posted on May 28, 2001 04:20:55 PM new
I wouldnt use Ebay store front if they offered it free and gave me the Items to sell Why would I, I have $$$ tied up in webhosting domain name and they are not the only way in the world to sell.
My websites get over a 1000 veiws weekly even all My auction dont get that attention over 10 days.
posted on May 28, 2001 05:52:38 PM new
I don't have any more knowlege than anyone. I took a community college course on Internet, and as a class project I put together a web page. Web page design was not taught in the course, it just picked it up myself in a few hours.
Also, I'm very frugal. I don't have the money to pay someone 5% of my sales just to host my pictures for me. BTW, you can find any number of free shopping carts available for download on the web. Just go to your favorite search engine and type in "free shopping cart." In fact, I think I just saw one at www.javascript.com.
I don't fault anyone for not maintaining their own web site, but really it's so easy.... The hosting services know that most folks are too intimidated and would rather pay someone to do it. Unfortunately, every service now has a finger in your pie, and what's left over for the seller is precious little. I put five or six pics in my eBay ads. Paying eBay would do that would cost me $20,000 a year.
Really, everyone thinks they must pay eBay's fees, no matter how outrageous.
I wonder if eBay will try these strongarm tactics with their big corporate customers. I imagine the sparks will fly when those new e-tailers meet the eBay we are familiar with.
posted on May 28, 2001 06:44:13 PM new
Nothing. Zip, Nada Blippo!
In fact, I have stopped giving eBay any of my hard earned money any more. They don't deserve it, haven't earned it and won't get another cent of it! Amen!
[ edited by goldensands on May 28, 2001 06:47 PM ]
posted on May 29, 2001 02:58:45 AM new"Say AOL & Time Warner: with the money, technology and built in user base, plus the media, eBay could have serious challenges."
Since AOL message boards were the EARLIEST meeting places for person-to-person buying & selling on the Net, it seems strange that AOL never jumped on the Auction bandwagon and started their own. They've had everything necessary almost since their beginning (except their technology, which was sorely lacking for the first few years---but, then, so was and STILL IS eBay's)....and their built-in captive audience of AOL members would almost GUARANTEE success.
So why has AOL never had their own auction to compete with eBay???????????
posted on May 29, 2001 03:31:21 AM new
granee: AOL and eBay have an alliance. AOL probably figured that it didn't need an auction house, because they were able to form some kind of deal with eBay - golly, a year or so ago at least.
That's where a lot of the "0" Feedback users and NPBs have come from. *sigh*
AOL provides "doors" into eBay for their membership. Their "captive audience" then becomes LESS 'captive', since folks tend to check into eBay - but they don't check OUT. *smile*
If AOL knew THEN what they know NOW... perhaps they would have started their own auction.
Does anyone know how long the agreement between eBay and AOL is for?
Well it's daylight out... gotta go for my morning run and then come back to the PC to check my www.sellyouritem.com listings! (I had another auction end over there last night with Buy Now... EXCITING!!!)
