Comments on: Scot Wingo's inside info from eBay Live!

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:16 +0000

If you didn’t get to attend this webinar it’s now available to listen to online on the ChannelAdvisor website

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:48:42 +0000

Blue, if you only ever list from one PC, there's nothing to worry about. It's basically to make sure that no one has stolen your account and is listing on it from elsewhere. There's more info in this post.

By: Blue

Blue — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:53 +0000

Does anyone know what ebays policies of amount of ebay sellers who that use 1 PC? and what checks they say they will be carrying out?
I had a message from ebay saying that they will be checking my PC and I may be required to phone them.

By: northumbrian

northumbrian — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:44:14 +0000

“There will be more changes”

so ebay live has come and gone and no buggers any the wiser!
the rumour mill churns on,

By: Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:46:46 +0000

Mark Classic: It’s an aside really, but at eBay Live I was quite surprised by the number of people I spoke to who were ‘starting out on eBay’. And, frankly, spreading your wings and looking elsewhere is to be applauded. ;o)

For me this line is the most telling: “Be prepared for more large sellers such as Buy.com to come to eBay and consider what would happen if a major competitor arrived in your category.”

I’d add, speculatively, that this bigger player may well also enjoy preferential terms or at least be able to perform well enought for three months to start enjoying discounts etc.

By: Mark Classic

Mark Classic — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:51:17 +0000

Anyone see a correlation between the sellers leaving Ebay and the buyers leaving Ebay?

Could this be the same group of people?

Drive off the small sellers and you drive of hobby sellers.

These hobby sellers are buyers.

So in effect you remove the community aspect.

I find it incredibly interesting, that the link has not been made between the two groups.

Sellers are buyers and a bad seller experience (due to poor customer support from Ebay), means that seller takes their buying with them when they leave for pastures new.

Ebay is built on the success of small sellers.

If they leave, Ebay is over in my opinion.

This is the key problem we feel, and the reason we are stretching our wings after 5 years on Ebay and about Â£40,000 to Â£50,000 in fees paid.

Mark

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:42:18 +0000

Some of the changes that have happened I will agree needed doing. But, as time goes on the more I’m convinced that a lot of the changes eBay are making are nothing more than knee-jerk reactions. Either that or dreamed up after a lunch time drinking session in the pub.by some bright spark who wants to impress their boss with another great idea for ebay.

Half the time I really get the feeling eBay haven’t got a clue what their doing or which direction they want to head in. If they’re confused how the hell are sellers supposed to make sense of anything.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:41:22 +0000

I’d be interested to see how often the search reuslts page is the last one that a viewer sees before leaving the site. If more potential buyers are leaving before they even view an item description eBay should pay more attention to how the search is working.

I strongly suspect that the new search is deterring more buyers than the occasional retaliatory neg, or item not received claim – it will affect everyone, not just the unlucky ones who encounter the occasional bad seller.

By: Larrylackpants

Larrylackpants — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:49:26 +0000

ebay are still placing all the blame for buyers leaving firmly at the seller’s doors. So ebay have played no part whatsoever in upsetting buyers? Not even one? Where is their evidence that it’s all seller’s faults?
The fact that there is actually excellent competition out there plays no part in the buyers departure?
The fact that the USA and the UK (and many other countries) are facing rising costs and less disposable income has no bearing on fewer sales on the ebay platform?
Tunnel vision? Just a tad.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:18:16 +0000

I don’t think there’ll be many more hoops to jump through, but I’m betting heavily there’ll be some pricing changes to come in the early Autumn.

The other thing that could affect sellers is new search, best match and International visibility which could influence the stock profile sellers might want to hold.