Congratulations! You were just named CEO of eBay.. What Would you Change First?

[fairdeal*lb]

I would put full emphasis on true platform sales growth which in turn brings a more honest final value revenue. At the same time I would dismantle the Pay-to-Play scams that alienate the ones that help make it all possible. The transition would have to work in tandem.     

Let's Say You?

[vintagecraze50]

Well just about all of them had the platinum parachutes when they left did they not?

[vintagecraze50]

Not a good plan, then back to the foul, undesirable reads on a sellers and buyers page. Not attractive at all.

[fairdeal*lb]

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

I would try to continue to make this a safer place for sellers. It’s good that they have made this an extremely safe place for buyers because if that was not in place none of us would be credible on here. One thing I would be doing is trying to advocate for better protection for merchants from credit card chargebacks that are dubious. One way is to make buyers HAVE TO go to the merchant first before they can just call the CC and complain. That might stop A LOT of lost revenue to us and ebay as the merchant. The seller protection for these is fairly good, but if some of these chargebacks that just happen out of the blue without first merchant contact that would help.

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Wow!! You've just revealed a (Factual Painful Pitfall) that most all of us have experienced.  

[flyingmvp]

No need to do much, as the CEO of eBay you are just passing through on your way to the next gig as the CEO of Nike or GM board member gig.

Golden parachute included and gurenteed, especially if you are an awful CEO (wenig much?)

If you insist, raise the fees on the sellers 2-3 a year  because it is easy and profitable.

You can micromanage your sellers to the  death of their selling career or

make selling for sellers China easier, have US sellers subsidize shipping from China.

The venue is shrinking in size and profit but youcan still easily milk $34,000,000 annual salary because you're worth it.

The Bod approves.

Happy 4th.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@vintagecraze50 I would think so. So I see no reason why I shouldn't. If the Board is fool enough to appoint me as CEO, I'd guess they'd be fool enough to give me a great parachute, too. (I must admit, if they make me CEO, I'd want the parachute in cash, not ebay stock, because making me CEO would be a sure fire way to destroy the stock's value LOL)

[donsdetour]

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@fairdeal*lb wrote:

I would put full emphasis on true platform sales growth which in turn brings a more honest final value revenue. At the same time I would dismantle the Pay-to-Play scams that alienate the ones that help make it all possible. The transition would have to work in tandem.     

Let's Say You?

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I would request a great deal of information that I do not have at this time so I could make informed decisions, and of course not speculate on such as will be posted here.

[fairdeal*lb]

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@donsdetour wrote:

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@fairdeal*lb wrote:

I would put full emphasis on true platform sales growth which in turn brings a more honest final value revenue. At the same time I would dismantle the Pay-to-Play scams that alienate the ones that help make it all possible. The transition would have to work in tandem.     

Let's Say You?

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I would request a great deal of information that I do not have at this time so I could make informed decisions, and of course not speculate on such as will be posted here.

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Fair enough. Thanks for chiming in 

[southern*sweet*tea]

Sellers of new items would be given 30 days to exit the platform voluntarily or they would be shut down. No more new items. Vintage and antique only.

Fees would be a flat 10% no matter the item cost, either that or an actual listing fee plus a final value fee of 5% or maybe 7%.   I'm seriously considering the listing fee plus FVF.  Would get rid of a lot of junk.

Advertising would focus solely on vintage, antique and unique - no stupid intangible NFTs and high end tennis shoes you can't even wear.

Seller signups suspended indefinitely until the site was cleared of sub-par sellers who think they're king and not the buyer.

Profit sharing bonus to all ACTIVE long term sellers , I'm thinking 10 years +, to thank them for their continued support, but ONLY if said sellers meet a high standard of customer service -prompt response to cases, prompt shipping, etc.  This will be further developed and  enacted once the site is cleared of dead wood, junk and bad sellers.

I realize my tenure as CEO will be short - it will come to an end approx. five minutes after I make this announcement - but hey, a girl can dream.  😊

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@fairdeal*lb wrote:

I would put full emphasis on true platform sales growth which in turn brings a more honest final value revenue. At the same time I would dismantle the Pay-to-Play scams that alienate the ones that help make it all possible. The transition would have to work in tandem.     

Let's Say You?

