OK, just got another email on one of my buying IDs. eBay.ca wants me to start selling so bad they are going to give me five freebies.
Where are the freebies for sellers? Do we really need more sellers? How will more sellers on eBay improve the profitability of the sellers that are already here? Isn't that what JB keeps telling us he is concerned about? Or did I misunderstand?
My simple understanding of the marketplace is that more sellers drives down the profitability for all - fewer sellers increases the profitability.
Bill treasure-pot
Where are the freebies for sellers? Do we really need more sellers? How will more sellers on eBay improve the profitability of the sellers that are already here? Isn't that what JB keeps telling us he is concerned about? Or did I misunderstand?
My simple understanding of the marketplace is that more sellers drives down the profitability for all - fewer sellers increases the profitability.
Bill treasure-pot
It's not about you...it's about ebay.
ebay decided a long time ago to focus on front-end fees as their primary income stream. Why do you think they do not promote store listings and push listing on the core. They really don't care if you sell anything provided that you LIST it.
Monique
ebay decided a long time ago to focus on front-end fees as their primary income stream. Why do you think they do not promote store listings and push listing on the core. They really don't care if you sell anything provided that you LIST it.
Monique
Then why all the pretence to be concerned about seller profitability?
I would sooner have JB say "You are on your own 'cause we're gonna squeeze every dime we can out of you" than continue this charade.
Bill treasure-pot
I would sooner have JB say "You are on your own 'cause we're gonna squeeze every dime we can out of you" than continue this charade.
Bill treasure-pot
In all honesty, I think Jordon really wants to help us out with the whole Seller Profitability. Unfortunately, his hands are tied by .com.
A prime example was the recent Seller Pack, which was fantastic for improving the profitability of Canadian sellers. I don't believe for a minute that they shut it down so quickly due to a lack of interest.
Monique
A prime example was the recent Seller Pack, which was fantastic for improving the profitability of Canadian sellers. I don't believe for a minute that they shut it down so quickly due to a lack of interest.
Monique
Monique, if he has no ability to effect change, why even open a discussion?
Why start a thread that solicits hundreds of posts with suggestions for improving seller profitability if they are only going to inflate seller hopes and cannot act on them?
The animosity created by this type of futile exercise serves no one.
Bill treasure-pot
Why start a thread that solicits hundreds of posts with suggestions for improving seller profitability if they are only going to inflate seller hopes and cannot act on them?
The animosity created by this type of futile exercise serves no one.
Bill treasure-pot
Monique, if he has no ability to effect change, why even open a discussion?
It is my belief that they let Jordon believe he had some power to effect change...until he tried to do it. Now they've reigned him in and the only real change he can effect amounts to squat in our pocketbooks.
JMHO
Monique
It is my belief that they let Jordon believe he had some power to effect change...until he tried to do it. Now they've reigned him in and the only real change he can effect amounts to squat in our pocketbooks.
JMHO
Monique
Unfortunately opportunistic timing (if it ever really existed) to introduce such a plan has long ago passed. The notion of a free ride for buyers is so completely ingrained at this point that there is no turning back.
It just would not be accepted. If introduced today we may as well all pack it in. Buyers would leave in droves.
Bill treasure-pot
It just would not be accepted. If introduced today we may as well all pack it in. Buyers would leave in droves.
Bill treasure-pot
Put it this way... if you visited the local shopping centre and they were charging an admission at the door, would you go in or look elsewhere?
Bill treasure-pot
Bill treasure-pot
Apples and oranges... When did Costco become a shopping mall?
As a Costco member I can assure you that they do not have an admission charge every time you go through their doors. Costco is a destination store and they charge an annual membership - like belonging to a club - not the same thing at all.
When you go to a Costco you are not likely to find Sears, Zellers, WalMart, et all, within their walls.
If eBay was restricted to a single seller that was able to supply the scope of product that Costco does, it might be a different story.
Bill treasure-pot
As a Costco member I can assure you that they do not have an admission charge every time you go through their doors. Costco is a destination store and they charge an annual membership - like belonging to a club - not the same thing at all.
When you go to a Costco you are not likely to find Sears, Zellers, WalMart, et all, within their walls.
If eBay was restricted to a single seller that was able to supply the scope of product that Costco does, it might be a different story.
Bill treasure-pot
Ann, I agree that the "hammer fee" has become commonplace and is generally accepted in live auctions but it could never fly on eBay. While the company struggles to revert the site back to it's roots as an "auction" site, buyers have been so conditioned to purchase to satisfy immediate need or gratification. If buyers had to also add a hammer fee t0 their purchase cost there would be riots in the streets. Most of us are already aware of the difficulties in getting buyers just to add tax to their purchases.
The introduction of fixed price, BINs and eBay stores brought on the notion of a virtual shopping mall rather than an auction house for buyers. It leads me to really wonder about the long-term plans for eBay Express. Could eBay be so devious to introduce eBay Express as step one in a plan to remove and fixed price items from the original auction site? Doesn't it seem somewhat redundant to have fixed price on the traditional eBay and an additional site devoted solely to fixed price satisfaction for buyers? treasure-pot
The introduction of fixed price, BINs and eBay stores brought on the notion of a virtual shopping mall rather than an auction house for buyers. It leads me to really wonder about the long-term plans for eBay Express. Could eBay be so devious to introduce eBay Express as step one in a plan to remove and fixed price items from the original auction site? Doesn't it seem somewhat redundant to have fixed price on the traditional eBay and an additional site devoted solely to fixed price satisfaction for buyers? treasure-pot
