Comments on: International visibility for UK sellers – for a price http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 00:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nick Talley http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6666 Nick Talley Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:11:59 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6666 Great! Have been waiting for this for over a year. Have tried listing to .com with some success but it has been costly. My post from a year ago sums up the problems... http://www.tamebay.com/2007/04/the-reality-of-the-loss-of-ebaycom-visibility.html Great! Have been waiting for this for over a year.

Have tried listing to .com with some success but it has been costly.

My post from a year ago sums up the problems… http://www.tamebay.com/2007/04/the-reality-of-the-loss-of-ebaycom-visibility.html

]]> By: Mark Classic http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6665 Mark Classic Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:59:35 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6665 Interesting North, a good way to look at it :-) Mark Interesting North, a good way to look at it :-)

Mark

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6664 northumbrian Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:05:46 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6664 we look at ebay fees as a tool to make money , not as a cost we look at ebay fees as a tool to make money , not as a cost

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6663 northumbrian Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:41:33 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6663 nothing complicated at all for us ebay fees are such a small part of our costs they are almost insignificant, and the chance to peddle our wares to a few million more for a few coppers more is just wonderful nothing complicated at all for us
ebay fees are such a small part of our costs they are almost insignificant,
and the chance to peddle our wares to a few million more for a few coppers more is just wonderful

]]> By: Mark Classic http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6662 Mark Classic Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:20:01 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6662 Like we posted above. We do not think there IS any great saving when you work out the costs. UK SIF not appearing in Core is a major problem for us and so this system is unworkable. Ebay are trying to encourage us back to the UK it seems, but there is no encouragement. SIF on .com is fantastic for us, we cannot trade that for a few pounds savings on FVF, (a few profitable sales balances that out). It is such a shame there is not a FVF discount Ebay wide regardless of the country listed. After all the DSR's are not really any motivation for the cross border sellers like the Chinese, as they do not get them anyway. It seems that a very complicated system has been put in place when a nice simple FVF discount site wide would have been so much easier to implement. I think Ebay are trying to do too much with something that should have been very simple. You get good DSR's, you get a fvf discount. This is not the case. If you get good DSR's, list on one site and are willing to pay a small surcharge for wider visibility, while at the same time either being happy to hide your shop inventory on Ebay.co.uk, or invest a couple of hours a week changing them to .com listings (applicable for sellers of individual items), to get a dubious fee reduction, that when you look at the increased costs of listing on the UK site (we believe it is more expensive to list on the UK site anyway - but have not done the maths), the idea starts to run out of steam. So our choice: Leave well enough alone, take the hit on the chin that the FVF's have gone up and look to buy good stock that makes good money and sell in a good marketplace. Ebay have made what could have been very simple, very complicated and whether anyone will actually save ANY fees is yet open to question (we have not got time to do the maths, but it does not look good). So Ebay, your latest site changes would get a 1 out of 5 star rating on this one unfortunately for us as it does not do anything for our particular business model and we doubt it gives anyone a fee saving at all, who choose to use this option over listing directly on Ebay.com. Too complicated, as clear as mud and probably no saving at all would be our summation.... Mark We would re-iterate, we have not done the maths on this - so all comments given with that in mind. Like we posted above.

We do not think there IS any great saving when you work out the costs.

UK SIF not appearing in Core is a major problem for us and so this system is unworkable.

Ebay are trying to encourage us back to the UK it seems, but there is no encouragement.

SIF on .com is fantastic for us, we cannot trade that for a few pounds savings on FVF, (a few profitable sales balances that out).

It is such a shame there is not a FVF discount Ebay wide regardless of the country listed.

After all the DSR’s are not really any motivation for the cross border sellers like the Chinese, as they do not get them anyway.

It seems that a very complicated system has been put in place when a nice simple FVF discount site wide would have been so much easier to implement.

I think Ebay are trying to do too much with something that should have been very simple.

You get good DSR’s, you get a fvf discount.

This is not the case.

