Speculation About eBays Upcoming Announcement
Tomorrow eBay is expected to make an announcement about upcoming changes. Recently, eBay changed how they roll out changes by limiting large (seller impact) changes to 2 times per year.
Merchants are speculating over the upcoming eBay Announcement. Here are a few interesting speculations (and some are definitely wishful thinking):
Whatever the changes, it will sure be interesting to read the merchant reaction and see how many of these predictions come true.
Feel free to add your predictions!!
April 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Mandatory shipping through their new shipping service: eWay.
April 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I will post my next prediction: They are moving their entire operations to India due to the failing California and U.S. economy.
April 13th, 2009 at 9:52 am
What I hope and what they’ll do are probably two very different things.
Let’s see… hmm… how about they’re going go back to the way they used to do business and let sellers run their business as they feel they should.. you know.. be “just a venue”. (Okay so that’s probably just a nice fairy tale but I can hope for happily every after can’t I?
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As for an every so slightly more realistic prediction (or wishful thinking) … how about Donovan’s leaving and turning the reins over to someone who actually LIKES auctions and the “flea market” appeal that eBay had going for it over their bigger competition.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Forced Free Shipping
April 13th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Doing away with auctions in favor of fixed price listings, ultimately to get rid of store too, so it will just be a fixed price selling place like amazon. With maybe a roll out later of an “auction only ” site, for folks who liked “old” ebay. (Cuz that’s WHAT ebay is about.)
I figure if they need a Q&A board for the change, it’s gotta be something that will rock ebayers world…..probably NOT in a good way……..but heck, after the changes of late, maybe I’m just being a pessimist!
April 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Flat rate listing fees based on number of items ie. 1-10 items=$1
Higher FVF’s.
Omit eBay stores and instead use fixed listings.
Longer timeframe to adjust/revise any new changes.
Time ending soonest as default search.
Free automatic premade templates with picture widgets.
Will allow buyers to use money orders/cashier checks.
Omit positive, neutral, negative feedback.
Allow buyers to write a review only on product bought.
Omit DSR ratings.
Require sellers to fully refund on return policy.
Require sellers to use confirmation tracking on all sales.
Put in place a “NEW” search and a “USED” search.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:47 am
So what do you make of this by Ina
http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2009/4/1239802494.html#comments
and now this by Scot Wingo
http://snipr.com/fy8m2
Someone at vendio, may want to post on the AB blog, as someone from CA, Auctiva, & Infopia have posted re: the article that mentions Vendio.
Thanks