posted on December 15, 2002 10:28:52 PM new
If you enjoy wasting your time listing at non-ebay auction sites then that's okay. The sells are few and far between at most of those sites. Even for multiple items listed at several sites the results hardly merit the effort involved.
Rationalize all you want but that's the way it is. Niche auctions excluded.
posted on December 15, 2002 10:41:48 PM new
Pretty pathetic reply Tooltimes, and here I was hoping for some spirited debate, but I guess when push comes to shove its pretty hard to ignore the truth. Sure Ebay is on top at the moment, but build a better moosetrap and they will come, especially when the old moosetrap is slowly rotting away at the edges.
posted on December 16, 2002 02:15:10 AM new
Let's see your better mousetrap? These new second-coming-of-the-Lord sites are all the same. "We'll drive thousands of customers to the site" BS lines used over and over again.
These sites haven't worked out in the past and they are not working out now and almost assuredly will not work out in the future. We've heard every carnival barker trick in the book. Secret & Proven Marketing Plans,etc. ... Yada Yada
posted on December 16, 2002 09:13:51 AM new
Look at bidville the largest 3rd tier site of all. 45% of total listings are under $1.00 sport cards. Another thread over there called "bidless in bidville". eBay rocks, and yahoo is chugging along.
posted on December 29, 2002 06:53:24 AM new
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posted on December 30, 2002 05:33:38 AM new
Ebay is the one with the traffic. That's the truth. They got that way walking over their users, Buyers and sellers. The fees have gotten so high it's hard to make money there anymore. I still use Ebay but I've moved much of my stuff to ioffer. It's free to list and you can have it on there for 60 day and relist after that. The community is great and the support is fantastic. You can use it as an inventory warehouse if nothing else. It's not an auction. It's a buy or offer on the items listed thing. You can also leave a wanted ad on stuff your looking for.
All the sites are slow at the moment. The economy is not that great and war looms on the horizon. Anyone with half a brain would keep their options open. If your going to put all your eggs in the Ebay basket your playing a losers game. Ebay cost me a ton when they changed over to Ebay motors. I moved what I could to yahoo and it kept me alive, barely. They (yahoo) promised us the world but soon lost interest. I believe there may have been a deal make with yahoo and Ebay. Who knows? Make no difference now. Enough raving,
Amen
Reverend Colin
posted on January 4, 2003 05:04:33 AM new
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Amen,
Reverend Colin
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