posted on August 29, 2001 09:03:44 AM newVery few people want to admit it but most items on BV are "parked".
Well, if the Three Illiterate Stooges get their way (and they will!), these parkers will be gone in 30 days. They are pushing for a new rule that will state if any member has been inactive for 30 days (no bids, no sales), they well automatically be suspended by Bidville. At that point, in order to be reinstated they will have to meet the "new" registration rules (no more hotmail or yahoo email addies, etc.). I would assume that suspending a member will also end all of his/her parked listings. That should drop the big number (a bad thing?) but also make browsing easier (a good thing).
posted on August 29, 2001 09:12:31 AM new
RB >
They are pushing for a new rule that will state if any member has been inactive for 30 days (no bids, no sales), they well automatically be suspended by Bidville.
In a few pageviews and even fewer bidders environment, like Bidville, I've often commented that hundreds, if not thousands, of listings are needed to pull even a few sales. So implementing a rule like this might well result in even more "junk" listings because they only need to sell one piece of "junk" each month to continue their registration. And, of course, two "junk" dealers would only have to trade one "junk" item each month to continue their registrations.
yankeejoe >
Isn't Bidville's sell through rate equal to ePier's?
posted on August 29, 2001 09:15:54 AM new
So then you won't mind if I call ePier "The Internet's Smallest Inventory Warehouse"?
[ edited by yankeejoe on Aug 29, 2001 09:17 AM ]
posted on August 29, 2001 09:28:50 AM new
jimhhow >
this is just more evidence that you do not post you numbers and calculations with an objective keyboard.
Would you like to discuss my statement Bidville - The Internet's Largest Inventory Warehouse, or perhaps my assessment yesterday of the SPORTMANIA sell-through rate?
posted on August 29, 2001 09:30:12 AM new
If that's the case, I'll be suspended and not come back - I'm listing, just not getting buyers.. and that's my fault why??
I've got... 6 or 7 items up now - haven't even gotten a single PAGE VIEW on them... if my items aren't going to be looked at, listing there serves no purpose. I would not like a 30 days get a bid/sale or else policy.. *bleah*
posted on August 29, 2001 09:51:06 AM new
The BV Prez will never go for a 30 day inactive rule. It would encourage shill bidding amongst hard luck sellers to stay on site and reduce his leverage as having the largest free site out there to attact lookers.
posted on August 29, 2001 09:56:01 AM new
yankeejoe >
So why don't you refer to every other auction site with similar sell through rates as inventory warehouses?
Like Guinness, I'm looking for the world record.
And among all auctionsites that I know of, Bidville is The Internet's Largest Inventory Warehouse.
katiyana >
If that's the case, I'll be suspended and not come back - I'm listing, just not getting buyers.. and that's my fault why?? I've got... 6 or 7 items up now - haven't even gotten a single PAGE VIEW on them... if my items aren't going to be looked at, listing there serves no purpose. I would not like a 30 days get a bid/sale or else policy.. *bleah*
The problem with 10 items is that a 1.5% sell-through rate is only going to generate, on average, 0.15 sales. That would be ZERO sales.
Let's see what the average seller needs in the way of listings to generate sales:
This is clearly *not* an eBay-, or an even Yahoo!Auctions-like situation. Bidville is a few pageviews and even fewer bidders environment, so you need to list, list and list some more in order to generate even minimal sales.
typos.
[ edited by dimview on Aug 29, 2001 10:21 AM ]
posted on August 29, 2001 10:55:47 AM new
BV Prez has abdicated his "leadership" chair and the inmates are running the asylum. A small group of people spouting words like "what's best for BV" when they are only concerned with their own power. A real shame....BV had some potential.
posted on August 29, 2001 10:59:54 AM new
Discuss what, Dimview?
your continual biased and slanted opinions that you apply to your figures?
The baiting remarks that you attempt to justify by slanting figures the way you want?
Your denial of previous statements made, ...=
"Does that mean potential bidders and viewers are no longer able to browse through the remaining 6,000 plus listings?
Was that the "fix" for the outage? "
Then later in another thread,...=
"Your comment that dimview equated this occurrence with the "unscheduled maintenance" is clearly incorrect, since dimview didn't even mention "unscheduled maintenance" in any message."
But the outage you referred to was the "unscheduled maintenance".
Have any of your comments ever been about:
1. how easy it is to post on Bidville?
2. how the site does listen to input from the members in any but a negative way?
Basically, has Bidville done anything positive in your opinion? Not so's you would notice on these boards.
criticism has it's place, but all is not negative there as you would paint it.
How can you have a discussion with someone who wants to define their own reality?
You try to look like you are simply posting numbers and calculations. After all, who could find fault with the numbers. But then you take some of the numbers and accept possible extrapolations, as I have pointed out before, to make things look the way you want to show them. Then you also invest your stats posts with slanted, baiting remarks, that would be better service to you if they were not in a stats thread.
On the sportmania thing you first counted the sportmania auctions by category, then you couinted the bids the same way. Fine, so far. But then you did not like the results, so you twisted the additional numbers of total listing to be only sportscards, (on an assumed basis), so that you could show a lower number.
The truth is there will bw no way to figure a sell through rate for Sportmania before Labor day with any semblence of accuracy.
And if you are really the hotshot with numbers you make yourself out to be, you should know that.
posted on August 29, 2001 11:15:05 AM newcriticism has it's place, but all is not negative there as you would paint it.
That's why you're here Jim ... to paint the other side of the picture ... you know, the one that says "everything is lickity-split on Bidville and the sales just keep pouring in".
It's all a question of balance and right now, the scales seem to be tipping away from you
Maybe you oughta round up "the Posse" (as they call themselves), or "my gang" (as Ed calls them), or "The Illiterate Three Stooges" as I call them to come ane help you out!
posted on August 29, 2001 11:19:46 AM new
Why are the scales tipping away? Because the sell through rate is up, or because the listings are increasing, or because of the new verification program?
posted on August 29, 2001 11:26:56 AM new
The changes made by the The I3S haven't affected the tip of the scales ...yet. They may, but they also may tip them even further away from BV. I suspect a lot of potential members are users of hotmail and yahoo type free accounts. Too bad, so sad for them I guess ...
It seems to me that when suggestions are made to make some major changes, and some pretty decent options are given to the membership to vote on, the results of the vote should not be decided by 3 of 4 people or those who can post the most stupid smileys in an hour. Unless, of course, that is the membership.
