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"If they wanted, they could charge a 20% FVF across the board"
Other online sites do charge their sellers an all inclusive 20% fees and are growing.
Other online sites do charge their sellers an all inclusive 20% fees and are growing.
Copy of one of my posts on the Selling on eBay board:
The way I see it.
This latest change will change eBay forever. It is not the end of eBay, simply a major change to a new future, the second major change in ten years.
It took several years to understand the first major change. It was the introduction of Buy-it-Now: the ability for a seller to sell something at a fixed price and the ability by a buyer to purchase the item immediately. Until then, eBay was an auction site. Nothing but auction. A new game in town. It was fun for both buyers and sellers. That was then, this is now.
As the business grew, it became big business quickly and selling and purchasing goods at fixed price (Buy-it-Now) eventually took control and now commands more than 70% of the eBay marketplace.
The second major change will be in 2011 as millions of listings disappear from the site: items with low value and relatively high shipping cost. To market these items on eBay will become prohibitive (reference to high shipping cost is based on American costs; things are worse in Canada as we all know).
That is the way I see it. Most sellers will adapt.
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The way I see it.
This latest change will change eBay forever. It is not the end of eBay, simply a major change to a new future, the second major change in ten years.
It took several years to understand the first major change. It was the introduction of Buy-it-Now: the ability for a seller to sell something at a fixed price and the ability by a buyer to purchase the item immediately. Until then, eBay was an auction site. Nothing but auction. A new game in town. It was fun for both buyers and sellers. That was then, this is now.
As the business grew, it became big business quickly and selling and purchasing goods at fixed price (Buy-it-Now) eventually took control and now commands more than 70% of the eBay marketplace.
The second major change will be in 2011 as millions of listings disappear from the site: items with low value and relatively high shipping cost. To market these items on eBay will become prohibitive (reference to high shipping cost is based on American costs; things are worse in Canada as we all know).
That is the way I see it. Most sellers will adapt.
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