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We need more boat and marine parts.
I know its not cars, but its the closest to the category I can find.
I was doing a search for boat parts on ebid the other day.
I found 500 boat parts, most of which were similar parts from about two sellers.
On ebay there are 220,000 boat parts !
What are your comments ?
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The other day i went to list something and thought I'd do my own comparison.A search on ebay found 1540 items and on here 20, 11 of which were run till solds and 5 were priced so high that they'll be on here long after Nelson gets his eye back.
I've listed my item on here but it already looks like a waste of time as buyers wont be looking on here in any great numbers.
I have some boat stuff,anchors and things but if I list them they'll be about as lonely as the last dodo was,and probably end up going the same way.
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I know how you feel, as you say your boat anchors would be lonely.
But how can we get people to list more boat parts ?
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I honestly don't know Julie,I wish I did.
As you say my anchors would be lonely and realistically it's a waste of time listing them on here as I know hand on heart they do not have a realistic chance of selling.
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Juliebabe25
But how can we get people to list more boat parts ?
Look Boat Parts
Sorry, I know its a serious question.
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I think the problem is that ebid is mainly full of people who have loads of stuff to sell but aren't doing it as a proper business.It doesn't really matter how long their stuff takes to sell as they have another income and what they get for their auctions is just tax free pin money.
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I've put some items up.At the moment they are rather lonely.About as much chance of being sold as Gadhaffi being named statesman of the year.
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MPS16
Look Boat Parts
Sorry, I know its a serious question.
@MP16
I just noticed your post!
Yes I imagine a person looking for a new anchor would not be impressed.
(But I think this is just the nature of auction sites)
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
well it is a field that isnt over crowded. and would do very well for the right parts person looking to pioneer in this field i will ask around about maybe moving some of there inventory over here on ebid
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
As I can see we can list anything and everything what we can find and still doesn’t matter because buyer’s don’t follow many seller’s in here…because many don’t know for eBid and without all over advertising we are still where we are beginning of this year for about buyer’s…many in here have the sales but how much we list and what we list and from which price this is far away how much and how many buyers on eBay buying and paying…I list in here hard to find cheap Cards and stickers for $1.00 plus shipping for $1.00 and with no more charge for the shipping if anyone buy 2 or more in one time and still many go on eBay and pay for exactly same card or stickers $3.00 plus shipping $3.00 plus with extra charge for multiple items…for my postcards and decal stickers I just don’t mention much how much I selling cheaper from eBay similar or same items sellers selling and still buyers buying….so if I list high priced items will be same story even if I list much cheaper…and all this is happening because many don’t know for eBid existence…in other way if we keep buying much only from each other this is not answer for this auction site…In the end how eBid operates I don’t see much moving up for abut buyers I don’t count YDC stuff and buying from each other…but I will still list day to day instead of posting 20 or 30 threads every 24 hours and hopping management will change the mind…
Marry Christmas to you all…..back to work…..
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
The numbers of parts might be slowly going up but the variety is still abysmal.
I did a search for some items I want to buy today and turned up a host of very similar items all way over priced from just a few sellers.Most of them were the same items as I found with the same searches a year or so ago.
No progress in reality since Julies original post and it looks more and more as though there never will be.Sadly talking to others it seems as though the lack of variety and the host of run till sold forlorn hopes is a real disappointment for many visitors.
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baconsdozen
The numbers of parts might be slowly going up but the variety is still abysmal.
I did a search for some items I want to buy today and turned up a host of very similar items all way over priced from just a few sellers.Most of them were the same items as I found with the same searches a year or so ago.
No progress in reality since Julies original post and it looks more and more as though there never will be.Sadly talking to others it seems as though the lack of variety and the host of run till sold forlorn hopes is a real disappointment for many visitors.
Yes total number of listings are going up which is good.
But our Alexa keeps going down and has been going down since June last year.
That is our traffic is going down.
The other two major alts Alexa's have gone up or stayed the same.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Really….?????...I don’t believe….!!!!!!!.....:cool:...
a less chit-chat going ''up'' always, for real auction stuff doesn't matter much in here...:cool:....
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
I tried a search for items to suit a certain make of older car.
On the other side you could just about build a complete car from the stuff listed.On here,you could only buy a sign to put on its parking space.
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And people wonder why ebid does not get so many buyers as ebay !
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baconsdozen
I tried a search for items to suit a certain make of older car.
On the other side you could just about build a complete car from the stuff listed.On here,you could only buy a sign to put on its parking space.
