Comments on: Should eBay buy QXL? http://tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Is eBay behind a QXL takeover bid? : TameBay http://tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-17278 Is eBay behind a QXL takeover bid? : TameBay Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:56:42 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-17278 [...] Speculation about auction site QXL and a possible eBay takeover have been going round for months now, with little to substantiate them. However, QXL have confirmed today that they have received a takeover approach: [...] [...] Speculation about auction site QXL and a possible eBay takeover have been going round for months now, with little to substantiate them. However, QXL have confirmed today that they have received a takeover approach: [...]

]]> By: Whirly http://tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-7194 Whirly Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:30:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-7194 I am getting good enquiries from Tazbar, Ebid and QXL now, only have a few items but they have all generated phone sales. I hope Ebay leave QXL alone until they figure out what direction they want to take the Ebay business , auctions are dead in the water for me I get the impression they want to go back to the good old days of auctions but I am still baffled by the whole Express issue. Time will tell. I am getting good enquiries from Tazbar, Ebid and QXL now, only have a few items but they have all generated phone sales.

I hope Ebay leave QXL alone until they figure out what direction they want to take the Ebay business , auctions are dead in the water for me I get the impression they want to go back to the good old days of auctions but I am still baffled by the whole Express issue. Time will tell.

]]> By: Dan http://tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-690 Dan Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:21:42 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-690 You've got to ask whether Poland, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland (lovely as they all are) are worth cracking by buying QXL when you take into account that the company will cost somewhere close to £400m... that's looks like nearly a billion bucks to an american. You’ve got to ask whether Poland, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland (lovely as they all are) are worth cracking by buying QXL when you take into account that the company will cost somewhere close to £400m… that’s looks like nearly a billion bucks to an american.

]]> By: Biddy http://tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-688 Biddy Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:01:17 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/03/should-ebay-buy-qxl.html#comment-688 I think he is wrong. This is purely my hunch, but I think that QXL is successful in a large part *because* of eBay rather than despite it. QXL like eBay are a survivor from the olden days before the dot com bubble burst. Looking at their traffic, it's low in comparison, but very steady. To me, it looks like a group of dedicated users who are loyal to the site: QXL might have the dominant share of the market in most of those countries, but eBay still have a bigger worldwide presence: what better way for eastern European sellers to reach buyers in western Europe and the US? So if users are sticking with QXL, it's because they like QXL. eBay muscling in, buying it and "eBayizing it" would, I think, most likely kill it. I think he is wrong. This is purely my hunch, but I think that QXL is successful in a large part *because* of eBay rather than despite it. QXL like eBay are a survivor from the olden days before the dot com bubble burst. Looking at their traffic, it’s low in comparison, but very steady. To me, it looks like a group of dedicated users who are loyal to the site: QXL might have the dominant share of the market in most of those countries, but eBay still have a bigger worldwide presence: what better way for eastern European sellers to reach buyers in western Europe and the US? So if users are sticking with QXL, it’s because they like QXL. eBay muscling in, buying it and “eBayizing it” would, I think, most likely kill it.

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