I was talking to a person in my silver discussion group about fees. It was a thread debating the use of reserves, divulging reserve prices and fees in general.
I came up with an idea.
What if eBay had a fee plan like our cable, internet or cel phone companies do? A member could choose a level of service based on their needs and pay a monthly fee. This could then allow us to list our brains out and not pay everytime we hit the buttons. eBay would have their money up front. They could even have a discount for Power Sellers, or a Power Seller Plan - a tangilble benefit for us!!
Maybe the plan could be tied into your feedback score, as an incentive for great performance? Maybe that would be too complicated.
Anyway. What say you my fellow PS's?
I came up with an idea.
What if eBay had a fee plan like our cable, internet or cel phone companies do? A member could choose a level of service based on their needs and pay a monthly fee. This could then allow us to list our brains out and not pay everytime we hit the buttons. eBay would have their money up front. They could even have a discount for Power Sellers, or a Power Seller Plan - a tangilble benefit for us!!
Maybe the plan could be tied into your feedback score, as an incentive for great performance? Maybe that would be too complicated.
Anyway. What say you my fellow PS's?
Hi bidwatcher;
There would be very few powersellers who could find fault with a program similar to the one you describe.
The real obstacle would be... eBay!
They would be giving up substantial revenues in such a scheme. Thinking it through a little - it would also have some negative impact on many sellers.
The only thing that keeps me (an most others) from listing 1000 items a week is the fees. Now if all PS were to start listing 1000 a week the traffic on any particular auction would drop dramatically. The only thing that keeps the auction hits coming in any quantity is the limited number of auctions. The more auctions there are the more diluted the availablity of buyers.
IMHO, in some respects thats what I dislike about free listing days. People list until their fingers bleed. I'm not sure (from my experience) it has ever shown any significant benefit to my sales.
By the way, I think you have one of the coolest and cleanest logos I have seen on eBay in a while.
Bill
There would be very few powersellers who could find fault with a program similar to the one you describe.
The real obstacle would be... eBay!
They would be giving up substantial revenues in such a scheme. Thinking it through a little - it would also have some negative impact on many sellers.
The only thing that keeps me (an most others) from listing 1000 items a week is the fees. Now if all PS were to start listing 1000 a week the traffic on any particular auction would drop dramatically. The only thing that keeps the auction hits coming in any quantity is the limited number of auctions. The more auctions there are the more diluted the availablity of buyers.
IMHO, in some respects thats what I dislike about free listing days. People list until their fingers bleed. I'm not sure (from my experience) it has ever shown any significant benefit to my sales.
By the way, I think you have one of the coolest and cleanest logos I have seen on eBay in a while.
Bill
Well Mr Bidwatcher, who is a pretty smart feller, (after all he married me) says that eBay just has too tight a hold on the market to consider a fee plan, since thay do not have to worry about us all jumping ship soon.
But he says that as a long term strategy, if the members stew and breed a lot of resentment over fees, the current structure could end up hurting eBay. So perhaps in the future a fee plan might work.
Thanks for your compliment about my logo, Bill. I spent a LONG time in the graphic design biz before landing at eBay's doorstep and it really came in handy! Can you keep a secret? I have a tatoo to match.
But he says that as a long term strategy, if the members stew and breed a lot of resentment over fees, the current structure could end up hurting eBay. So perhaps in the future a fee plan might work.
Thanks for your compliment about my logo, Bill. I spent a LONG time in the graphic design biz before landing at eBay's doorstep and it really came in handy! Can you keep a secret? I have a tatoo to match.
About free listing days, I take advantage if I am ready to pop on those days. But I list in batches when I have a group of stuff, usually three times a week. If I miss the day, I do not sweat it.
If you do not see my flag symbol and a power seller logo under my photos on auction #2557684329, then we may have just figured out the main sympton of alot your grief on eBay.
If you can see my photos then I cannot understand why you cannot see these symbols. They are loaded in the exact same way. They are part of my html. This is more info than I certainly understand. But now you can ask the question and show a tangible example of your trouble.
Good luck.
If you can see my photos then I cannot understand why you cannot see these symbols. They are loaded in the exact same way. They are part of my html. This is more info than I certainly understand. But now you can ask the question and show a tangible example of your trouble.
Good luck.
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