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Over the years, I suggested ebay do something like this a number of times (including to ebay execs at ebay Open a few years ago). With so much great, unusual stuff on the site, this would be a perfect fit for ebay. And, so, here it is….on ETSY.
Well played, etsy, well played LOL
This is presumably a first iteration, and there’s room for improvement, but as an ebay seller, all I can say is: Why isn’t this an ebay thing? The current CEO keeps talking about how he is leading a “tech led reimagination” of ecommerce, but the site glitches make it hard to view ebay as a cutting edge tech company, and as far as imagination goes, well…..etsy beat them to the punch with this one.
What do you guys think?
Welcome to The Etsy House:
https://www.theetsyhouse.com/?ref=etsy_ar_house_holiday_2021_Skinny_Sitewide
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Nice house, shame about the neighbourhood- looks like a Gulag with those rows of street lights and snow.
Although everything’s priced in dollars some of the sellers are UK-based; a big lump of furniture-shaped wood on the ground floor’s made in Bristol, and a vase upstairs is made in London. Maybe the house is populated with region-specific items, and if you live in Switzerland all you get to see is cuckoo clocks and chocolate mice.
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During a time in the 80s on Wheel of Fortune, after someone solved the puzzle they had to pick their prizes out using their prize money. Their head would kind of float on the screen as the camera panned to a room full of prizes for them to pick from. That’s what this Etsy house reminds me of for some reason.
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eBay’s equivalent would be a flea market, with a sign saying “The Best Deals At The Lowest Price!!!” Your purchase of a Promoted Listing Advanced will get you a spot next the Portaloos.
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Jay, Antique Frog: LOL. Sounds about right.
Which reminds me of a post I read from another ebay seller. Some of us sell out bigger pieces, furniture and the like, on FB for local pick-up. Not a bad way yo unload some of this stuff. But this guy’s idea….is genius! (Maybe he’s a member here, I don’t know—if so, take a bow!)
He looks for local estate sales with really good stuff, then he gets up early, loads his truck with furniture he hasn’t been able to sell, and drives to the sale, and parks across the street from it. People at the estate sale assume he bought it there, and—human nature— they want to see what they missed, so they naturally look in his truck….and he sells his stuff right off the truck….
No advertising, no photos, no need to wait for people to show up who might never show up….and a built in customer base. For free. What’s not to like? LOL
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