Some ideas for ebid - No 7 - Show the bids

[MPS16]

Yes, it's the post number with two ones, aka #11

Two nations divided by a common language.

[Gill]

Sorry Julie but...





































I have to totally agree on this one.

[adruml]

I too would love to see bidding wars, i don't know about postage on your side of the pond but it's killed auctions/bidding wars here

I'm not 100% sure what killed the bidding wars.
$.99 no reserve plus $5.00 shipping vs $.99 no reserve auction plus $7.00 shipping shouldn't affect bidding wars unless it's an extreme lower value item.

[JanetB]

The fact that Google insist on Buy Now prices for auctions/listings to be uploaded to their search engines could have something to do with the decline of bidding wars. On eBid, if you are hoping for a bidding war, you have to offer a start price (for bidding) plus a Buy Now price (for Google upload).

It won't surprise me when Google move the posts again and insist on not having start bid prices on anything any more and just have Buy Now prices.

[adruml]

The fact that Google insist on Buy Now prices for auctions/listings to be uploaded to their search engines could have something to do with the decline of bidding wars. On eBid, if you are hoping for a bidding war, you have to offer a start price (for bidding) plus a Buy Now price (for Google upload).

It won't surprise me when Google move the posts again and insist on not having start bid prices on anything any more and just have Buy Now prices.

Once a bid is placed BIN goes away. Can still have bidwars AND uploaded to Google.

[HaleysComics]

You all may find this funny, the darkside shows this message when you are listing a fixed price item. We recommend you list this as an auction. Buyers are almost twice as likely to purchase your item when you list it as an auction.

[tony41]

I too would love to see bidding wars, i don't know about postage on your side of the pond but it's killed auctions/bidding wars here

Which side of the pond are you?
Your location provides no answer.

[adruml]

You all may find this funny, the darkside shows this message when you are listing a fixed price item. We recommend you list this as an auction. Buyers are almost twice as likely to purchase your item when you list it as an auction.

Darkside is done. Let's not chat about what they are doing, I would rather chat about when times were good. Is that over or can those times be resurrected?

[tony41]

I used to list items only as auctions when I started listing on eBid and got a few sales. Sometimes complications arose with buyers when auctions finished on different days. When Google demanded a BIN price I added this to all my listings and continued the practice with new listings. Since a BIN price has been included almost all my sales have been BIN despite the auction price being less (of necessity). My experience seems to indicate buyers (or my buyers at least) prefer BIN. Perhaps they don't want to wait. Perhaps they don't like the uncertainty of auctions. I don't know.

[adruml]

I used to list items only as auctions when I started listing on eBid and got a few sales. Sometimes complications arose with buyers when auctions finished on different days. When Google demanded a BIN price I added this to all my listings and continued the practice with new listings. Since a BIN price has been included almost all my sales have been BIN despite the auction price being less (of necessity). My experience seems to indicate buyers (or my buyers at least) prefer BIN. Perhaps they don't want to wait. Perhaps they don't like the uncertainty of auctions. I don't know.

Great input, thank you. I'm thinking along the same lines.