ladyjewels2000
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posted on October 2, 2009 05:44:32 AM new
I am a Top Rated Seller on 2 of my 3 ID's. I don't know how long it will last but so far I like it.
I wonder what percentage of sellers are now TRS.
Who else here is a TSR?
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 2, 2009 07:04:26 AM new
1 of 2
The one account sells about $1500-2000 a month. The other account sells only $300-600 a month.
I'm not sure how much value is being put into TSRs by bidders though. I haven't seen any difference in sales since it started.
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pandorasbox
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posted on October 2, 2009 07:25:36 AM new
Who cares how many trans gendered sellers there are?
Can't we all just live and let live?
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cherishedclutter
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posted on October 2, 2009 07:33:47 AM new
lol
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http://www.rubylane.com/shops/ceeceescollectibles
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vintageads4u
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posted on October 2, 2009 11:49:07 AM new
I am not because I don't qualify for PowerSeller designation anymore. I had to shut my business down last September due to a family death and just got back up and going a few months ago.
It is a catch 22 for me. You can't become a TRS (which is the new powerseller designation) without a minimum level of sales but your items are disadvantaged in search because you are not a TRS...
Brilliant.
Beth
http://shop.vendio.com/vintageads4u
[ edited by vintageads4u on Oct 4, 2009 06:57 AM ]
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 2, 2009 12:43:40 PM new
Ebay a catch 22??? Why should anyone ever complain about ebay? Little ol' ebay. Poor ebay.
Whatever happened to the days when people didn't want to do business with sellers that had thousands of feedbacks?
I remember one bidder who was mad at me b/c he tried to scam me and I wouldn't fall for it. His feedback referred to me as an "ebay mill". OMG! an ebay mill.
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toolhound
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posted on October 2, 2009 04:28:38 PM new
I had forgot about when it was bad to have a lot of feedback. I quit using my original ID because I had 3400 feedback. I tried selling identical items with a new 0 feedback ID and did much better than the old ID.
Times have changed fast now I hear and read buyers saying they only buy from the sellers that have been on eBay for a long time.
I have the TRS but not sure if it is helping yet.
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pmelcher
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posted on October 2, 2009 05:28:46 PM new
I don't have TRS and I think it is because my volume is too low and you have to be a powerseller to get it. My feedback is 100% and I only have one 1 in my DSR's for the last 12 months so that isn't it. Isn't it after Oct 22 or something or maybe April next year that the new lower selling levels are valid for TRS? I sold around 500 items in the last 12 months - took some time off.
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carolinetyler
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posted on October 3, 2009 05:26:38 AM new
I lost my TRS status several weeks ago when a guy who purchased a 19th Century pair of women's glasses from me negged me and dinged all my stars because they didn't fit. I was so disgusted with the whole thing I haven't been selling since then. I've paid Ebay tens of thousands of dollars over the past 10 years, I deserve better than the way they treat me. I started a shop on Ruby Lane and am working to get that up and running for the holidays.
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 Caroline
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neglus
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posted on October 3, 2009 10:00:30 AM new
I am a TRS and that and $2.50 (or a coupon) will get you a cup of brewed coffee at Starbucks. This really has to be one of the most idiotic of the eBay changes to date. Why are the eBay "thinkers" not thinking of productive ways to generate business instead of micro-managing sellers ???
I just don't get it. I used to be the compliance officer for a large mortgage banking firm (back in the days when that business was legit) and I was ever the "i" dotter and "t" crosser, but nothing like this. Sometimes you have to weigh the costs of enforcement, educate everybody, do business as usual and hope for the best. Compliance never generated any business for us and this TRS crapola won't either.
EBay needs to get the site up to 2009 internet standards (ie shopping carts) and become a trend setter instead of a follower. Tying to be another Amazon is sOOOOOO misguided and like comparing apple to oranges anyway. All of these painful changes for so many months and the best they can come up with is Best Match and TRS???
