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If you take an interest in "that other auction site.uk" you may have seen that they are messing with their fee structure again.
By my calculation on the sale of one of my £1.99 postcards (only £1.79 here :-) ) they will now take a massive 35% in fees.
Time to get out and tell all your customers that ebid is far better, and cheaper for them.
These changes should have a major impact on collectibles, and should see an increase of business here - if we can only let people know we are here for them.
That's a lot. I haven't sold anything over there for a few years, not that I ever did list much there. I do hope that we'll see an increase in listings here ... and sales for all sellers.
Once again we shall await the diaspora. Once again we shall be disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by FirstGreenIsGold
Wake up, eBid! This should be a great opportunity.
Current US listings. Steady decrease for last 6 months. Sellers aren't coming no matter what the other site is doing, they aren't coming here. eBid needs to step up. Unless of course they are happy with growth (or lack of) rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knit_Wits_Vintage
Now3,203,530 auctions running in 13,642 categories.
Has anybody seen the outcry over at "the forums of another uk auction site"? They have stopped the 100 free 99p listings for private sellers and replaced them with 20 free listings instead, and not only that, they have advertised it as "a good suprise"..
I reckon "over here" is bound to get busier... what "the other site" keeps forgetting is that a lot of it's sellers are also buyers.
also after the 20 free listings, listings will cost 35p each whatever the selling price, think there will be a big exodus from over there, I used there 100 free listings for my postcards and those that sold had a compliment slip enclosed directing them here, not worth doing now Im afraid
going for a read:)
Year after year, after year. Everytime they rock the boat over there threads/posts here state eBid will get busier. I woolen hold my breath. Without some type of large scale marketing to get the eBid name known, they're not coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by tripledragon
The other side are getting greedy....rip off merchantsQuote:
Originally Posted by TOPticl
Hope everyone wakes up to that and comes here.
I have noticed something over the last few days on here. A lot of times when I was searching for something, rarely any listings showed up. Now I am seeing a lot of listings, so it looks like ebid is getting busier :). I just hope these new sellers stay
I really like your good attitude. Sadly ebid is shrinking not growing. People like me are simply letting the listings they have remaining here run out. Its just not worth the effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by ellesebid
I know all the other posters items are flying off the shelves and they cant hold down the fast paced action they are receiving. Sadly this has not been my experience.
I dont mind paying to sell. I make the money when buying my stock since I am able to get things so cheap. To sell it and pay a fee or list it and not sell and pay no fees I know which I prefer.Quote:
Originally Posted by pamelajonesart
Adruml I agree. I think many opportunities have been lost or simply just let slide by.Quote:
Originally Posted by adruml
We all hope that ebay latest move will bring more members and sales.
But as we alll know it never happens
Ebay know how far they can push their users.
The stats that matter are declining at a time wen they should be rising.
hence my series of ideas for ebid as the "status quo" is not working.
I suspect that ebid uk is much busier than ebid US. I wouldn't describe my sales as so fast paced I can't cope, but they have improved year on year with the real change starting when I started to list both regularly and often.
Yes the USA is different. Ebid could benefit by placing an "open" for business sign over here.
What makes you feel eBid UK is busier than US? Just curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by madelaine
After I read this I looked up some closed popular items locations UK vs US. I was surprised.
Because more of you are moaning, tbh ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by adruml
I have only been here since 2010 and haven't looked into early days forum postings.Quote:
Originally Posted by madelaine
Since US site is newer were there as many UK moaners back in the eBid UK beginnings or still not as many as US beginnings?
I wouldn't even begin to guess - the situations are so different - populations so different and the world of e-commerce has changed beyond recognition. When I first started out on the dark side ANYTHING sold!Quote:
Originally Posted by adruml
(I remember when all this was fields)
In the UK we are very good at moaning. It is one of the things which we can say we lead the world in. Think of any topic and we can come up with appropriate moans and criticisms.Quote:
Originally Posted by adruml