"Ebay Searches and $.99 listing sales" Topic

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Panfilov	28 Feb 2008 2:06 p.m. PST
OK, the Boycot fizzled (big surprize), is anyone else less than thrilled by the search revisions, which keep directing me to broader categories? (No, I don't want LEGO MINIFIGS!) Hey, I've got a standing search for Wargames: Other Miniatures (Actually several), and they keep trying to "highlight" featured listings in "related" categories at the top of the search. Oh yeah, it is MUCH harder now to do a completed listings search. And, I didn't sell any of my $.99 USD listings, the above will kill the flea market aspect if they are not careful, anyone else care to volunteer How they did last week? Just a dozen A&A miniatures, plus one item that relaiably has sold in the past, no action at all this week.
soldieroftheline	28 Feb 2008 2:27 p.m. PST
will kill the flea market aspect if they are not careful I was getting the impression that this is their intention.
nycjadie	28 Feb 2008 2:30 p.m. PST
Now that they've settled the "buy it now" patent case (for probably more than $25 USD million), I guess they'll probably be pushing for more ebay store sales.
Bardolph	28 Feb 2008 2:38 p.m. PST
The quote from the new CEO guy was "our front page still looks like a fleamarket", and he didn't seem to mean it in a nice way. They want to get rid of the smaller sellers selling odd items, and are courting the "Power Sellers" who list thousands of new items. It has been said they want to be more like Amazon, and less like what made Ebay the success story it has been. Google is missing a bet if they don't step in to fill the gap Ebay is leaving.
Extra Crispy	28 Feb 2008 2:43 p.m. PST
Amazon could steal a lot of their thunder with their own auctions…
BravoX	28 Feb 2008 6:38 p.m. PST
And, I didn't sell any of my $.99 USD USD listings Maybe it was a matter of what you had wasn't of interest rather than ebay driving customers away. As a buyer I am not having a problem finding stuff. But I do get turned of by sellers with multiple auctions for single figures all at .99. These days I refuse to bid on them, sort of as my personal boycott, same for any with inflated shipping charges.
mmitchell	28 Feb 2008 8:18 p.m. PST
I'm not liking the changes (as a buyer, I seldom sell there). I think this is the PERFECT opportunity for google or Microsoft to steal their thunder and compete by wooing the smaller sellers.
Panfilov	01 Mar 2008 9:18 a.m. PST
Yes, but I need cash flow in the meanwhile; And like I said in another thread, the costs are much larger than you think, I totalled up my gross Margin on a $.99 USD sale as $.39 USD after fees and shipping. Even with free goods (Not), not much cash for computer, ISP, gas, utilities, etc. And I had been runing only about 40% "unsold", those $.20 USD (Now $.15) unsold item listing fees are a hidden cost. No, that was not part of my cost accounting for an indivdual item. I'm just looking for an honest way to make a few dollars.