Comments on: Multi-channel strategies for selling online http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 15:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chairman http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7575 Chairman Fri, 09 May 2008 07:13:33 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7575 Multiple channels is the way to go for sure and recent eBay changes is starting a new migration to alternatives! Multiple channels is the way to go for sure and recent eBay changes is starting a new migration to alternatives!

]]> By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7574 Store Your Stuff aka Jade Thu, 08 May 2008 14:29:46 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7574 Nice one Stu, glad to hear that you are winning your business back, albeit the hard way. As the saying goes, "that which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". It sounds like that particular theory has come true for you. Well Done. Nice one Stu, glad to hear that you are winning your business back, albeit the hard way. As the saying goes, “that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”. It sounds like that particular theory has come true for you. Well Done.

]]> By: stuart http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7573 stuart Thu, 08 May 2008 14:01:05 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7573 "ebay is all we need or use" Well I used to think the same, we built up a good company on ebay with several stores, all postive feedback, DSR's of 4.8 or above, sales booming each month bigger than the last, just invested over £1000 in new store designs for two of the shops, then BOOM suspended for 12 months, no questions no if's no buts all gone over something that happened 2 years ago and we didn't even know about! That happend 6 weeks ago and we have nearly lost the business as our income was gone over night! I have had to let staff go and cut back and now we are making headway buy using other avenues. We had our own websites but where so busy on ebay we did'nt have time for them. Now in the last 6 weeks we have taken more on our own websites that in the last two years, just by spending the time on them. We are also using other avenues to spread the sales across a number of different ways to protect ourselves in the future. All I will say to people is, DON'T put all your eggs in one basket, or someone elses basket, we thought we were safe, we couldn't of even predicted this! SO if you think your safe, still look at other avenues I can't believe how much we are taking now on our own website and it costs us the same amount of money if we sell £1 or £100000 a month so no escalation of fees! Stu “ebay is all we need or use”

Well I used to think the same, we built up a good company on ebay with several stores, all postive feedback, DSR’s of 4.8 or above, sales booming each month bigger than the last, just invested over £1000 in new store designs for two of the shops, then BOOM suspended for 12 months, no questions no if’s no buts all gone over something that happened 2 years ago and we didn’t even know about!

That happend 6 weeks ago and we have nearly lost the business as our income was gone over night! I have had to let staff go and cut back and now we are making headway buy using other avenues. We had our own websites but where so busy on ebay we did’nt have time for them. Now in the last 6 weeks we have taken more on our own websites that in the last two years, just by spending the time on them. We are also using other avenues to spread the sales across a number of different ways to protect ourselves in the future.

All I will say to people is, DON’T put all your eggs in one basket, or someone elses basket, we thought we were safe, we couldn’t of even predicted this! SO if you think your safe, still look at other avenues I can’t believe how much we are taking now on our own website and it costs us the same amount of money if we sell £1 or £100000 a month so no escalation of fees!

Stu

]]> By: Blighty http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7572 Blighty Thu, 08 May 2008 13:36:11 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7572 If you sell exclusively on ebay, your destiny is any *but* in your own hands. Imagine a parallel universe where ebay decided to take the theatre in Aberdeen's word at face value and wrongly suspended you for dealing in stolen items (even though they weren't). A scenario that isn't beyond the realms of possibility. How would you control your destiny then? All you can say is that ebay works for you at this present time, with the changes that they can and probably will make you cannot say that with certainty for the future. If you sell exclusively on ebay, your destiny is any *but* in your own hands.

Imagine a parallel universe where ebay decided to take the theatre in Aberdeen’s word at face value and wrongly suspended you for dealing in stolen items (even though they weren’t).
A scenario that isn’t beyond the realms of possibility.

How would you control your destiny then?

All you can say is that ebay works for you at this present time, with the changes that they can and probably will make you cannot say that with certainty for the future.

]]> By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7571 Store Your Stuff aka Jade Thu, 08 May 2008 13:16:47 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7571 Not for "proffesional" reasons, just because I'm a nosey beggar! :shock: Not for “proffesional” reasons, just because I’m a nosey beggar! :shock:

]]> By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7570 Store Your Stuff aka Jade Thu, 08 May 2008 13:11:59 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7570 Note to self. Find out what the hell it is that Norf is peddling! :cool: Note to self. Find out what the hell it is that Norf is peddling! :cool:

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7569 northumbrian Thu, 08 May 2008 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7569 I might add selling is not the problem in my game finding it at the right price is the trick I might add selling is not the problem in my game

finding it at the right price is the trick

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7568 northumbrian Thu, 08 May 2008 11:54:40 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7568 what I mean about the glory and profit bit is many new to e commerce business feel they are somehow not complete and proper without a web space ,or a trillion third party sites and software programs leeching at their profits, ebay provides us with more customers that we can cope with, why should we spend more money finding more :grin: what I mean about the glory and profit bit
is many new to e commerce business feel they are somehow not complete and proper without a web space ,or a trillion third party sites and software programs leeching at their profits,

ebay provides us with more customers that we can cope with, why should we spend more money finding more :grin:

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7567 northumbrian Thu, 08 May 2008 11:48:09 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7567 of course I agree it is what I sell rather than how I sell it. there is nothing better than ebay, on this planet! or any other planet! for my type of item, I believe its the type of goods you market rather than the the amount of outlets you cover that should dictate your sales strategy blighty my destiny is firmly in my own hands I use ebay I dont rely on it of course I agree it is what I sell rather than how I sell it.

there is nothing better than ebay, on this planet! or any other planet!
for my type of item,
I believe its the type of goods you market
rather than the the amount of outlets you cover that should dictate your sales strategy

blighty
my destiny is firmly in my own hands

I use ebay

I dont rely on it

]]> By: Dan Wilson http://tamebay.com/2008/05/multi-channel-strategy-for-online-selling.html#comment-7566 Dan Wilson Thu, 08 May 2008 11:29:03 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=2682#comment-7566 The thing is norf, you are quite an unusual beast when it comes to ecommerce. You are probably best advised to remain as a single channel seller because of the nature of the items you sell and the way you operate without a shop using auctions. Although I'm convinced there are ways you can increase traffic and profitability possibly using a content site that taps into your expertise. But in general, it seems that a multi-channel approach is something that the vast majority of sellers can be benefiting from. I agree that at the lower end it can seem difficult to justify but I'm sure that every powerseller can do something. It also seems to me that if sellers are looking to grow swiftly, that a multi-channel strategy is vital, especially as eBay continues to grow more slowly than ecommerce in general. The thing is norf, you are quite an unusual beast when it comes to ecommerce. You are probably best advised to remain as a single channel seller because of the nature of the items you sell and the way you operate without a shop using auctions. Although I’m convinced there are ways you can increase traffic and profitability possibly using a content site that taps into your expertise.

But in general, it seems that a multi-channel approach is something that the vast majority of sellers can be benefiting from. I agree that at the lower end it can seem difficult to justify but I’m sure that every powerseller can do something.

It also seems to me that if sellers are looking to grow swiftly, that a multi-channel strategy is vital, especially as eBay continues to grow more slowly than ecommerce in general.

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