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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neglus
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posted on October 3, 2009 10:06:13 AM new
Forgot to add that TRS seems to not be a factor in Auction searches. Seems like it would be good idea to take advantage of the listing sale and list auctions to boost your sales. Add a BIN for a nickle and get picked up in the FP searches too...I've also heard that people are gaming the FP market by doing one day listings so that they remain on top. Might cost some extra fee $ but in the end could be worth it for search advantage during the holiday season. JMO
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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pmelcher
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posted on October 3, 2009 12:11:22 PM new
Actually TRS is a factor in search. You can choose to search for TRS sellers only! That knocks a LOT of people out of the search!!
For example: Stamped pillowcases in ordinary search yields 181 items, in Top Rated Seller search it only yields 33 items. That means 148 listings that paid exactly the same fees are nowhere to be seen when that search is used.
[ edited by pmelcher on Oct 3, 2009 12:52 PM ]
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ebayvet
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posted on October 4, 2009 12:10:28 PM new
I am on 2 out of 3 - the one I am not though is no surprise, it is only a low volume bronze powerseller account, where the strategy is to make shipping a big factor on the sales...stuff sells well, but the customers don't love that. That's ok though, that's why I have a separate account for that.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on October 7, 2009 03:01:08 AM new
I do believe being a TSR is giving a nice advantage in the search. I have received 6 offers from BINs on my main ID in the last 2 days. Most were way too low but that's OK - at least they are offering.
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shagmidmod
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posted on October 7, 2009 08:08:21 AM new
The problem with lowball offers are the sellers who put all of their BIN at $1000, even if the item is worth $10.00.
They are the ones generating lowball offers. It makes people think that all sellers do this.
This is a tactic similar to 1stdibs.com that sells modern furniture and collectibles. They put outrageous prices on things. Example: I sold a chair in our store for $2500. The same chair on 1st dibs would be listed at $7500. The dealers hope some wealthy person will offer them 10-20% below their asking price and they make a pretty mint. It's brilliant, but it also causes a major headache for me b/c people who try to sell us furniture also try to use their site to get values of items.
I had a guy email me yesterday about a pair of speakers. He offered me $100 on a $189 BIN. I sent him a counter offer and told him the lowest I would sell them is $125.
He replied with his $100 offer again, citing other auctions for $125 and gave me a link to a website that said the speakers were worth $60-90. Ironic that the website wasn't up and running. It was just a parked site with a bunch of advertisements.
He said he was in Portland and could pick them up. He was comparing the $125 speakers (different color) which were about 300 miles away and would cost him $80 to have them shipped vs. $125 for a local pick up. Not to mention that he could at least view the speakers in our store before buying them vs. buying them online, waiting for shipment, and then hoping they are in the described condition. People put no value on those things... or at least they try not to.
[ edited by shagmidmod on Oct 7, 2009 08:11 AM ]
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toolhound
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posted on October 7, 2009 09:36:38 AM new
I think one of the worst things that ever happened to eBay was the "make an offer" idea. I would never use it but because others do I get people making stupid offers. shagmidmod you offered a 34% discount on your item. I would never take more than 15% off an item even at a flea market because if other potential buyers heard it they would all be offering less and that is bad business in my opinion.
eBay would like us to act like major department stores and not offer insurance but let people make stupid offers and give them free shipping. Just a few more reasons that I sell less and less on eBay.
[ edited by toolhound on Oct 7, 2009 09:37 AM ]
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kozersky
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posted on October 21, 2009 01:54:12 PM new
I just noticed that there is a TRS logo alongside my listings. Must have happened this morning.
There is a benefit to the designation, in that with search now overflowing with store items, FP items, and auction items, the items from a TRS stand out from the mass of listings.
Strange turn of events.
Bill K-
William J Kozersky Stamp Co. Main Store
William J Kozersky Stamp Co. Vendio Store
William J Kozersky Stamp Co. eBay Store
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