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Yep, that’s my understanding.
Amazon does that, they’ll fulfill your ebay orders. So, I think this is the sort of thing that will especially help multi channel sellers: if you sell on ebay and WalMart, let FBE handle all your shipping…..
Ooooh, hope you post some pics here! I love it up there….maybe one of these days I’ll get back up there….
ChristineR, I think the fulfillment project is probably a direction the activist investors WANT ebay to go….in order to compete.
Inglewood, I haven’t seen details, but Devon seemed to be stressing that this is NOT about same day/one day delivery. They aren’t aiming for that level. A number of larger sellers on eBay already use fulfilmment centers rather than do the shipping themselves, this is not just about fast delivery for buyers, it’s also about taking a lot of pressure off sellers who would love to have someone handle fulfillment but either can’t afford it right now (this might be more affordable) or continue to handle it htemselves because of concerns about “ebay liability”, but if ebay handles it, ebay take responsibility….no need to worry about INRs etc. Also, I think they already provide something similar in, I believe Australia and Germany? So, this isn’t entirely new ground for ebay.
Ooooh, Bar Harbor….we used to go up there and camp on Mt Desert…haven’t been there in years. You’ll have a great time!
Also mentioned in Wenig’s remarks: the ability to give employees limited access to a seller account went live today (I think). Again, not something I need, bui something they promised last year, so nice to see it has finally arrived.
Yep, same here. Well, except for the planned Colorado Trail hike. I was just planning on doing that one vicariously, through your posts here LOL
This was mentioned in Wenig’s opening remarks. He was pretty clear that the main beneficiaries will be larger sellers of new merchandise. That said, IF this works well, I think it’s great news for us, because it will make ebay more competitive and that will draw more buyers….some of whom will want our old stuff. So, good idea, devil in the details, probably not going to use it, but happy they are doing this anyway. And maybe, eventually, they’ll figure out how to make it cost effective for some of us as well…..
07/05/2019 at 2:37 pm in reply to: Annual Rant About Ebay's Shipping Supplies-3rd Year in a row #64557I’m in the “never look a gift horse in the mouth” team. Yes, the selection is poor and the prices are inflated and the constant tinkering with the logo and colors is annoying, but free is free, and I can always find something I can use. That said, ebay could endear itself to a lot of sellers (or at least reduce some of the negativity) by improving the value of the shipping supply freebie. Why don’t they do so? Ah, the ways of ebay are mysterious, and not for mere mortals to understand.
06/26/2019 at 9:44 pm in reply to: "Better Late Than Never" category (Listings are Now Mobile Friendly by Default) #64163Here’s the quote: “…. the information I have is that by the end of July all business and professional sellers will be moved to Seller Hub without the option to revert back.”
from today’s Weekly Chat06/26/2019 at 9:40 pm in reply to: "Better Late Than Never" category (Listings are Now Mobile Friendly by Default) #64161Jay, Also announced today, but not in the Announcements section: All business and professional sellers will be transferred to Seller Hub by end of July, no more Selling Manager or Selling Manager Pro. I’m not sure how they define business, but I’d guess most of us qualify. I’ve been using Seller Hub for a long time anyway, so I’m not really effected, but some here might be.
Mr Vintage Just curious…you say: “Most people sort their searches low to high.”
I see posters make that claim regularly, but I’ve never seen anyone provide evidence. I asked ebay about this recently, and they refused to disclose that info. However, I do remember some years ago, ebay had disclosed the percentage of buyers who use Best Match as their sort, and it was (as I recall) north of 90%….and that makes sense to me, just because most people most of the time use the default for most things—-but that’s just MY opinion.I do agree with your basic premise, that price is an important factor….just not sure most people actually search using the price sort
A few years ago, there was an article about how ebay would tell Chinese manufacturers about various style trends (including vintage) and how the Chinese would then manufacture it (and it would be sold on eBay). eBay sellers STILL talk about this article, which amuses me no end. I tried back then to explain that the article was not actually about “Hey, look at us! We tell the Chinese to make fakes!” It was actually about the changes ebay was seeing in manufacturing times: the Chinese had revamped so that the time from design to manufacture and distribution was much less than it had been. Which meant this stuff could be put out there almost as soon as the trend became clear, rather than being put out just as the trend was starting to die down.
Some ebay sellers paint ebay as the villain in this, but these people ignore the fact that many, many companies are doing the same sort of thing. AT the time they article came out, I went to WalMart and saw “industrial style stools” made to resemble the stools made in the USA in the 1940s and 50s….This stuff is all over the place. Martha Stewart years ago turned on many buyers to vintage Jade-ite…and then Martha began manufacturing a line of “new” Jade-ite in China.
There will always be people cashing in on these trends, and making knock offs “inspired” by old stuff. As Mike says, some people just want a certain look, and they are happy to buy the knock-offs. Just like some people are satisfied with knock off “designer” purses. The market exists, or people wouldn’t be making them.
Hobby Lobby, WalMart, Target…..they all do the same thing. The idea that ebay is somehow to blame for all the Chinese knock off stuff is ridiculous. And the idea that ebay could curtail it is equally silly (unless eBay wants a vetted site for antiques, etc….more like Ruby Lane than eBay….
It’s just the reality of the modern day marketplace.
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but years ago a very savvy crafter/antique seller told me that if she came up with an original craft design that became popular, the following was inevitable: Her stuff would sell well at craft shows. Other crafters took notice, and began making the same type of thing. Sales and prices went down, but survivable. If the trend REALLY took off, the manufacturers would catch on, and the Dollar Store knock-offs would start up….the beginning of the end, because by then she needed to be working on something else new. She told me it was too time consuming and expensive to try to trademark her stuff, so she just had to deal with the same cycle over and over. It was the main reason she supplemented her craft sales with antiques and vintage.
06/19/2019 at 10:24 am in reply to: Why when I send an offer if the item is promoted do they take a fee? #63736It is a 30 day rule. If your ultimate buyer clicked on your PL listing within the last 30 days before purchasing, then the PL is applied. You ask why should it be applied if you did the work to send the offer? Because you couldn’t send the offer to that buyer if the buyer didn’t have the item on his watch list, and it’s on his watch list because he clicked on the PL.
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Hausfrau, Yep, absolutely. Jay’s QVC comment is spot on. I have a couple friends who’ve worked on air at QVC and no question, it is all about the connection the audience feels with the hosts. I’m sure Lamp Lady understands that, and she is building a brand, she’s not just selling stuff (which is what most of us are doing). Like you, I don’t begrudge her that, I think it’s great….but it’s important that we distinguish between what we do and what she does. Basically, it’s a form of “adding value” to the items. Not unlike the seller who is a recognized authority on , say, early stoneware. If I say a jug is authentic and rare, big deal. LOL If a recognized expert says it, price goes up.
I’m not sure I could or would want to do all she does. (Even if I were younger, better looking and as charming LOL). Yes, she does get higher prices, but what she does to get the higher prices IS work, even if she makes it look like fun. Of course, she may parlay it into a TV show or something down the line, like Jason of Thrifthunters. It will be interesting to see where she ends up…
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