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eBay should acquire Whatnot

They should acquire it or integrate a similar system.  Could be huge for the younger generations and a way to bring more traffic.

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@tthodgepodge wrote:

They should acquire it or integrate a similar system.  Could be huge for the younger generations and a way to bring more traffic.


Require what? Age limit to purchase or sell on ebay is 18. So what younger generations are you speaking of?

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@ebooksdiva wrote:

@tthodgepodge wrote:

They should acquire it or integrate a similar system.  Could be huge for the younger generations and a way to bring more traffic.


Require what? Age limit to purchase or sell on ebay is 18. So what younger generations are you speaking of?


Acquire


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@chapeau-noir 

Thanks over 60 eyes here. 

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@ebooksdiva  I have some coffee brewing over here. 

 

I'm curious as to what people think about this.  eBay would have to let it run pretty much independently or it would ruin it - the structure and intent is quite different than eBay's structure.

 

Etsy is bought Reverb and Depop.


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"Missed out on the fancy pants your were bidding on?  Check out these similar items on eBay"  I can't imagine it would be hard for ebay team to integrate something like this.

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@tthodgepodge wrote:

"Missed out on the fancy pants your were bidding on?  Check out these similar items on eBay"  I can't imagine it would be hard for ebay team to integrate something like this.


Only integrate is a bit different than a simple link.

 

i.e., eBay would have to come up to speed on Whatnot's video/live format, and we're talking about a site having a tough time launching videos really at all.  It would still be part of eBay, though.


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No, they shouldn't.  When I deal with eBay I want to deal with eBay. When I deal with Whatnot I don't want to deal with eBay.  I'd be gone from Whatnot.

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If ebay was to acquire Whatnot, they will do what ebay does best.  That is to run it into the ground.  

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Seems to me to be a high labor effort with fees similar to Ebay and a much smaller audience.

 

They claim great results but are capacity limited which will not continue to be the case.

 

It is not clear to me that there is a shortage of marketplaces and venues. And some venues like Amazon already have too many sellers for the number of buyers.

 

Seems like a place one might try if it appeals to the way you want to do business, but whether it has a future is debatable. No reason to buy it - would be cheap to replicate.

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I'm thinking it's more buy the market demographic. 


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They're already working on their own live auction thing. So outside of getting whatnots user base. Seems unnecessary.

 

eBay at least will have history of buyer habits to recommend auctions. Whereas, I believe with whatnot. It's better to have a big following.

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