The only thing I notice is that you have all tried it, but that was before October when Greedbay hiked up their fees to a ridiculous level?!
Really, I'm paying less than ever and still taking as much money.
Look at this this way. To get the best out of ebay you have to play things their way, trying to fight whatever direction it's going is pointless and will get you nowhere. If you don't want to take PayPal fine, but given it's more or less the standard payment method on ebay and in a lot of categories a required or only option what's the point of trying to fight it.
There's been massive changes this year, probably more than in the last 8 or so years I've been selling on there, learn how it all works together, sell in the way ebay want and the rewards are still there. Trying to fight against it is as I've already said is pointless.
I rarely read the Powerseler board on ebay, i've far better ways to use my time making money on ebay and other places to worry about a handful of moaners and whingers.
There are too many ridiculous rules on ebay now that just dont exist on ebid.
Agreed in some ways it's become far more complex than many places, but eBay has got rid of a lot of bad sellers and their poor customer service, though it still has a way to go. What happened to ebay before it cleaned up it's act this year will happen to eBid at some future time.
Have the right product at the right price and sell the way eBay want and the rewards are still there. I'm very select what I sell on ebay now, it's great for shifting dead or slow moving stock but there's no way I'd sell newer better prime stock on it now, I use my web site for far better margins on that stock.
I'm going to give Ebid it a try, its UK based at least, not some thieving company based in Switzerland that loves to dip into our bank accounts and relieve us of large amounts of cash whenever it feels like it! lol!
That's the same sort of thing I kept seeing posted on a lot on the ebid forums, a general knocking of eBay while desperatly trying to sell things on ebid. I've yet to find any decent business seller that's had a fraction of the same success on eBid as they did on eBay.
While people may moan and whing how bad ebay is they still continue to list on it, why because unless you have you own web site it's still the place to sell on-line.
Incidentally, been reading the power sellers unite forum and their view of the current success of ebay is very different to you guys? there are plenty of very pissed off power sellers over there
For the simple reason those that are doing well and working it to their advantage are doing so, those that can't seem to want to find a common place to join in blame someone else for their failure.
eBay is a selling platform, while it continues to make me money I'll use it. The day it becomes unprofitable I'll stop using it. Those relying on ebay for all or most of their income are foolish in the extreme, there's a whole big wide world out there, they should be blaming themselves for putting all their faith in one route to market, not ebay. eBay will do what's best for itself and it's shareholders.
I really don't get this emotional attachment some people have to ebay and why they seem to think it owes them anything? It a selling platform and a service provider, the same as any other service provider, web host, telecoms, ISP, etc. if it doesn't come up to the mark as with any other service provider I use I'll go elsewhere, but it sure as heck won't be ebid.
