the future?

Brooker_Dave

"eBay is aggressively using price as a lever to improve the value and selection on eBay.com. Consistent with our goals, we have entered into a partnership with Buy.com to bring their new-in-season merchandise onto eBay.com"

"At this time, high-volume sellers on eBay.com are not eligible to receive the same type of price breaks as Buy.com. According to eBay blogger Richard Brewer-Hay:

"I've been informed that we are not, at this time, extending the "deal" to top sellers and that any partnerships will be assessed on a one-off basis with hand picked partners. Personally, I think that top sellers that have put the sweat equity into helping make eBay what it is today - that have consistently provided excellent service for their customers - should be included for consideration when the time comes."

"Those words must give very little comfort to members of high-volume seller organizations, who have lobbied eBay for similar price breaks, only to have eBay reach out to mega-seller Buy.com because of the huge amount of inventory they can offer. One thing is certain, this is not the only deal of this type being brokered, and eBay may be on track to fill as many of their categories with this type of seller as they can.
This will affect smaller sellers too, as everyone gets pushed down in the pecking order (and in search results.)
eBay has been transforming its marketplace in an effort to, in its words, improve the buyer experience. Sellers have been coping with new policies and fees, and some sellers have staged boycotts of eBay after radical changes were announced in January.
With the new CEO John Donahoe leading the charge, it's unlikely eBay will ever return to its roots."

http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?&next&7

StaffsSW

Richard Brewer-Hays blog makes for interesting reading - especially as he is on the eBay payroll. Balls of Steel.

Why don't eBay just come out and admit that they do not want private sellers on the site any longer. All the signs are there.

Brooker_Dave

stevew8975 wrote: »

Richard Brewer-Hays blog makes for interesting reading - especially as he is on the eBay payroll. Balls of Steel.

Why don't eBay just come out and admit that they do not want private sellers on the site any longer. All the signs are there.

Because private sellers form the bulk of buyers?

soolin

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Because private sellers form the bulk of buyers?

It's all to do with generating fees though, us smaller sellers take up vast amounts of time with supposed petty disputes and emails and pay out probably less than £100 per month in fees. The larger sellers turn over huge amounts of fees and rarely need as much support as we do, so keep the high rollers and reduce staff and increase profits.

Brooker_Dave

soolin wrote: »

It's all to do with generating fees though, us smaller sellers take up vast amounts of time with supposed petty disputes and emails and pay out probably less than £100 per month in fees. The larger sellers turn over huge amounts of fees and rarely need as much support as we do, so keep the high rollers and reduce staff and increase profits.

I've always found that if you sell something to someone who also sells on ebay, it's an easier sale.

Some of my worst screamers have been low or nill feedback buyers.

While I can understand why ebay would want huge mail order companies on its site, I can't really see whats in it for the huge mail order companies.

DGJsaver

Every dog has it`s day , E-Bays had theirs

Brooker_Dave

DGJsaver wrote: »

Every dog has it`s day , E-Bays had theirs

And then they got greedy?

DGJsaver

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

And then they got greedy?

Absolutley Dave

It used to be a pleasure buying and selling bargains on ebay , now with the fees for selling (paypal included) and the `prices` you buy stuff for , were as good going to argos or similar and at least getting a receipt and maybe some warranty

Or maybe im just getting old and cranky , i`m not sure