posted on October 3, 2002 07:50:44 PM new
Krause Newsletter 10/3/2002
Volume 2, Issue 72
says "...According to eBay, more than 90 percent of sellers who use a Sell Your Item form have already switched to using Sell Your Item 2.0. eBay said that number increases "nearly every week."...."
Maybe I am one of few left who list directly onto eBay. I also use the link and post using the Old Form consistantly. One page is a no brainer compared to 5 pages. I don't know anyone who uses the new form!! Where does eBay get 90%--or is this a case of the eBayese New Creative Math? Does anyone out there use the 5 page form ?? And why??
They also said that the old one will be available til January.
Thanks!
Cathy
posted on October 3, 2002 08:22:17 PM new
I use it and it's not that bad once you get used to it. Kind of a pain going to each different screen to do different things...at least i'm on a cable modem...feel sorry for people trying to use it with a dial-up connection.
posted on October 3, 2002 09:40:02 PM new
agree Bubblewrap, easy to use once you get used to it, but I could see if you are not real computer savvy, AW might be a better system.
Ain't Life Grand...
posted on October 3, 2002 09:55:00 PM new
No, I don't use it. I tried it out, but thought it wasted time. I use my listing service, it's all on one page like eBay's old form.
posted on October 4, 2002 06:55:16 AM new
I have tried several listing services over the last few years and was not satisfied for various reasons. I occasionally use AW's.
What I am thinking is that as long as the Old SYI form is around, the listing services can use a one page form. But what happens when eBay goes exclusively to the new 5 page deal?? I am willing to bet all the listing services will have to "retool", so to speak, and go to,the same 5 pages.I may be wrong. But, eBay doesn't seem too concerned about problems or inconvenience their changes make for anyone --seller or API subscriber.
I wonder if in the end Turbo Lister is what we will all go to because it is free and API managers will have to stil charge because they are buying into the system. eBay looks like it wants control of all things happening on their site--listing to payment.
Cathy
posted on October 4, 2002 08:35:31 PM new
I switched only because it will be the only way to list soon. It completely sucks. The page loads take forever, if you make a mistake, then you have to have another long page load. I would much prefer the old form, but since ebay is going to eliminate it soon, might as well get used to the crappy new form. It is being used by 90% because ebay has given sellers no choice in the matter. Kind of like the Quiznos commercials on TV. People won't cross the highway during rush hour for a Quiznos sub.
posted on October 4, 2002 08:52:10 PM new
I used to hate it too at first.
Once you get used to it and figure out a system it's not bad.
Since most of my auctions are in the same category I go to my ebay page and click "list similar item" after a current auction.
Then I just change the title and description and skip all pages by clicking go to review. I just make sure I find an auction that started at the same price I want my new item to start at. That way I don't have to go to that page to change the starting price. All my pictures are in my descripton so I don't have to go to that page either. I then just click list similar item again and do it all over. If I have a different starting price, I get a different auction that had that price. I minimize each "price" listing form and just pull up the one I need.
I didn't explain that very well but it works for me. I list about 26 auctions one night a week. Most start at $ 6.00/7.00/8.00 in the same categroy, so it only takes me about an hour. I'm too cheap to buy a listing program, LOL! I just cut and paste my desciptions while watching a good TV show, LOL!
posted on October 4, 2002 09:40:15 PM new
If you're expierencing slow page loads then it may be time to get a faster connection. With a cable modem a two second wait is considered a long wait.
posted on October 4, 2002 09:47:47 PM new
OR,,,,,,JUST DO A LOT OF CLEANING OF JUNK FILES AND GARBAGE,,,,WORKS FOR ME...7 SECONDS MAX AND NO SPECIAL MODEMS HERE.
posted on October 5, 2002 07:20:55 AM new
Nope, I am still using SYI #1. It is easy for me to tweek and it is only one page instead of many. I REFUSE to change (for now)
posted on October 5, 2002 08:15:35 AM new
If you sell similar items the new form is much better and there is no losing data if you go back to an earlier page ( best part ). There are 5 pages but 2 of them can be rapdily skipped if the items are the same category and payment options.
Overall, it is a much better listing system although slightly longer, then the old system. People are extreme creatures of habit and old habits are hard to break.
Note:
If you're researching an item to sell on ebay to see which category is/was best to sell the item in you can right button click on that category in each auction listing to derive the category's number ( properties section ). When you use either listing form you can type in that category number without all of the senseless searching for category on the forms.
posted on October 5, 2002 07:47:23 PM new
Capotasto, I feel the same way. Why go through 3 pages of stuff when one does everything I need to do! It just doesn't make sense to me. If I have to do that for every one of my auctions, I'll never get them all listed. I used HTML code and it is easier for me to copy and paste what I need to do with the old form.
On the other hand, my retired neighbor and her husband are not new to ebay but they are older and dont know that much about computers and refuse to learn anymore. The new form is fine as far as they are concerned.
posted on October 7, 2002 03:39:40 PM new
capotasto-
Ebay has extremely intelligent programmers. For a programmer to stay employed, the system needs to always be changing. If the old form stayed the same indefinately, then program designers and hard-coders would have to look for other work. You can get an entry level programmer or an intermediate programmer to just 'keep up' an old system.
