Passing the Buck.....

[kathieskorner]

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal eBay management is blaming their decline in GMV on Google search.    Perhaps it is time that eBay looks in the mirror at its own search deficiencies before trying to pass the buck.  

[hioctane62]

Because eBay knows that google is the only way anything can be found on eBay. It sure isn't their onsite search engine.

[dubiousgain]

That has always been eBay's modus operandi... Possibly they have tired of using the A-Zone as their red herring? 😉

[getzappy]

With that thought I must say I am selling items on other sites like crazy that have never sold much if anything before.
If google was to blame I believe those sites would be struggling even more then they where ever before.
There is something larger brewing at Ebay that is not known to many
My store subscription ends in March, but if there is no increase in my sales between now and Jan 1 on eBay I will be insisting they allow me to end that subscription without me paying a penalty because of the lack of sales.
I’m reading about lack of sales everywhere online and from the sellers I know in my area
I believe by very early next year Ebay Number Of items listed and sellers will be slashed and sales volume slashed even more
I read a article about this and it mentioned that Ebay is forgetting that it’s customers are the sellers and the buyers are the sellers customers
That is a very true statement in my opinion because if Ebay had no sellers there would be no buyers
I’m cheering for Ebay to kick a## but I was also sure the Chicago Bears where going to at least make it to the playoffs this year
It appears that even with a new coach and quarterback Ebay is failing to compete on the same level as the rest of the teams
Ebay will fail if it only wants to sell food and drinks in its stadium instead of creating good plays and keeping the bad and or lazy players on its team
Ebay must sell jerseys and other memorabilia to survive
Many players on eBay’s team market their items and even have websites that direct traffic to the Ebay stadium where they are first met by other players that Are not the ones that attracted those fans
Sellers want and need a coach that understands google game play and a quarter back that can toss those items at top of search
Ebay is now very much looking like a High school football team in its worst season ever

[hioctane62]

Only halfway through the fourth quarter, and they are already starting the Wall St. damage control. They KNOW their (and our) holiday season won't exist.

[abfabvintage]

@kathieskorner 

Morning...now you can read this one:

https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2019/11/1573930267.html

[ed8108]

EBay appears to have lost sight of their mission which is to bring together sellers & buyers, their present focus on increasing their own revenue to make management appear good to their stockholders, may result in financial disaster.

[turquoisetulips]

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@kathieskorner wrote:

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal eBay management is blaming their decline in GMV on Google search.    Perhaps it is time that eBay looks in the mirror at its own search deficiencies before trying to pass the buck.  

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E bay should be passing a few  bucks to a PROFESSIONAL advertising company  and hire only  PROFESSIONAL   techs  if they ever hope to recover . IMO , it won't happen . Tulips 

[turquoisetulips]

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@ed8108 wrote:

EBay appears to have lost sight of their mission which is to bring together sellers & buyers, their present focus on increasing their own revenue to make management appear good to their stockholders, may result in financial disaster.

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And that's what happens when the entity in charge  gets too greedy and steps over the boundary  of what is fair for EVERYONE concerned . Sooner or later  karma  comes calling . Tulips

[hioctane62]

One of the things mentioned in the article is autocomplete (you know, suggestions while you're typing in search). I notice that hasn't been working on eBay for quite some time. No suggestions at all.

[kathieskorner]

I had already read that before posting as well as reading the WSJ article.  I believe CNBC also commented on it this morning.  

[hioctane62]

Have you seen this one?

Misquoted and misunderstood: Why we, the search community, don’t believe the WSJ about Google search

https://searchengineland.com/misquoted-and-misunderstood-why-we-the-search-community-dont-believe-th... 

[chapeau-noir]

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@turquoisetulips wrote:

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@kathieskorner wrote:

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal eBay management is blaming their decline in GMV on Google search.    Perhaps it is time that eBay looks in the mirror at its own search deficiencies before trying to pass the buck.  

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E bay should be passing a few  bucks to a PROFESSIONAL advertising company  and hire only  PROFESSIONAL   techs  if they ever hope to recover . IMO , it won't happen . Tulips 

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Especially a professional ad team - those commercials I saw were awful.

[hioctane62]

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@hioctane62 wrote:

One of the things mentioned in the article is autocomplete (you know, suggestions while you're typing in search). I notice that hasn't been working on eBay for quite some time. No suggestions at all.

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I just got proven wrong. I got suggestions while searching, while I didn't get any while searching just before I posted. I've not gotten them most times, so it appears to work intermittently. I search using both chrome and edge.

[chapeau-noir]

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@hioctane62 wrote:

Have you seen this one?

Misquoted and misunderstood: Why we, the search community, don’t believe the WSJ about Google search

https://searchengineland.com/misquoted-and-misunderstood-why-we-the-search-community-dont-believe-th... 

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I read that article earlier this morning  - though TBH, I'm not surprised, given the source - journalistic rigor at the WSJ seems to be in decline.