Offers.  That allows for faster processing and frees the buyer to buy something else faster as well if the Best Offer is declined.

They might make unprofessional and abusive responses to buyers a metric~if the system detects such messaging, it could catch it just as the bots catch contact info, and you would rated by occurances accordingly.  This could also occur by a buyer reporting it, but not all of them know they can.

They might make any listings with invalid TOS, or counterfeit items,  a new metric and charge per listing reported.

They could monetize any of these things and thus a new revenue stream for Ebay, much as they have raised FVFs if you exceed SNADs as opposed to your peers.  These things would improve the buying experience as well.  

[suesilly]

I came here because I wondered if anyone else is feeling as completely frustrated and defeated by all the "UPGRADES" being added for OUR benefit and clearly they are as yours was the very first post, that never happens,lol

If they make listing any  "easier" I'm going to have to go back to school for my PHD.  Good grief, can't anything ever be easy?  I know the answer but I had to ask.  

It just took me 3 hours to list 5 stinkin' items and none over $60, most way less.  I just don't get it,  this new and improved **bleep** is on my last nerve and I only had one left!!   Guess it's time for me to retire again, ugh.  I'm tired and I spent my entire Thanksgiving in bed with a cold.  Sorry for the tirade guess I needed to vent.  Thanks for the ear!

Happy Holidays!

[suesilly]

I think I already DO that!  

[castlemagicmemories]

Better buying experiences may lead to increased sales for everyone.

[moo*cow*corner]

That's some great satire! Thanks! I actually laughed out loud! Not quite into blatant absurdity, but close! You may have missed your calling....writing satirical pieces and dystopian fiction! I'm up to my you-know-what in packing, and I really needed the chuckle today. Great post. Well done, you!

[xray731]

Ebay the past few years has been very buyer centric while other platforms have been too seller centric. There should be some sort of happy medium but not sure what it is. I know that establishing more selling metrics for sellers is not the answer. Sellers will move on to other venues and you'll get many new sellers who don't know the rules - which would not make a better buyer shopping experience.

We see people complaining of their experiences as a buyer on these threads - and many times it's due to sellers being new and not knowing the rules or older sellers who sell part time or come and go as a seller on the marketplace and don't keep up to date. Putting yet more restrictions on sellers is not going to create a better buying experience. Educating both sellers and buyers will make the experience great for both.

[hioctane62]

No more 14% FVF's as a penalty. (Because 14% will become the new normal rate, and the "penalty" rate will move to 18%.)

[pburn]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

Purely speculation on my part.

They might make auto accept/decline mandatory on Best Offers.  That allows for faster processing and frees the buyer to buy something else faster as well if the Best Offer is declined.

They might make unprofessional and abusive responses to buyers a metric~if the system detects such messaging, it could catch it just as the bots catch contact info, and you would rated by occurances accordingly.  This could also occur by a buyer reporting it, but not all of them know they can.

They might make any listings with invalid TOS, or counterfeit items,  a new metric and charge per listing reported.

They could monetize any of these things and thus a new revenue stream for Ebay, much as they have raised FVFs if you exceed SNADs as opposed to your peers.  These things would improve the buying experience as well.  

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Oh, gosh. I know you and I are buyers only, not sellers, but can you just imagine how sellers would respond to these kinds of changes? Yikes!  The boards would light up! 

[the_fancy_fox]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

Better buying experiences may lead to increased sales for everyone.

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Actually i think those are code words for push the remaining US sellers out and showcase Chinese sellers only.

Considering as a buyer I can’t find what I am looking for most of the time, I buy now elsewheres. Takes me 10 times longer to get the results I want displayed compared to other sites.

Maybe eBay should work on that........

[divwido]

Was that a joke?

[castlemagicmemories]

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@xray731 wrote:

Ebay the past few years has been very buyer centric while other platforms have been too seller centric. There should be some sort of happy medium but not sure what it is. I know that establishing more selling metrics for sellers is not the answer. Sellers will move on to other venues and you'll get many new sellers who don't know the rules - which would not make a better buyer shopping experience.

We see people complaining of their experiences as a buyer on these threads - and many times it's due to sellers being new and not knowing the rules or older sellers who sell part time or come and go as a seller on the marketplace and don't keep up to date. Putting yet more restrictions on sellers is not going to create a better buying experience. Educating both sellers and buyers will make the experience great for both.

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Problems aren't confined to new sellers although I am sure that is a comforting thought as I have seen that sentiment before.  Many are experienced sellers or TRS.  I've even seen a TRS post that they avoid TRS sellers due to bad experiences.  

If restrictions are made to curb these problems, and there are less problems due to these, then the buying experience will be improved, much as sellers try to avoid returns because they don't want the expense, or try to avoid OOS by using buyer requested when the buyer didn't, they would have new areas to consider as well.  Each side is responsible for their education, but you can't force either side to actually be educated.