To address a few comments regarding my rant. I had a personal eBay Account eBay was founded, this ain’t my first rodeo. Also not the first time they screwed me over. I ran a store with my cousin for a short while, which they somehow attached to her personal eBay and charged a bunch of fees and etc, never straightened that out. We closed that store and walked away. Since they asked ME to come here, I thought they were changing. I didn’t include all of that…it’s a rant.
My items are licensed, I’ve been a games journalist and podcaster for just under 19 years and am an artist myself, I just don’t sell those items here. Another thing is because so many people sell unlicensed, if anyone else is selling items, it’s assumed even those with the real deal must be selling fake. If I were, I would never open my mouth. I’d just bounce. I;d offer to share how I came about getting some of these licenses, but internet folk here likely gonna say I’m lying anyway, lol. As mentioned I sell across many platforms. I know art theft is rampant and because this platform has aged so badly it is not even close to easy to work with as it once was (that’s putting it nicely) , I wouldn’t dare put my own art here. They are terrible at how they treat me when it’s not my original IP, I cannot imagine how much more frustrating it would be to have to fight over my own art.
if you love it here and it’s working for you, by all means stay. I wanted to toss up a warning for new business owners, younger folk who will likely find them clunky and unfriendly in comparison to newer platforms. The only thing they have over any of the rest is being able to speak to someone. But think even Facebook has offered something comparable. Occulus owners who have a business do get VIP access. I own an Occulus.
As for the person who says why are you selling more than you have…imagine someone selling across platforms. You cannot always have exactly what you need at hand. I’ve had days where there are no eBay sales and other platforms are booming, then eBay come in late in the day, selling one bag over and eBay and Shopify sync just such that the Shopify customer gets the last bag instead of eBay. All of my stores are synced so I should only have to look once place…eBay is the only one I have to actually watch like a hawk. Happens.
And the odd person that said blizzard in July…really? I will say maybe I wasn’t clear as I hate to come at strangers and imply they are anything about them without knowing them, but to clarify, I’m speaking of winter time, not now obviously.
Thanks to those who read and offered a good luck, same to you. Those who are being snarky, lol. We’ll have the day you deserve. Take that however you wish.
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