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How bout some sort of better improved version of MP that like when used in conjunction (like PayPal) actually verified a customer. Do not ship to address until you have received confirmed payment to the address matching PayPal as in the past. A way for sellers keep a float of funds at YOUR discretion to make purchases and cover fees vs pulling from a bank account/CC willy nilly. And last part of this a way to easily re-bill a customer when an item didn't arrive on time (according to eBay) but then does arrive the next day because tracking confirms it or the customer does. Re-billing a customer shouldn't need external means. It just shouldn't!!!. Bringing back once per month billing would be pie in the sky dreaming, so I won't even suggest that one. 

Bring back associated REAL email addy's to make resolving problems 1000 times more possible. No guarantees a buyer or seller will ever see eBay mail. Much more likely to see the real thing.

Suggestions or items to ponder? Your choice!!!

-Lotzofuniquegoodies

[bashort]

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@toysaver wrote:

Return the ability to leave negative feedback for sellers and going further back make feedback 100% transparent where all sales were identified and visible and never anonymous.  

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Not that there are not some buyers who I would love to leave a big red donut to but I think that is a really bad idea. The first thing that you need to have a successful platform is to have buyers.

I wonder how many good buyers were run off forever because they got a bad feedback as a buyer that they thought they did not deserve?

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

Sellers of new items would be given 30 days to exit the platform voluntarily or they would be shut down. No more new items. Vintage and antique only.

Fees would be a flat 10% no matter the item cost, either that or an actual listing fee plus a final value fee of 5% or maybe 7%.   I'm seriously considering the listing fee plus FVF.  Would get rid of a lot of junk.

Advertising would focus solely on vintage, antique and unique - no stupid intangible NFTs and high end tennis shoes you can't even wear.

Seller signups suspended indefinitely until the site was cleared of sub-par sellers who think they're king and not the buyer.

Profit sharing bonus to all ACTIVE long term sellers , I'm thinking 10 years +, to thank them for their continued support, but ONLY if said sellers meet a high standard of customer service -prompt response to cases, prompt shipping, etc.  This will be further developed and  enacted once the site is cleared of dead wood, junk and bad sellers.

I realize my tenure as CEO will be short - it will come to an end approx. five minutes after I make this announcement - but hey, a girl can dream.  😊

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I nominate @southern*sweet*tea  for eBay President!! 🙂 All in for the antique/vintage concept. What eBay used to be really good at. Now...Not so much!!

-Lotz

[fairdeal*lb]

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@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

Sellers of new items would be given 30 days to exit the platform voluntarily or they would be shut down. No more new items. Vintage and antique only.

Fees would be a flat 10% no matter the item cost, either that or an actual listing fee plus a final value fee of 5% or maybe 7%.   I'm seriously considering the listing fee plus FVF.  Would get rid of a lot of junk.

Advertising would focus solely on vintage, antique and unique - no stupid intangible NFTs and high end tennis shoes you can't even wear.

Seller signups suspended indefinitely until the site was cleared of sub-par sellers who think they're king and not the buyer.

Profit sharing bonus to all ACTIVE long term sellers , I'm thinking 10 years +, to thank them for their continued support, but ONLY if said sellers meet a high standard of customer service -prompt response to cases, prompt shipping, etc.  This will be further developed and  enacted once the site is cleared of dead wood, junk and bad sellers.

I realize my tenure as CEO will be short - it will come to an end approx. five minutes after I make this announcement - but hey, a girl can dream.  😊

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I nominate @southern*sweet*tea  for eBay President!! 🙂 All in for the antique/vintage concept. What eBay used to be really good at. Now...Not so much!!

-Lotz

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I second that motion.. That's some sweat-tea 

[ulfesharpe]

Bring back Paypal, Listing fees as before + 8% sale value Fee.

Rest is free, print your own labels don't bother me, do your own packages I don't care. Oh and do your own taxes I'm not your dad. 

[vintagecraze50]

Unfortunately the pay to play stuff is a quite popular way to raise revenue on a number of selling platforms. Need I mention the Etsy platform and all the hoopla that happened with that. Companies always have to try to figure out how they are going to be profitable. Sometimes that means coming up with all kinds of things to make that money. They have used the incredible volume of items on here and the incredible number of sellers to make that happen. Along with all this massive competition. Some of these sellers maybe coming out ahead with their participation in these programs and fees, some may not really need to use them to get the same results. It is VOLUNTARY. Thank God. Etsy sellers had a terrible time with the involuntary imprisonment in those ad fees. That was bad bad.

[vintagecraze50]

In response to this last post. Please current CEO, Do not do the prison term ad fees to us. Thank you.