If you get good DSR’s, list on one site and are willing to pay a small surcharge for wider visibility, while at the same time either being happy to hide your shop inventory on Ebay.co.uk, or invest a couple of hours a week changing them to .com listings (applicable for sellers of individual items), to get a dubious fee reduction, that when you look at the increased costs of listing on the UK site (we believe it is more expensive to list on the UK site anyway – but have not done the maths), the idea starts to run out of steam.

So our choice:

Leave well enough alone, take the hit on the chin that the FVF’s have gone up and look to buy good stock that makes good money and sell in a good marketplace.

Ebay have made what could have been very simple, very complicated and whether anyone will actually save ANY fees is yet open to question (we have not got time to do the maths, but it does not look good).

So Ebay, your latest site changes would get a 1 out of 5 star rating on this one unfortunately for us as it does not do anything for our particular business model and we doubt it gives anyone a fee saving at all, who choose to use this option over listing directly on Ebay.com.

Too complicated, as clear as mud and probably no saving at all would be our summation….

Mark

We would re-iterate, we have not done the maths on this – so all comments given with that in mind.

]]> By: Des http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6661 Des Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:14:23 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6661 A bold move by ebay and I shall certainly give it a go for a few months to see if its worth the investment, the only downside I see is that UK sellers also have to take into account that everything on .com has free gallery, so as well as the fee for visibility you need to ensure you pay for gallery to make it worthwhile. A bold move by ebay and I shall certainly give it a go for a few months to see if its worth the investment, the only downside I see is that UK sellers also have to take into account that everything on .com has free gallery, so as well as the fee for visibility you need to ensure you pay for gallery to make it worthwhile.

]]> By: Toby http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6660 Toby Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:25:19 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6660 I'd say UK sellers in many categories are in for a rude awakening when tons of goods from the land of cheap postage and a low dollar starts showing up in .uk core. The few of us in N America who were listing overseas to take advantage of the price disparity can probably kiss that gravy train goodbye as items priced for the USA market become visible to even the clueless UK buyers. I’d say UK sellers in many categories are in for a rude awakening when tons of goods from the land of cheap postage and a low dollar starts showing up in .uk core. The few of us in N America who were listing overseas to take advantage of the price disparity can probably kiss that gravy train goodbye as items priced for the USA market become visible to even the clueless UK buyers.

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6659 Sue Bailey Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:13:56 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6659 It's a good point, Biggles: the exchange rate right now will certainly make this offer more attractive to US sellers than to UK ones. It’s a good point, Biggles: the exchange rate right now will certainly make this offer more attractive to US sellers than to UK ones.

]]> By: Biggles http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6658 Biggles Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:37:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6658 I can't remember the dollar exchange rate at the time eBay.uk decided to kneecap a number of sellers... was it about 1.50 USD to a pound? Now with the say 2 USD to a pound and every american lifting floormats to find a dime I don't expect a return of the way things were. <b> eBay.uk should have introduced this back then. NOT NOW!</b> That said, I'll suck it and see. I can’t remember the dollar exchange rate at the time eBay.uk decided to kneecap a number of sellers… was it about 1.50 USD to a pound?

Now with the say 2 USD to a pound and every american lifting floormats to find a dime I don’t expect a return of the way things were.

eBay.uk should have introduced this back then. NOT NOW!

That said, I’ll suck it and see.

]]> By: Josordoni http://tamebay.com/2008/03/international-visibility-for-uk-sellers-for-a-price.html#comment-6657 Josordoni Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:59:55 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2498#comment-6657 urrggghhh of course, as usual, I had just skimmed through the announcement. The important thing for us is that nearly 100% of our listings have been in either Collectables or Porcelain, Pottery and Glass, which I had forgotten had visibility returned in October... This will stop in May, so unless we DO pay for the visibility, we will almost certainly see a downturn in US and Australian buyers... :cry: urrggghhh

of course, as usual, I had just skimmed through the announcement. The important thing for us is that nearly 100% of our listings have been in either Collectables or Porcelain, Pottery and Glass, which I had forgotten had visibility returned in October…

This will stop in May, so unless we DO pay for the visibility, we will almost certainly see a downturn in US and Australian buyers… :cry:

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