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Juliebabe25
And people wonder why ebid does not get so many buyers as ebay !
Not really, but without a magic wand or a whip to force people to list more stuff, what's your realistic, practical solution?
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Ebid need to do some marketing to bring more sellers and buyers.
I have many ideas, quite a few of which would not involve huge amounts of money.
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Juliebabe25
Ebid need to do some marketing to bring more sellers and buyers.
I have many ideas, quite a few of which would not involve huge amounts of money.
Well, you know where the suggestions forum is. :)
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
I didn't know there was one.
But I'll have a quick look.
But really, the boys don't seem to have much interest in marketing ebid.
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Juliebabe25
I didn't know there was one.
But I'll have a quick look.
But really, the boys don't seem to have much interest in marketing ebid.
I beleive this has been established long ago.
More Marine/Boat parts??!! eBid needs to fill vacant and low listing item categories period. Not just Boat parts, car parts, electronics or even half eaten grilled cheese sandwiches.
Yes listings keep going up and up on a daily basis. This is due to a few newbies coming in but mainly due to existing members listing more and more of the same category items. List more, sell more? Well isn't that the darndest thing, closest I have heard to logic since about an hour ago.
There is no Magic wand that will fill eBid's categories. I beleive the categories which are full now will just get fuller as years go by just as they have in the past.
Without the marketing the fees will remain low and the site will remain a fantastic site for those who sell in the categories which are filled and get fuller day by day. If you expect eBid to grow to anywhere near it's potential by word of mouth or seller "self promoting" I beleive you are kidding yourself.
For those who are happy with the millions of listings currently on eBid then keep listing and sell as much as you can as this is the site to do just that. Don't be scratchin your heads wondering why "buyers" aren't flocking here. Buyers are here and they are buying what is listed.
Time and time again sellers come, list their items then leave due to what they consider "slow sales". eBidders then state they should give it time. I have even seen posts where it has been suggested sellers just leave their items listed here and just keep listing more to eventually make a sale. I wonder if we could convince millions upon millions of on line sellers to go ahead and sacrifice their earnings for whatever period of time it might take for them to reach the sales numbers they are used to especially when the site doesn't want to market itself.
Not trying to be negative because there is no need for it. It is what it is. If anybody has a genious idea of how to strongly compete without strong marketing, well let's hear it!
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
@Adrumi
Very well put.
It may be that ebid is suitable for low value items that can't be sold on ebay at a profit due to high fees.
But for items with a higher value, and when people want to sell lots of them and earn money quickly then ebay is better. (speaking in general of course)
Of course ebay need to be careful that they don't alienate more sellers with their fees and policies.
But buyers don't care about that.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
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Juliebabe25
@Adrumi
Very well put.
No it's not well put! It's a position based on profound ignorance.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
eBid it is good selling platform with free listing and very low fees and that’s all…all other stuff where anybody selling on eBay and expect to have all that stuff and same the results is very mistaken because to reach all that is up to only YOU…expecting from eBid to do that for you without charging you in advance for everything is it impossible because even eBay don’t do that for you in best days…:cool:...
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Juliebabe25
I didn't know there was one.
But I'll have a quick look.
But really, the boys don't seem to have much interest in marketing ebid.
Seriously, you've been here two years and never used the website suggestions forum!? Wow.
The boys don't seem to have much interest in spending millions they haven't got on expensive and often futile TV advertising, true. But if you really do have a load of low-cost ideas, I'm sure they'd like to read them. I know I would.
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kedo
No it's not well put! It's a position based on profound ignorance.
Thank you however, I beleive my post should be noted as an observation not a position.
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DZAMBO
eBid it is good selling platform with free listing and very low fees and that’s all…all other stuff where anybody selling on eBay and expect to have all that stuff and same the results is very mistaken because to reach all that is up to only YOU…expecting from eBid to do that for you without charging you in advance for everything is it impossible because even eBay don’t do that for you in best days…:cool:...
Pretty sure this has been acknowledged over and over again. The tricky bit is trying to fill eBids categories. How can that be accomplished, realistically of course.
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bykimbo
Seriously, you've been here two years and never used the website suggestions forum!? Wow.
The boys don't seem to have much interest in spending millions they haven't got on expensive and often futile TV advertising, true. But if you really do have a load of low-cost ideas, I'm sure they'd like to read them. I know I would.
We have suggested many improvements and marketing ideas on these boards over the few years.
