Comments on: Auctions only on eBay please! http://tamebay.com/2007/05/auctions-only-on-ebay-please.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Randy Smythe http://tamebay.com/2007/05/auctions-only-on-ebay-please.html#comment-4642 Randy Smythe Thu, 31 May 2007 04:38:21 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/auctions-only-on-ebay-please.html#comment-4642 Sue, it looks like they are trying to increase conversion rates. That is the number Wallstreet is lokking at right now. If conversion rates go up they can mask the other problems. Right now IMO eBay is playing a shell game with the numbers. Listings are flat but conversions are up and ASP's are up. Wall Street see these numbers and is satisfied for another quarter. On the revenue side eBay is making good money now from sponsored ads and non GMV related revenue which is taking some of the sting out of listings being flat. They are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Sue, it looks like they are trying to increase conversion rates. That is the number Wallstreet is lokking at right now. If conversion rates go up they can mask the other problems. Right now IMO eBay is playing a shell game with the numbers. Listings are flat but conversions are up and ASP’s are up. Wall Street see these numbers and is satisfied for another quarter.

On the revenue side eBay is making good money now from sponsored ads and non GMV related revenue which is taking some of the sting out of listings being flat.

They are re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

]]> By: Sue http://tamebay.com/2007/05/auctions-only-on-ebay-please.html#comment-4601 Sue Wed, 30 May 2007 22:23:32 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/auctions-only-on-ebay-please.html#comment-4601 I don't think it's good to see eBay focussing on auctions. I think it's a sign they don't have a clue how either their buyers or their sellers are thinking. What's interesting, though, is that the most recent UK and US (.com) CLDs have pushed "lower cost SO LIST MORE". eBay might want to use fiscal measures to try to control seller behaviour, but they sure don't want to lose revenue on it :-D I don’t think it’s good to see eBay focussing on auctions. I think it’s a sign they don’t have a clue how either their buyers or their sellers are thinking.

What’s interesting, though, is that the most recent UK and US (.com) CLDs have pushed “lower cost SO LIST MORE”. eBay might want to use fiscal measures to try to control seller behaviour, but they sure don’t want to lose revenue on it :-D

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