eBay's site is National-International........Kijiji is local..
Could it be that eBay is looking to increase the Local aspect of selling in Canada.
One gets the impression that eBay has done a lot to influence local selling..... How eBay has affected local businesses.
In Winnipeg, many auction houses have closed...... retired auctioneers.... and there have been no new auction houses established over the last 10-15 years. and if there was any new auction seller options they disappeared quite quickly. .
Thrift stores have taken over in Winnipeg.... and perhaps garage sales have become less important to individuals...They choose eBay... ... to sell individual items..... or they deliver to a local thrift store, and not worry about selling their own"stuff"
Thrift stores, estate sales, church sales and finally garage sales are a major source of inventory for eBay sellers
eBay has become a primary focus for selling online..... Many sellers use eBay to learn how to sell online, and continue for many years as many of us have done........ and eBay will continue as an online option in future...
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My big ... What if......
What would happen if all eBay sellers that live in Winnipeg,,, were listed on a website with a local focus..... like an internet mall.... and promoted to local buyers..... or as an online garage sale for garage sale sellers.....
But keep the retail eBay .... eBay Canada... separate .....from the garage sale eBay... eBay Kijiji.... together on Kijiji but always separated as retail eBay versus classified adds.
There is also a possibility that eBay is looking to promote Canadian sellers to Canadian buyers...... with an added emphasis on local selling...
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Kijiji started as a local classified advertisement listing option.......
Could it be that the future of selling on eBay is to add a local focus for all sellers, and not just a select few sellers with select few listings.as this current plan.
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A local internet eBay mall ..... There are potential problems..... However, there may be ways to allow for local selling... local pickup.
and then perhaps guest buyers.... Setting up such a reality could be complicated.... but very profitable for sellers on eBay and for eBay.
The beginning of this appears to be there... right now...it is just a beginning.
This could also be a model for eBay's other sites, with Canada as a test market...
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I can see a local eBay option where someone registers as a guest... enters the internet mall and then shops like they were at a local mall.
eBay is actually a very large mall... an online mall where people visit.... look at "all of the stores"... and buy as they choose.
How big would eBay be if they were one big B & M mall? Such a "physical" mall could never be something real... just too big to imagine
