posted on July 14, 2002 10:05:02 PM
After ebay seems to have stiffed the American public on the summer free listing day this year, it got me thinking. Ebay's brass is stuffing list your item 2.0 down out throats. I propose that they are waiting to have a FLD until 2.0 is the only way to list items. Now they have not told us yet when that will happen. I am guessing that is how they will push 2.0 on the rest of the sellers not using it to try and keep those sellers from going to other venues to try and sell.
My prediction is it will be manditory around Labor Day. Then a FLD? Hard to say. It would have to be no later than that though. Ebay isn't going to lose listing fees during the main Xmas listing period so any later than that probably won't happen.
[ edited by caffeitalia on Jul 18, 2002 08:39 PM ]
posted on July 14, 2002 11:47:16 PM
I predict we will never see another eBay FLD. Never again, no reason for it. Sellers would love to see it but the bean counters at MegBay will say no.
posted on July 15, 2002 08:47:08 AM
I agree with Bidsbids. With no real competition eBay has no reason to give anybody anything for free. Infact I would not be surprised to see a small fee increase by years end. Same goes for paypal. Users built up the site and ebay came in and bought it thus eliminating the competition. eBay knows buyers like paypal the best which will force sellers to keep taking it while the fees increase.
posted on July 15, 2002 10:00:52 AM
The Australian FLD was for the new Fixed Price Format. There may be FLD's introducing new formats.
With the purchase of Paypal, it reminds me of Meg's quote that Ebay wants 10% of all sales on Ebay.
Maybe they will have a Buy-it-with-Paypal auction option, whereby Ebay gets a flat 10% of the final auction price (No listing fee, Only Paypal registered uses can bid, only ship to a confirmed address).
posted on July 15, 2002 11:39:08 AMMaybe they will have a Buy-it-with-Paypal auction option, whereby Ebay gets a flat 10% of the final auction price (No listing fee, Only Paypal registered uses can bid, only ship to a confirmed address).
I like that possibility. Actually that is very close to whay Half purchases are now. No listing fee, 15% of price, and mandatory credit card use to pay for item.
posted on July 15, 2002 02:25:39 PM
FLD is not about competition, it's about boosting end of quarter numbers, and it didn't seem the 1¢ gallery listing had any effect, so I think they will go back to FLD where they had huge success boosting numbers.
posted on July 16, 2002 06:55:34 PM
I thing that caffe had the right idea, but maybe the wrong event. technerd I think may have it hit on the head. Ebay could be gearing up for FLD with fixed priced items. That would seem logical. Or maybe they just figure that giving the Xmas one is good enough from now on. I think that one will always happen. Even the higher ups at ebay get the Christmas spirit.
posted on July 18, 2002 08:27:03 AM
does anyoneknow when the fixed price option was launched in Australia and how much longer after that was their FLD?
