Has Ebay Finally Shot Itself In the Foot?

[tonyreddevil]

Thats a good post.
i entirely agree with everything you have said.
cheers tony

[CrazyJay]

I would like to see eBid succeed but unfortunatly not enough people know about it. I am sorry but the bottom line is No fees = No sales or Pay a fee = Get sales. It would appear that unless eBid takes off big style then I am stuck with 3Bay.

What you say is very true - BUT, if you see the two sites as the only venue you can sell you are really limiting yourself.

Think if them both as different tools for selling. A bit like a screwdriver and a hammer. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. You can use both alongside each other, take advantage of whatever promotions and offers each is doing, and drive sales backwards and forwards via whatever menas you have availabel to you.

After all, you wouldn't expect a mechanic to start woking on your car, and bashing away at everything with his hammer, explaining:

"Ahh - But I only use a hammer. I don't like screwdrivers, they cost too much"

Use every tool in your tool box to get the job done!

[1ade]

can anyone tell me how to get Pics in gallery ive listed items already but cannot find insert gallery pics when i go to edit item. thanx

[baconsdozen]

you missed a bit off the end.
Greedbay,more sales,more fees,less profit.
As other posters have said I think these days you have to rely on any site as a tool,not the tool for sales.Use greedbay but don't get carried away and incur high charges otherwise you end up selling for the sake of selling,used Ebid as an outlet and an attention grabber for your other venues and maybe your own site.
Relying on just one outlet just doesn't cut it anymore.

[florida33549]

I had on my ebay 'about me' page, under favorite links, my link to my ebid store. Received message today from ebay that they deleted my about me page because of link. Oh, well. I've had that link on there since I joined ebid. Guess they finally caught up with me.

[baconsdozen]

Greed bay must be getting paranoid.I just tried to list a repeat 99p auction and got a message that I have to contact some greed bay person or another due to 'account irregularities'.
I can't be bothered but then when I go to close the account all together. (it's hardly worth the aggro these days) I find I can't.
Apparently I owe them nearly a whole pound,but when I go to pay via Poopal that doesn't work either.Well,I suppose under a pound to get rid of this bunch of wallies ain't too bad really.
But be warned all those who criticise greed bay.

[ugrow]

you missed a bit off the end.
Greedbay,more sales,more fees,less profit.
As other posters have said I think these days you have to rely on any site as a tool,not the tool for sales.Use greedbay but don't get carried away and incur high charges otherwise you end up selling for the sake of selling,used Ebid as an outlet and an attention grabber for your other venues and maybe your own site.
Relying on just one outlet just doesn't cut it anymore.

Greedbay, more sales, more fees, less profit, Wrong. My profit margins on 3Bay are more now than they were twelve and 24 months ago. It's a question of pitching your percentage income against increased expenditure. As for relying on just one outlet I have never done that in over 50 years of trading. EBid and 3Bay are my two smallest outlets and if I had to pay fees to list on eBid then it would not even be one of them as percentage income against expenditure would be minus.

[baconsdozen]

Well for me the Ebay scenario of more sales,high fees and less profit does apply.,looking on the ebay forums I think I'm only one of thousands.
Some people rely on only one outlet for sales.I think thats wrong,you obviously agree with me.

[kedo]

Greedbay, more sales, more fees, less profit, Wrong. My profit margins on 3Bay are more now than they were twelve and 24 months ago. It's a question of pitching your percentage income against increased expenditure. As for relying on just one outlet I have never done that in over 50 years of trading. EBid and 3Bay are my two smallest outlets and if I had to pay fees to list on eBid then it would not even be one of them as percentage income against expenditure would be minus.

I think your view will be coloured by your level of sucess here. I find that collectables sell well so I'm pretty positive.

[ugrow]

I think your view will be coloured by your level of sucess here. I find that collectables sell well so I'm pretty positive.

Sorry to disappoint you but my view is not coloured by success or failure on this site. I am just being practical. I am quite sure that some people like yourself do quite well with sales on this site and good luck to you.

Other people do quite well on the other side myself included. We see a lot of comments from people on here knocking 3Bay and maybe with good cause in their particular circumstances, but there must be thousands out there that are quite satisfied with 3Bay.

I have said before I am not a lover of 3bay and don't like paying their charges but at the end of the day one has to be where the money is and unfortunately in my case and possibly others it does not seem to be on eBid. I wish it was.