The boys hardly ever reply to them, so where is the incentive to offer more ideas.
All it needs is a quick "Yes that is a good idea we will put it on the list"
"No we don't like that idea."
"We are going to implement this idea in maybe 6 months."
"Here is a list of what we are working on."
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
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Originally Posted by
Juliebabe25
We have suggested many improvements and marketing ideas on these boards over the few years.
The boys hardly ever reply to them, so where is the incentive to offer more ideas.
All it needs is a quick "Yes that is a good idea we will put it on the list"
"No we don't like that idea."
"We are going to implement this idea in maybe 6 months."
"Here is a list of what we are working on."
I think the members on here expect a lot from "the boys"
Every day I see posts letting people to email them over every little thing and requests they post on different threads. I'm sure the reason some improvements take so long to be done to the site is because the have to spend so much time replying to emails and reading forum posts
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adruml
Pretty sure this has been acknowledged over and over again. The tricky bit is trying to fill eBids categories. How can that be accomplished, realistically of course.
Well…’’realistically of course’’ in my opinion that part will be very hard to fill in, because don’t make mistake many visit eBid and search for everything in here how is works and all other stuff considering only how we are doing in here about sales, listing, and helpful tools which exist on other side of the planet…and in my opinion too what some of bigger sellers’ who has all that items which we don’t have listed right now in here that all sellers’ see and read and we have already answer for that in way of numbers of items, numbers of filling categories, and numbers of sales and for how much we selling own stuff…many of this visitors has many items and very different items for sale on eBay and has very big inventory of the items but in other way many of this peoples have invested bigger personal money in own items so in other words that items can be listed only in place where is the best chance to sell that items quick and where is bigger traffic without ’’waiting’’ because that sellers’ not have time for chit-chat or personal advertising and in same time sit down on pile of $10.000 or more invested own money in the items…so I understand that…in other way some of the bigger seller’s list already in here own items but I think the same sellers’ list on other side same items too but as anybody can see what items that particular sellers’ list in here and again NOT many items from which we need to fill out empty categories…and I think that particular sellers’ has ‘’patience’’ and list that items in here too and like that items is not selling very good even on eBay this days’ but not many because if we took out only couple like this sellers’ we will go back in numbers of listing before year or two, so we ‘’depend’’ for our all numbers of listing only from couple bigger sellers’ and this is true anybody can see that…again many sellers’ looking around to move from eBay but after check out all other sites answer is still same no other auction site or selling platform can give you big traffic and no big advertising from any of this other auction sites…so all this people still on eBay because no other much choice if need to sold quick…In the end as anybody can see how much we pay for the selling fees and no other fees for listing we simply can’t have advertising and this is absolutely normal business choice if you set up own selling venue or platform like that…in other way if eBid change the rules and charge fees for everything in advance ‘’maybe’’ rest of world will see as but in same time as anybody can see 90% listed items in here is low priced items or vintage stuff and nothing wrong with that items but because of low selling price and in same time if we going to pay fees for everything in advance many sellers’ will move out because just can’t afford to pay for fees and wait for rest of world to see us from bigger advertising…Is just no way to change anything and try to compete or have very high expectation from this fees and traffic…just leave as is it like I say eBid it is very good selling platform and because of the low fees all rest of is up to only YOU…on eBid if you have ‘’normal expectation’’ you will NOT lost much but in same way you will NOT won much…and that is it my opinion for ‘’selling platform’’….AMEN…….
P.S. ‘’Tricky’’ ways to fill out our categories don’t exist because I already write ‘’why’’…Al…thanks for your reply….:rolleyes:...
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Juliebabe25
We have suggested many improvements and marketing ideas on these boards over the few years.
The boys hardly ever reply to them, so where is the incentive to offer more ideas.
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Not sure who else is included it that "we have", but it's not me - I've had loads of suggestions implemented, to the point where I've long since lost count. One of the things I most appreciate about eBid is that I can make requests or suggestions (but never demands!) and have them acted on very quickly. If my idea gets no attention I assume they think it had no merit. If I feel strongly about it I bang on about it every now and again, and if not I move on.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Yes, there are categories on eBid that need more listings.
Existing sellers here can only list whatever it is that they've got to sell. That goes without saying.
Do any of the sellers here have any suggestions as to how sellers in these other categories could be encouraged to list their goods on eBid?
The only thing that I can think of is for people chatting on other forums to mention (without spamming) eBid and try to generate some interest that way.
