I just noticed this and as you can see these figures are for the USA only.
So what's the real position?
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I just noticed this and as you can see these figures are for the USA only.
So what's the real position?
Shown on www.eBid.net homepage
Your missing the point Craig
USA 2,112,230 listings ?
UK 2,642,625 listings ?
Thing is. Are these seperate figures for each country or do they supposedly represent ebid worldwide?
If that's the case one figure is out by over half a million auctions!
So I'll say it again.
What's the true picture?
If I list an item, I list on the UK site by default, this auction is part of the UK count.
If the same item is listed as being available to USA for example, then it goes towards the USA count too.
But the number of auctions on the whole of eBid is that as shown by Craigs link
That cannot be true at all!
That would mean that 80% of listings listed outside of USA are available to USA. . . It's just not feasable due to weight and postal restrictions.
80 to 90 % of my listings are for UK only for those exact reasons. I'm sure it's true for most sellers across the board.
Without a proper explanation those figures are worse than useless.
I list everything worldwide regardless of weight and let the buyers choose. I don't see the point in restricting visibility. Even if a buyer doesn't want to pay the postage on *that* item, they could browse from there to something more affordable. Why would you want to restrict your audience?
I don't believe most people list 'worldwide'.
80% is a very very high percent to be visible world wide!
I just don't believe the figures. :(
USA 2,112,230 listings ? (is 80% of )
UK 2,642,625 listings ?
[The USA figure is not made up just from listings outside of the USA]
Exactly my point! Are we to believe that the vast majority of listings on ebid are either ;
posted for worldwide view or 80% of ebid listings originate from USA?
Either scenario is ridiculous!
USA 2,112,230 listings ? Just noticed this is a figure for February 2010.
UK 2,642,625 listings ? Today?
What I'm asking is for a True figure for worldwide listings - not what is visible where.
But a figure of listings (A) by country of origin
(B) a combined Worldwide figure.
I think it would be cool to see a figure for all listings on eBid, regardless of country of origin, isn't that what the eBay figure is, a total of all the listings worldwide?
I, too, sell worldwide, not that it matters, just had to put my 2 cents in... :)
Best wishes,
As Craig pointed out in post #2, the total worldwide figure is shown on eBid's non-geographical home page, ebid.net
As far as I'm aware, eBay does not have a non-geographical home page so the count given shows the number of listings showing on whatever country's site you're looking at, regardless of where in the world the seller is registered and listing from. So, if you're looking at the figures from PSU, it shows the listings available on eBay's US site. Other than eBid and eBay, all other site counts on PSU show the total worldwide listings.
The half million thread gives the daily figures for 4 eBid sites (if I've updated them) along with the total number of listings on eBid worldwide and the difference in numbers from the last count. These are today's figures http://www.ebid.net/forums/showthrea...=1#post1254834
weight & postal cost is 1 reason I believe most people do not list internationally:
A lot of my stuff would be over that weight limit. With that being the case I do not offer the items abroad.
It must be the same for a lot of sellers.
We've seen US sellers complaining about their postal charges and how they can't sell internationally because of it.
The bottom line here is, if your parcel is over 2kg it's highly unlikely you will sell that item internationally.
Another example is general fiction:
I also don't offer run of the mill fiction internationally as their own domestic market will be much cheaper for the same or similer publication.
So that brings me back to
'I don't believe that 80% of listings are visible worldwide' as I don't believe 80% of listings are offered worldwide!
Why don't you set up a poll, if you are still not convinced that most of us sell worldwide, out of general interest. Should give you some sort of indication from the forum population.
By the way I've just sold a paperback copy of 'Zen and the Art of MotorCycle Maintenance' to an American buyer ! http://www.pic4ever.com/images/4chsmu1.gif
Well, other than that everybody else who has expressed an opinion and/or stated their practices disagrees with you...
Of the 111,315 books listed by members in the UK, 84,473 of them are available to buyers in the US. That's 75.88% international availability. I would expect the percentages to be higher in categories where weight and fragility were not considerations.
I also make my auctions available worldwide. I have made sales to USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and most recently to India.
No problem regarding cost of postage. I clearly state cost on my listing so buyers can, as kimbo stated make up their own mind. If I had not listed as worldwide I would be about 50% down on my online sales since I first started over 10 years ago.
EBID LISTINGS BY COUNTRY:
UK 2,071,235
USA 2,136,754
CANADA 1,730,905
AUSTRAILIA 1,615,298
NEW ZEALAND 1,233,112
IRELAND 1,700681
I have chosen these examples because they are english speaking countries.
As so many of you say 'we post internationally' could any of you explain properly why there is such a vast difference in the listings shown in each country?
There has to be something else!
If the UK listing gives the worldwide figure; why is the USA figure nearly 100,000 listings higher?
All my 10,000 items are available worldwide.
I cant see why anyone would restrict themselves by not doing so - regardless of weight.
If someone sees an item and wants it bad enough, cant get it in their own country, they will pay for postage and purchase from overseas.
No harm in listing it that way - you just never know.
The part you highlighted is just opinion but it is also the majority opinion which would suggest that most people do list internationally.
The example I gave proves that about 80% of listings listed outside of USA ARE available to USA.
Pink, the true worldwide figures are on https://www.eBid.net not https://uk.eBid.net
That's ok for light and small stuff.
But a lot of stuff is bulky and heavy. EG I have a book Grays Anatomy - It weighs 1.060kg gross packed weight.
There is one on offer from UK appearing in US listings P&P is £11 (Price of book is not the issue but it's £34.00)
Same/similer book in USA listed at $15 P&P is free.
There's my reasoning right there.
You can't compete with the domestic market for run of the mill stuff!
Unusual and unique products are fine. Nothing out of the ordinary is a waste of effort. IMO
No Craig was correct he showed the 'worldwide' figures from the non geographical home page http://www.ebid.net/ which is the total listings from anywhere in the world.
The U.K. home page is here showing the U.K. figures http://uk.ebid.net/ which also include listings being offered to the U.K. from other countries.
I'll say this again as it seems to have been missed:
I list everything worldwide regardless of weight and let the buyers choose. I don't see the point in restricting visibility. Even if a buyer doesn't want to pay the postage on *that* item, they could browse from there to something more affordable. Why would you want to restrict your audience?
Worldwide Figure = 2,642,493
UK figure = 2,071,897
USA figure = 2,137,677
So in the out of the worldwide figures 570,596 listings are available to the Uk from other eBid sites, from the worldwide figures 504,816 listings are available from other eBid sites.
Also I would quite like to add that I don't quite see where the word 'effort' comes into it ???! All you have to do is type in a postage rate and pick up a roll of CN22 and airmail stickers from the post office ! My last feedback just come in is from an Australian buyer so well worth the 'effort' I would say. http://www.pic4ever.com/images/4fvfcja.gif
If you go to www.eBid.net write down the number shown, then go to each eBid site and write down the number of each it will show how many listings are available to each country/continent. Then minus the amount shown from all the eBid sites, I think it should show the correct number of listings that are officially live for each country.
However the number shown on www.eBid.net is the correct live auction numbers from around all the eBid sites.