But if not at least keep them the way they are now and NEVER raise them again- at least not in the next 5 years. I hope someone at eBay reads this (preferably on the board of directors).
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How to Fix eBay and Make it Awesome Again: So here is a list that I am dedicating to anyone at that may have a brain cell left, and also this is a tribute to all sellers (former and current) who remember the joy (and money) that used to come from selling on eBay. I thought I would write this article to help all the idiots at eBay understand why. Never! eBay is Failing Miserably According to Business Weekī reported eBay has just announced pretty crappy sales. But I will never do it full-time with eBay. I would actually consider doing some retail on the side again. I would give anything if Google would do it. If only a big company would come and challenge eBay. Rather than compete with Amazon, why not just be an auction site? Why try to be a Retail site? Doesn’t make sense. What does this mean? Less unique, and more boring stuff we can find on any old website. Sellers could make a good living selling junk they didn’t need. Buyers could find unique items that they couldn’t find anywhere else. You could find or buy just about anything. What made eBay great was the novelty experience. The company is trying to compete with Amazon, which is kind of silly considering Amazon is completely different.
People rarely use eBay anymore, and when they do, it is almost always an aggravation.Įven though I list about 5-10 items per year, it is still an annoyance dealing with people on eBay. I think this death process is already happening. I have blogged in the past about why I think eBay will die a slow death. But I anticipate that this will actually lower my monthly eBay fees, since the majority of my wasted fees were going to having relist unsuccessful auctions all the time. They did, however, raise the final value fees. That means you can list your entire inventory, and it is only $0.35 per listing. Not only that, but the one GOOD thing eBay did do, is that they lowered the listing fees for fixed price format down to only $0.35, REGARDLESS OF QUANTITY. I am also getting as much traffic to my listings as I was with the store, so that saves a big $16 a month.
I have canceled my eBay store now that they have offered the 30 day good til canceled format for fixed prices. The good news is that I do expect much lower eBay fees now. They have decreased by almost $1,000! Not only that, but the my eBay and Paypal fees have only decreased by about $300.
But the slow sales are a bit disappointing. It is the holiday season! My products are year round products, and actually some increase during Christmas time. Here we are in late October, and then November, and then December. My sales are actually going down! What is crazy is, this is the time when they are supposed to be going up! I noticed something a little frustrating. I just happened to look at some of my sales stats for the past few months with just my eBay sales alone.
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I don’t have to deal with rude people, silly questions, and get scammed by dishonest buyers looking to get free stuff. Since leaving eBay as a full-time business, I am so much happier. I was earning an okay amount of money for just starting out, but it wasn’t worth the effort and frustrations that came along with it. Everything was a hassle anyway: Creating eBay listings, managing your inventory, dealing with 1,000 dumb questions per day (most of which were already answered if they had just read the listing), shipping packages, bookkeeping was a nightmare, etc. eBay will do one thing for sure: They will let you know that there are some serious crazies in this world.įinally, eBay’s ever rising fees, and daily rule changes was enough to make me want to throw in the towel. You would be shocked to read some of the absurd emails that popped into my inbox from people. The terrible experiences I had with them made me despise eBay, especially when I had no recourse and had to accept getting scammed. Take it from someone who knows–some buyers absolutely deserve negative feedback. Next, they alienated their sellers by removing the ability to leave negative feedback. That one made so many sellers angry that some actually protested. That really hit hard because a small portion of my income came from a few eBooks I wrote. It all started when the removed the ability to sell digital products. I still sell items there on rare occasions (personal items mostly), but I try to avoid them when possible. I just really don’t like eBay like I used to.
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