posted on June 14, 2001 05:22:32 PM new
Just a note to mention that just last week I sold ANOTHER one of those little collectible items on ebay for 22.00.
While, just a few clicks away, the one I had listed on YAHOO for 5.00 got few views and no bids...
I want to tell the bidder about that item on yahoo, but dont want to insult them!
Folks on ebay just like paying too much I guess...
posted on June 22, 2001 06:08:36 AM new
Because you have to go through pages of worthless junk to find what you are looking for. I tap into Yahoo's reminder so when certain items come up for bid I get an email. I haven't received an email in weeks!!
I have got some deals off Yahoo and sold them on eBay for big bucks, Thanks...
posted on June 22, 2001 06:42:31 AM new
retailers will tell you how they project the image by designing the store in certain ways.
i find amzn site too scholarly like wading thru the library of congress,and yahoo auction,too wordy.
a flea market is supposed to be fun to wade through,too much words and lines and bars etc do not a flea market make.
visit a land flea market and see for yourself.
not to mention yahoo sellers find it hard to find categories to list.
also why the price discrepancy-ebay does not allow outside search engines to include ebay items .
posted on June 22, 2001 09:08:27 AM new
"ebay does not allow outside search engines to include ebay items"
So the savy ebay user could then do two searches, one within ebay, and another search, everywhere else.
My guess is that all those extra mouse clicks and that very annoying process of having to type in your keywords again is just too darn much trouble for the average ebay bidder.
I've come to believe that the average ebay bidder is basicly lazy. This average bidder would prefer to buy an item for $22.00 than go to even the least little bit of trouble to search it out elsewhere... and be rewarded with a better price.
Perhaps this laziness factor, and not the "pages of worthless junk" (WHAT? there isworthless junk on ebay too? say it ain't so!) is the real key to ebays success, and lackluster bidding on other sites.
Hey, my opnion is not cast in stone, if any average ebay bidders care to present a counter argument to my theory... please do so!
posted on June 22, 2001 09:35:20 AM new
It would have been interesting if Yahoo Auctions' new General Manager, Norman Hullinger had read your results. His Q & A is readable from the AW front page today. He had nothing to add so it may be a waste of time reading it.
Why are they so content on spewing out phoney #'s about sell through rates? I'm still using my funny money and I know it's bull.
Here's something somebody should tell Mr. Hullinger: I would be paying them $500 a month in FV fees @ 5% if they dropped the listing fees.
Also, the "clutter" on the site disappears to those using the search engine. By reducing the title length to 50 characters, you have in effect crippled the search engine somewhat for the sellers who understood how to use key words in their titles.
Also, if you had spent some time and effort redesigning the category tree, which is primitive at best, then tyhe browsers would be able to avoid what he calls the "clutter."
posted on June 24, 2001 01:36:28 PM new
Many times I've posted the same item with the same start price on Ebay and Yahoo. While sometimes the Ebay price is higher most times I get more on Yahoo. I am virtually done on Ebay. Yahoo is so far superior.
