eBay changes

[TistaT202]

see link below...various changes taking effect in April...never good for sellers IMO...

Mike

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/...es/2017spring/

[botn]

One more step backwards for eBay but that is the only direction they go. Each year they make it harder to do business there and harder for a small business to be profitable. Cutting the Top Rated Plus discount from 20% to 10% while increasing the final value fee is significant. That eBay characterizes this as a measure to help seller's grow their business, is truly laughable.

I think this will be very beneficial to the smaller auction houses, like Sterling, who run monthly auctions because the above changes pretty much nullify any edge that eBay had from a seller's point of view.

[KMayUSA6060]

Is eBay hurting?

[PhillipAbbott79]

It definitely has not made much progress in the last 13 years.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ebay+stock&*

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=amazon+stock&*

[D. Bergin]

why is ebay making these changes?

Ebay top rated sellers have told us they want more tools and options to grow their business. The changes we’re making reflect our ongoing investment in helping them do just that and to ensure the best marketplace health and competition.

lolololololololololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!

[D. Bergin]

The squeeze continues.

Wonder if this helps to offset the sweetheart deals the big consignment houses are getting.

[SMPEP]

The biggest change I see is that I no longer get free listing promotions.

Last year, every 3 weeks or so I'd get a special offer to listing 500 items for free. I used that offer every time they gave it to me and sold more items than my prior 8 years combined.

So what did they do in November? Stopped giving me free listing promotions.

Why? Who knows. (They claimed they did this for everyone when I asked - but I doubt that.)

So what did I do? Stopped listing more than the free 50 items per month.

Gee, Ebay ... you let me sell stuff and I do, and you get the commission. You make me pay to list items and you get nothing. Seems like a pretty simple concept to me. Apparently not to the geniuses that think they only want Battlefield, Probstein and PWCC as their sellers.

Oh well.

Cheers,
Patrick

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

The biggest change I see is that I no longer get free listing promotions.

Last year, every 3 weeks or so I'd get a special offer to listing 500 items for free. I used that offer every time they gave it to me and sold more items than my prior 8 years combined.

So what did they do in November? Stopped giving me free listing promotions.

Why? Who knows. (They claimed they did this for everyone when I asked - but I doubt that.)

So what did I do? Stopped listing more than the free 50 items per month.

Gee, Ebay ... you let me sell stuff and I do, and you get the commission. You make me pay to list items and you get nothing. Seems like a pretty simple concept to me. Apparently not to the geniuses that think they only want Battlefield, Probstein and PWCC as their sellers.

Oh well.

Cheers,
Patrick

I rarely sell on eBay but they never stopped sending me the 500 free listing offers. I have been getting them about every 3 weeks also, just had one a week ago.

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by TistaT202

see link below...various changes taking effect in April...never good for sellers IMO...

Mike

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/...es/2017spring/

lets face it when trying to sell certain items quickly , easily with the most visibility
and best possible return (AUCTIONS ESPECIALLY ) and items valued at under $1000
I begrudgingly except Ebay has no real competition , the big auction houses squeeze the Seller and the Buyer for exceedingly High fees
but selling "true High Value items" with them makes more sense than Ebay
Amazon only offers buy it now , the other online selling sites are not monitored no where near as well and visibility is pathetic so no way would you risk a no reserve auction or low opening bid with those sites ,Ebay Sellers have been crying for years ME included , but until there is a viable competitor offering
an avenue to list an item in a matter of seconds, possible sell it and get paid with in minutes with virtually instant access to the funds ,
as they say "better the Devil you know "
ebay knows they can keep squeezing and squeezing sellers , and as one seller drops out 10 more come aboard ,
to quote another old fable DON'T CUT YOUR NOSE OFF TO SPITE YOUR FACE