eBay.eu eBay International Market goes live
13/03/2010 at 12:17
eBay International Market launched this week, and can now be accessed at www.eBay.eu. for buyers in Russia, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
The new site will display fixed price listings from sellers who offer shipping to the new eBay countries. The big advantage is that the site will be translated into the local language with prices displayed in the buyer’s local currency. The only parts of the site that won’t be translated is the item title and description. There will also be localised customer support for buyers in their own language.
If you see an increase from buyers in these countries it’ll probably be because they have their own eBay site for the first time.
whirly says
12:20 pm on 13/03/2010
I get nil results for my products.
Sue Bailey says
12:22 pm on March 13th, 2010
You don’t ship to Russia, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
whirly says
12:54 pm on March 13th, 2010
John Pemberton says
8:26 am on March 15th, 2010
you were just trying to be the 1st to post on this article Whirly!!
Sue Bailey says
12:59 pm on March 13th, 2010
*imagines what shipping whirly bath to far end of Russia would cost*
whirly says
1:53 pm on March 13th, 2010
Just under £650.00. Sold one in Jan, seem to remember asking you for some advice on it.
Sue Bailey says
3:04 pm on March 13th, 2010
Oh yes, I think my advice was “don’t”
VW Teesside says
2:13 pm on 13/03/2010
We get Zero Results for anything in our cat & we ship worldwide!
JD says
3:07 pm on March 13th, 2010
VW – unfortunately the ‘sites searched’ default is Europe and that does NOT include UK!
If you set the search to ‘United Kingdom’ you should find your stuff.
eBay seems to have a duff socio economic atlas and whether anybody else will find your stuff remains to be seen.
There is lots either wrong, misleading or missing with/from the site, can at best be called beta+
Patricia013 says
3:48 pm on 13/03/2010
Is that why I just had a sale from Slovenia? I didn’t even know where that is – had to look on the map. The invoice was also made out in that language.
Dee says
7:03 pm on 13/03/2010
You can’t sell on there can you? Seems you can only sell on your own site and EBay international may or may not find u…..
Sue Bailey says
7:21 pm on March 13th, 2010
Dee, no, you can’t. It’s not a listing site (like eBay.co.uk, .com, .fr etc.) – it’s basically a buying platform, so buyers from the six countries can access the site in their own language, and it will find them items listed on eBay worldwide from sellers who will ship to them. More info here:
http://tamebay.com/2009/11/ebay-attract-180m-new-buyers-in-6-new-countries.html
Dee says
10:06 pm on 13/03/2010
Yeahhh i gathered! Its a bit crazy, if you can’t find UK seller’s stuff! Crazy Sueee i Tell u! lol if Ebay dont realise UK is part of the EU lol maybe we shud send them back to school! lol
northumbrian says
8:22 am on 14/03/2010
the Russian mafia must be falling about laughing they now dont even need to translate to snaffle your dosh
John Pemberton says
8:28 am on 15/03/2010
This site is a well timed addition, especially as the £ is *&%$ed at the moment! Bring it on ebay – well done
northumbrian says
10:19 am on 15/03/2010
well I think the site is a half cocked ,pigs lug,
that will flounder