Comments on: We need an eBay competitor http://www.techdc.com/we-need-an-ebay-competitor home and office computer support for D.C., Virginia & Maryland Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ds87gsd9 http://www.techdc.com/we-need-an-ebay-competitor/comment-page-1#comment-4968 ds87gsd9 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:38:23 +0000 http://www.techdc.com/?p=131#comment-4968 Ebay is raking up fees to try to make a profit and not caring or realizing that in doing so they are losing money by flooding out the sellers. It has bene bad for a while and it has gotten worse. Now if you want to sell a $20 heavy item to a european or something and shipping naturally is much higher they take shipping $ into the equation (so 8-12%!!! + paypals crazy fees!) of $50 and your only seeing the $20 profit. Thats 15 ish for your item + paypals (50) take and then your time and packaging costs. And if your a good little citizen and pay your taxes can you scream rape rape rape rape? Its down right crazy and a damn shame ebay is a huge contributor to googles revenue because it will take a giant like google to end this madness. The moment another alpha lion comes into this terrain the pack will tear out ebays throat and gratefully accept new rulership. FACT. As for the buyers - they will go where the sellers and deals go. Right now ebay only has sellers because there has been no real consenus as to where to go (which is how you wind up with your hundreds of unheard of sites who despite fair policies have an epic fail) If your a stock investor I certainly wouldn't have a buy and hold strategy with ebay because they are a temporary fixture in our world. Like blockbuster,movie gallery, and the good old vhs player. Ebay is raking up fees to try to make a profit and not caring or realizing that in doing so they are losing money by flooding out the sellers. It has bene bad for a while and it has gotten worse. Now if you want to sell a $20 heavy item to a european or something and shipping naturally is much higher they take shipping $ into the equation (so 8-12%!!! + paypals crazy fees!) of $50 and your only seeing the $20 profit. Thats 15 ish for your item + paypals (50) take and then your time and packaging costs.

And if your a good little citizen and pay your taxes can you scream rape rape rape rape?

Its down right crazy and a damn shame ebay is a huge contributor to googles revenue because it will take a giant like google to end this madness.

The moment another alpha lion comes into this terrain the pack will tear out ebays throat and gratefully accept new rulership. FACT.

As for the buyers – they will go where the sellers and deals go. Right now ebay only has sellers because there has been no real consenus as to where to go (which is how you wind up with your hundreds of unheard of sites who despite fair policies have an epic fail)

If your a stock investor I certainly wouldn’t have a buy and hold strategy with ebay because they are a temporary fixture in our world. Like blockbuster,movie gallery, and the good old vhs player.

]]> By: Patricia013 http://www.techdc.com/we-need-an-ebay-competitor/comment-page-1#comment-3 Patricia013 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:34:45 +0000 http://www.techdc.com/?p=131#comment-3 There are many good venues standing in the wings....waiting patiently. iOffer, onlineauctions, epier, ebid, etsy, wigix, blujay, ecrater, overstock just to name a few. They are accumulating plenty of sellers - the one ingredient needed is BUYERS. Until sellers actively solicite their current ebay buyers and ask them to come to this or that venue then Ebay will continue to rule the roost. I always tell sellers to find other venues BUT don't forget to tell your BUYERS where they can find you! Sooner or later it will happen. Buyers are already beginning to complain that they can't find their favorite sellers anymore. These are the very people who are that necessary missing ingredient. So, sellers...don't just leave...contact ALL your buyers, let them know where they can find you - give them an incentive (perhaps offer them a percentage reduction in price or free shipping). Rome wasn't built in a day and it wasn't free.....get with it and start moving your buyers off that awful site!!! www.ACEOart.net There are many good venues standing in the wings….waiting patiently. iOffer, onlineauctions, epier, ebid, etsy, wigix, blujay, ecrater, overstock just to name a few. They are accumulating plenty of sellers – the one ingredient needed is BUYERS. Until sellers actively solicite their current ebay buyers and ask them to come to this or that venue then Ebay will continue to rule the roost. I always tell sellers to find other venues BUT don’t forget to tell your BUYERS where they can find you! Sooner or later it will happen. Buyers are already beginning to complain that they can’t find their favorite sellers anymore. These are the very people who are that necessary missing ingredient. So, sellers…don’t just leave…contact ALL your buyers, let them know where they can find you – give them an incentive (perhaps offer them a percentage reduction in price or free shipping). Rome wasn’t built in a day and it wasn’t free…..get with it and start moving your buyers off that awful site!!!

http://www.ACEOart.net

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