I just don't know. But, it would sure be something for eBid to be built into a worldwide venue that would rival the site that must not be named here.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Do any of the sellers here have any suggestions as to how sellers in these other categories could be encouraged to list their goods on eBid?
‘’…don’t make mistake many visit eBid and search for everything in here how is works and all other stuff considering only how we are doing in here about sales, listing, and helpful tools which exist on other side of the planet…and in my opinion too what some of bigger sellers’ who has all that items which we don’t have listed right now in here that all sellers’ see and read and we have already answer for that in way of numbers of items, numbers of filling categories, and numbers of sales and for how much we selling own stuff…many of this visitors has many items and very different items for sale on eBay and has very big inventory of the items but in other way many of this peoples have invested bigger personal money in own items so in other words that items can be listed only in place where is the best chance to sell that items quick and where is bigger traffic without ’’waiting’’ because that sellers’ not have time for chit-chat or personal advertising and in same time sit down on pile of $10.000 or more invested own money in the items…’’
‘’…so all this people still on eBay because no other much choice if need to sold quick…’’
So how we can ‘’encouraged’’ that particular sellers’ who has that items but in other way that particular sellers’ invest bigger money in that own items and NEED TO BE SOLD QUICK…NO time for personal advertising, NO time for chit-chat, NO time for suggestions…just list and SOLD quick, pay the higher fees if have to but SOLD QUICK and move on for another items…:rolleyes:...
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
I thought I'd have a look at the over a quarter million items in the "Cars and vehicles" section.
Just under 40 were actually cars.
Wow,spoilt for choice or what?.
Ebid could get rid of the overpriced run till solds and the stuff in wrong categories.Numbers would fall but at least it saves prospective buyers trawling through heaps of junk.I'm sure thats what chokes off so many who come on the site but vanish after a short while never to return,
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TonyBridger
I think the members on here expect a lot from "the boys"
Every day I see posts letting people to email them over every little thing and requests they post on different threads. I'm sure the reason some improvements take so long to be done to the site is because the have to spend so much time replying to emails and reading forum posts
That's what companies have staff for.
And I agree with you forget all the small things for a while.
Just do that major things that would attract more sellers and buyers and help make some sales.
A API
A Mobile version
A Best Offer
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
If any one here has a eBid marine store, I will add a link free to one of my web sites [boat buoy (dot) com] If I have enough interested parties, I will add a separate page for the links. The site is relatively new, but has some traffic. Free exposure for your eBid store and another link to help eBid SEO.. (search engine optimization)
Send me a message.
Cheers, Mike
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
I don't have a marine store as such but I sell clothing,gloves and souwesters for the sailor or fisherman.I don't know if it's allowed to put a link on here but you can find it easily by typing "Baconsdozen" in Google.
I also sell older imperial tools,perfect for old marine engines.
I also list both the tools and clothing on ebid and pick up a few sales.
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Hello, My name is Richard.
I am Dutch, and my company Globaliss-world Trading SDN BHD is in Asia.
I am opening a shop on ebid at the moment (also sick of ebay)
http://globaliss-world-led-and-solar.ebid.net/
We are specialized in Top quality LED lights and solar powered ventilators and a few other materials for boats and vehicles.
Most of our lights are IP67 waterproof and have 1 year waranty.
We have different types for low energy use to big light power.
We also have a second shop with mainly stickers and pin-stripes. (also not yet on ebid.)
And lots of other products are coming soon.
Lets hope we can ad some more clients to ebid too.
Cheers, Richard, LEDlightExpert
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LEDlightExpert
Hello, My name is Richard.
I am Dutch, and my company Globaliss-world Trading SDN BHD is in Asia.
I am opening a shop on ebid at the moment (also sick of ebay)
http://globaliss-world-led-and-solar.ebid.net/
We are specialized in Top quality LED lights and solar powered ventilators and a few other materials for boats and vehicles.
Most of our lights are IP67 waterproof and have 1 year waranty.
We have different types for low energy use to big light power.
We also have a second shop with mainly stickers and pin-stripes. (also not yet on ebid.)
And lots of other products are coming soon.
Lets hope we can ad some more clients to ebid too.
Cheers, Richard, LEDlightExpert
Stand by to be over run with sales.
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baconsdozen
stand by to be over run with sales.
lol! :d
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Re: We need more boat and marine parts.
Great!
ebid does need much more variety.
Lets hope this new seller sticks around for the long haul.