Regards,
@mrv71 wrote:Even if eBay numbers show that it attracts more customers and have more sales, one need to ask - what are they buying and selling??? Is it good for a company to attract more scammers and type of people who buy fake watches in the alley (the same kind of people who buy 0.99 chinese fakes)?? Or is it good for a company to attract solid, repeat buyers who buy better and more expensive stuff??
I laughed when eBay sent me an ad recently, like save on fees when you list HIGHER VALUE items. What is "higher value items" for eBay? Items sold for $25 or more. :-))) Higher value for Chinese??? maybe... LOL
Yes, it would be interesting to know - however, considering how much investment of money and time they have put into the foreign sector, perhaps some wouldn't be surprised by the answer.
Higher value items, huh? Well, I suppose there are some 'product' items that sell for more. Sporting goods and electronics, as well, but they do have their down-side. I keep hoping that someday I might sell here again, but not now and not with my inventory. 'Sides, I may just decide to take it with me - I mean, finding the good thing is getting harder and harder! 
I REALLY want to go to my estate sale!
slippinjimmy wrote:GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) UP 9% y/y
Active buyers up 2 Million y/y
The GMV number in particular is quite good relative to the numbers they have reported over the past few years and would tend to indicate that eBay is on the right track.
https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-inc-reports-third-quarter-2017-results/
Thanks for posting the third quarter report, slippinjimmy! Looks good, and actually better than I had even been hoping, so it was nice to read.
And basically, for all who sell here profitably it will likely be business as usual, with perhaps some expansion moving into the winter season, positioning for Holiday buying and that deep winter boredom shopping that so many engage in. Love that! $$$$
And for those who don't quite have the balance that does as well here, those who aren't getting the sales they had in the old days, or that they'd hoped their inventory choices would bring them today, I can understand that it doesn't matter HOW well anyone else is doing, or how eBay is positioning their own business, it stinks when your own efforts aren't bringing in the results you are wanting. So hope they can get it figured out and things offered here that are good sellers, so they increase their bottom line profits too.
My newest account is growing. Working to get as much inventory listed as possible now. Increasingly pleased. Thanks again for posting, slippinjimmy.
@slippinjimmy Nice post ... however, regardless of what numbers they post or what they say each Seller either knows thier own little busines is growing or not. At present I can not report any significant steady growth pattern on 3 accounts here. Despite being hobby Selling accounts there should still be growth as new inventory is introduced on a regular basis ... and in total, the accounts have between 400 - 600 items available for sale when everything is listed ...
