Comments on: Where will the strikers go? http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 00:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5061 Chris Dawson Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:49:17 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5061 Oh superb result Dave! Nice one! :-) Oh superb result Dave! Nice one! :-)

]]> By: Dave http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5060 Dave Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:33:52 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5060 Chris Dawson Says: February 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pm Thing is Dave, why not either spend the time uploading a couple of hundred extra listings to eBay (hey maybe try eBay Ireland for example) where you know there’s a good chance they’ll sell, or do some work promoting your own website, maybe spend the time uploading products to google product Chris,Thank for the advice, I had been meaning to list on Ebay AU for a while, so I spent time on this, with great results, Ebay International seems the way forward Chris Dawson Says:

February 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Thing is Dave, why not either spend the time uploading a couple of hundred extra listings to eBay (hey maybe try eBay Ireland for example) where you know there’s a good chance they’ll sell, or do some work promoting your own website, maybe spend the time uploading products to google product

Chris,Thank for the advice, I had been meaning to list on Ebay AU for a while, so I spent time on this, with great results, Ebay International seems the way forward

]]> By: Biggles http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5059 Biggles Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:05:54 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5059 The point is, as a buyer, I go where the stuff is I want to buy, and that happens to be eBay. The point is, as a buyer, I go where the stuff is I want to buy, and that happens to be eBay.

]]> By: Karolina http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5058 Karolina Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:37:07 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5058 "Well if you’re more likely to go to eBuyer I’ll carry on listing my printers where I *know* they’ll sell rather than on sites which the afficionados wouldn’t even buy on themselves" :lol: :lol: :lol: I think you missed my point there, at the end of the day as a buyer, I will buy where I get the best value for money. Whether on CQout/eBay/eBid/Tazbar/or Uncle Tom Cobbly & all auction site, Sellers, are competing with the big high street names as well as specialist sites especially when it comes to new goods. So their prices need to be competetive. If you CAN still be competetive, whilst making a profit on eBay, good for you, many people CANNOT, for them an alternative may be the answer. “Well if you’re more likely to go to eBuyer I’ll carry on listing my printers where I *know* they’ll sell rather than on sites which the afficionados wouldn’t even buy on themselves”
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I think you missed my point there, at the end of the day as a buyer, I will buy where I get the best value for money.

Whether on CQout/eBay/eBid/Tazbar/or Uncle Tom Cobbly & all auction site, Sellers, are competing with the big high street names as well as specialist sites especially when it comes to new goods. So their prices need to be competetive.

If you CAN still be competetive, whilst making a profit on eBay, good for you, many people CANNOT, for them an alternative may be the answer.

]]> By: Jade http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5057 Jade Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:29:04 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5057 This is getting very wearisome :sad: good luck to all you ebidders & tazbarers I sincerely hope that you do see some increase in sales and traffic. I look forward to the day that spending even just an hour researching the market on these venues and listing some items actually becomes viable and worthwhile. In the meantime I'll stick to eBay, Amazon & Play. I am also withdrawing, because we are all just going round and round and round and round and round!! :oops: :mrgreen: This is getting very wearisome :sad: good luck to all you ebidders & tazbarers I sincerely hope that you do see some increase in sales and traffic. I look forward to the day that spending even just an hour researching the market on these venues and listing some items actually becomes viable and worthwhile.

In the meantime I’ll stick to eBay, Amazon & Play.

I am also withdrawing, because we are all just going round and round and round and round and round!! :oops: :mrgreen:

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5056 Chris Dawson Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:22:49 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5056 Well if you're more likely to go to eBuyer I'll carry on listing my printers where I *know* they'll sell rather than on sites which the afficionados wouldn't even buy on themselves :lol: Well if you’re more likely to go to eBuyer I’ll carry on listing my printers where I *know* they’ll sell rather than on sites which the afficionados wouldn’t even buy on themselves :lol:

]]> By: Karolina http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5055 Karolina Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:12:15 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5055 Sorry Sue your but your: ” you and your chums from the eBid forum ” comment about Cumbrian Rider really made me laugh. Cumbrian's chose place of business is Tazbar NOT eBid, in fact if you can read the Tazbar forums (some of them are member only) she has a thread running, telling how her best ever sale on Tazbar, came from somebody she managed to lure from eBid. :shock: As for the rest of your comments, you seem to take the view that ebay is right to only be concerned with powersellers & that nobody else matters. :???: In real life if you go to almost any high street, the big names are all there, what makes a shopping experience different from one town to another is the range of small shops with different unusual goods. These are the people who will be driven away with the ebay changes, many of these smaller sellers are also buyers. These are the people who will find a smaller site with affordable fees works for them. I've never understood the searching to see how much is listed in a category before listing argument, why would you only choose to list somewhere where you had competition? In RL surely you'd rather sell in a town where you were the only pet shop as opposed to one that already had 4? I used to sell books on eBay, the last time I listed 20 & sold 1, most of them had less than 6 views, so eBay is no longer viable for me, every relisting before selling is another cut from my profit. As for lazer printer's, it doesn't matter if eBid have 3, & eBay have 300, I'm much more likely to buy from an established site like ebuyer, who 90% of the time are cheaper than ANY auction site listing. Sorry Sue your but your:

” you and your chums from the eBid forum ” comment about Cumbrian Rider really made me laugh.

Cumbrian’s chose place of business is Tazbar NOT eBid, in fact if you can read the Tazbar forums (some of them are member only) she has a thread running, telling how her best ever sale on Tazbar, came from somebody she managed to lure from eBid. :shock:

As for the rest of your comments, you seem to take the view that ebay is right to only be concerned with powersellers & that nobody else matters. :???:

In real life if you go to almost any high street, the big names are all there, what makes a shopping experience different from one town to another is the range of small shops with different unusual goods.

These are the people who will be driven away with the ebay changes, many of these smaller sellers are also buyers.

These are the people who will find a smaller site with affordable fees works for them.

I’ve never understood the searching to see how much is listed in a category before listing argument, why would you only choose to list somewhere where you had competition?
In RL surely you’d rather sell in a town where you were the only pet shop as opposed to one that already had 4?

I used to sell books on eBay, the last time I listed 20 & sold 1, most of them had less than 6 views, so eBay is no longer viable for me, every relisting before selling is another cut from my profit.

As for lazer printer’s, it doesn’t matter if eBid have 3, & eBay have 300, I’m much more likely to buy from an established site like ebuyer, who 90% of the time are cheaper than ANY auction site listing.

]]> By: william http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5054 william Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:57:36 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5054 to Chris Dawson== fine you have it your way, cant be bothered to argue over it, as my old grandad used to say, none so blind as those that will not see, to Chris Dawson==

fine you have it your way, cant be bothered to argue over it,

as my old grandad used to say, none so blind as those that will not see,

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5053 Sue Bailey Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:34:53 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5053 Cumbrian Rider: there is nothing contradictory about my comments. I pay eBay to send me traffic, which is exactly what I said. As for "why ask an eBid seller not eBid management" yada yada, if *you* bothered to do *your* research on what I have previously said about eBid, you'll see I've done exactly that: no one has responded to me, so I can only assume that my request is impossible to meet. I'm now withdrawing from this argument: it's boring, and pointless, and rather reminds me of the "who leaves feedback first" debates. If you want to sell on eBid, good luck to you and I hope it brings you much profit. Cumbrian Rider: there is nothing contradictory about my comments. I pay eBay to send me traffic, which is exactly what I said. As for “why ask an eBid seller not eBid management” yada yada, if *you* bothered to do *your* research on what I have previously said about eBid, you’ll see I’ve done exactly that: no one has responded to me, so I can only assume that my request is impossible to meet.

I’m now withdrawing from this argument: it’s boring, and pointless, and rather reminds me of the “who leaves feedback first” debates. If you want to sell on eBid, good luck to you and I hope it brings you much profit.

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5052 Chris Dawson Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:29:03 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2008/02/where-will-the-strikers-go.html#comment-5052 The thing is I could link to *anyones* eBay account and say that the feedback was mine - or at least I could for as long as it took them to find out about it. It really does nothing to prove you're an established internet merchant and even if it did does nothing to ensure your reputation is as good today as it was when you gained the feedback on eBay and thus is effectively worthless. On that subject again it's why eBay are placing so much emphasis on *recent* feedback with DSR's used to qualify for discounts on the last 30 days only and retiring feedback once it's a year old. Who cares how good someone was two or three years ago? What's relevant is if they still provide great service today :-) The thing is I could link to *anyones* eBay account and say that the feedback was mine – or at least I could for as long as it took them to find out about it.

It really does nothing to prove you’re an established internet merchant and even if it did does nothing to ensure your reputation is as good today as it was when you gained the feedback on eBay and thus is effectively worthless.

On that subject again it’s why eBay are placing so much emphasis on *recent* feedback with DSR’s used to qualify for discounts on the last 30 days only and retiring feedback once it’s a year old. Who cares how good someone was two or three years ago? What’s relevant is if they still provide great service today :-)

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