posted on January 4, 2001 05:34:26 PM new
This may all be summed up in one or two sentences. A. 20 cents one time per auction with unlimited relists OR B. a final value fee OR EVEN C. a combination of the 2 will keep MOST sellers happy.
My question to you at Yahoo, do you REALLY think by adding fees you will ATTRACT sellers that were not selling with you before? Don't lie to us or youselves. If we leave, you will have LITTLE TO NO new sellers coming.
I would like a simple agree or disagree by members here.
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posted on January 4, 2001 05:42:58 PM new
Put my signature on that petition. I don't ask for free, but reasonable would do fine. $.20 listing fee with free resubs or Final Value Fee - One or the Other. I would gladly pay a little bit for more advertising and REAL PEOPLE at customer service.
posted on January 4, 2001 06:05:06 PM new
I have already been paying $.70 - $4.00 PER ITEM to list (I feature all my items) and I don't need to pay any more listing fees - especially since I often have to list the items a few times before they sell. I would gladly pay a reasonable FVF since that's based on Yahoo's performance.
posted on January 4, 2001 06:09:59 PM new
I can deal with a FVF too - of course, I am sure the decision on fees is written in stone, and no amount of input will change it.
posted on January 4, 2001 06:19:29 PM new
all the talk and petition in the world isnt going to change yahoos mind about chargeing.
the one thing that may change there mind is a sudden major incress in advertizeing income.
New Incress in advertizeing will happen in the future more then likely in the spring things will be picking up again to the pace most can live with but dont look for them to go back to free listing even then.
Im registering with AUXpal bidding there is looking good there is already near 100 thousand listings most catagorys are not flooded they are giveing new users $10 credit for features and they are giveing away $20 thousand to users in referal fees for everyone you recomend that registers to use there service list is free no FVF.
posted on January 5, 2001 05:45:36 AM new
I can go along with a listing fee and unlimited relists IF the listing is reordered back to ending times...
I cannot go along with FVF unless Yahoo uses the income to get some PEOPLE due to the number of deadbeats. I don't want to pay FVF's on deadbeats and Yahoo is so automated that I fear we would never get credits...
With those provisos, I could come on board with the fees...
posted on January 5, 2001 07:26:12 AM new
I could easily live with Final Value Fees (FVF) - in fact I think I prefer that on Yahoo above all else, since it often takes a while to sell anything on Yahoo.
I would also be agreeable to a Listing Fee with unlimited relists till it sells.
YAHOO Put the relist set back to 5, like the foreign boards, this having to constantly go in and resubmit is a terrible waste of the seller's time AND takes up lots of Yahoo bandwidth because we have to be on Yahoo much more than necessary!
YAHOO, READ MY LIPS, IT IS NOT, REPEAT NOT CHEAPER TO LIST ON YAHOO FOR $.20, WHEN ON YAHOO YOU HAVE TO RELIST AND RELIST TO GET AN ITEM TO SELL, IT BECOMES MORE ECONOMICAL FOR A SELLER TO GO BACK TO EBAY!
posted on January 5, 2001 07:35:15 AM new
jwtc: "YAHOO, READ MY LIPS, IT IS NOT, REPEAT NOT CHEAPER TO LIST ON YAHOO FOR $.20, WHEN ON YAHOO YOU HAVE TO RELIST AND RELIST TO GET AN ITEM TO SELL, IT BECOMES MORE ECONOMICAL FOR A SELLER TO GO BACK TO EBAY!"
posted on January 5, 2001 07:43:25 AM newjwpc"YAHOO, READ MY LIPS, IT IS NOT, REPEAT NOT CHEAPER TO LIST ON YAHOO FOR $.20, WHEN ON YAHOO YOU HAVE TO RELIST AND RELIST TO GET AN ITEM TO SELL, IT BECOMES MORE ECONOMICAL FOR A SELLER TO GO BACK TO EBAY! "
posted on January 5, 2001 07:47:59 AM new
jwpc "YAHOO, READ MY LIPS, IT IS NOT, REPEAT NOT CHEAPER TO LIST ON YAHOO FOR $.20, WHEN ON YAHOO YOU HAVE TO RELIST AND RELIST TO GET AN ITEM TO SELL, IT BECOMES MORE ECONOMICAL FOR A SELLER TO GO BACK TO EBAY! "
How DARE you introduce reality and sense into this discussion! Drop some acid or smoke some primo weed (like Yahoo management and Wall St. analysts have apparently been doing), then come back and report to this board.
posted on January 5, 2001 08:03:00 AM new
Yahoo usually makes good business decision. They are much more then an auction site yet the auctions have become a big part of the whole over all Yahoo theme.
There are a few realities I think they missed.
I have just been using yahoo for about a year. I have been on Ebay a lot longer. I have found a niche at Yahoo. Like most of you I sell the less expensive items (not junk on Yahoo). I Heavily promote my Yahoo listings. In all my e-mails to my ebay winners I promote my Yahoo auctions. I also include a promote to my yahoo listing in my mail to my Ebay winners. I have brought many people to Yahoo auctions like this. Saying they never would have tried it otherwise.
I am sure other sellers also do this it is well, was good business.
A large percentage of Yahoo's revunues comes from companies that advertise with them. Advertisers aren't loyal to a company they are loyal to numbers. Yahoo's auctions and the sellers have brough more people to Yahoo. Yahoo filled a market niche. We don't need another Ebay since we already have one.
Yahoo's auction were just starting to take off. With the new listing fees Yahoo will lose sellers, some sellers will put up their prices (chasing buyers back to Ebay) and other such things. There will be a lot less on Yahoo. Less people less traffic and eventually less advertisers. They won't see this at first sadly.
In the longer run less money, less profitabilty.
This is not going to shake out the less desirable sellers but the average janes and joes as most of us are.
I thin Yahoo has gotten to big for their briches (sp??) and that can mean in the longer run declining revune.
It is only corprate ego that could make them think they could really compete with ebay when structing the fees so close to Ebay and not having the traffic, software, customer support etc. . .
The needed to go back to marketing 101.
This will not be the end of Yahoo. They are still a strong company but it could very likely be the start of a decline the back flip of what they really want
