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I hadn’t noticed the dashboard, but the shipping dates have been wrong sometimes….I’ve learned not to rely on them. Which is a shame, because if you have to double check everything in Seller Hub, it loses its promised efficiency pretty quickly LOL
Cool. Any idea why Georgia is so attractive to film makers? Tax incentives? Or….?
Yep, I love finding stuff like that! The downside for me is, I also love going down the research rabbit hole with stuff like that—-which can take a lot of time. Still, I enjoy it, so…..that’s one of the perks of doing ebay.
My guess is, yes, what Rozinski is arguing makes sense, BUT…what would be the cost for the USPS to inspect all those packages and then determine whether they are the right vintage or not?
I think the blanket exclusion is probably the only affordable way to handle it, from the USPS view.
07/08/2018 at 11:33 am in reply to: Manage My Store –>Search Engine Keywords –> Not Working –> How to report it? #44741I may be mistaken, but I think this was discussed a bit in the Seller Update Boards, and this is one of the things ebay wasn’t looking to replace in Seller Hub, because (according to eBay) search engines no longer use keywords as their main focus. I don’t have time right now to look for the discussion though.
Marjean28: Lots of sites out there started as “we’re not like ebay. We are about the seller, not about the buyer” Problem is, that may be attractive to some sellers, but it’s not very attractive to most buyers. And the larger problem is, sellers want to sell on sites with lots of buyers.
Bonanza began as a “seller” site, the site owners proclaiming that they would soon REPLACE ebay. ecommercebytes gave the site glowing reports, about how fast it was growing, etc. For a while, in the beginning, it was Ina Steiner’s fair haired boy. eBay was going to be history!
And now? It survives only because it cut a deal with ebay to pull ebay merch onto its site.
Most of the other Seller-centric sites haven’t even done as well as Bonanza. Many are long gone.
To me, it comes down to this: Yes, sellers would like all sorts of things. But at the end of the day, what they really want can be summed up in one word: buyers.
Have enough buyers, and sellers will come to your site.
Buyers are more varied. They want lots of things, and there are lots of sites with lots of things, and if one site doesn’t provide what a buyer wants: whether it’s an item, a good return policy, free shipping, whatever, the buyer will go elsewhere.
Jay, Been a while since I’ve looked at Amazon’s fee structure, but I thought they were like ebay in that you could either pay as you go so to speak, or pay a monthly store type fee.
My point: we tend to see the store fee as the same thing as renting a B&M store, and we all tend to feel possessive, it’s OUR store, and ebay should just collect its rent and shut up about how we run it.
the longer one adheres to that idea, the harder it will be (emotionally) to sell on eBay because it just ain’t so. That’s why I suggest accepting the reality that ebay views ALL the real estate on eBay as eBay’s, and our monthly fee gets us only whatever eBay wants to give us at any moment in time.
Not too many weeks ago, I could decide whether List view or Gallery view was the default view when a buyer comes to my store. I could decide “newly listed” was the default search order that they would see.
Not anymore.
Now, it’s Gallery View and Best Match, and I have no say in the matter.
That’s the reality of eBay
Could be be trying to use up his free monthly listing allotment before the freebies expire?
I don’t think ebay considers the stuff at the top “cross advertising” so much as they see it as an effort to incorporate product pages into listing pages. I THINK this is a test; a question about it has been asked on the Product Catalog Community page, but no answer so far.
One thing I think we all will eventually need to do: we need to accept that neither our listing pages nor our store home pages are “our” real estate. To continue to feel that way is to invite disappointment, because ebay clearly does not see it that way.
My guess, eventually pretty much everything will be a hybrid of product page/listing page, with the seller having less and less control over just what shows when and where and to whom.
Not trying to be mean-spirited, just trying to face reality.
LOL. For those old enough to remember, back when cigarette ads ran on TV, Winston had an ad campaign. “Winston. Tastes good. Like a cigarette should.”
English teachers (and others) were outraged.
Anyone remember (or see) why?
(No fair Googling LOL)
I have never really used the following advice, except in very limited form, but a smart businessman, a guy who had a B&M gift shop for years before he started on ebay, and who continued the shop while on ebay) took this position about his ebay business:
1. Sell multi-quantity popular items sourced through wholesalers—ir well-selected, these will sell quickly and consistently and , while not high margin, will provide cash flow and fairly consistent sales.
2. Also sell antiques, used stuff sourced through auctions, flea markets etc. These have higher margins and , being long tail, will sell more slowly, but because of their margins, they are your actual profit center.
It definitely seemed to work for him.
07/06/2018 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Manage My Store –>Search Engine Keywords –> Not Working –> How to report it? #44667Save yourself some time and effort. It’s not a bug,it was in the latest Seller Release:
“Store feature removals
Starting late-June 2018, the following features will be removed because the functionality is either outdated or included in the new Stores management experience.Recommendations
HTML builder
Search Engine Keywords
Promotional flyer
Favorite Seller Top Picks
RSS feeds
Promote similar items”Link: https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2018-summer/ebay-stores.html
Sharyn,
It was an early printed copy, not signed, but yes, it sold for millions. The guy bought it for 4 bucks at a flea market I used to set up at. here’s the story from Snopes:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/declaration-of-financial-independence/
And, just to keep hope alive for all us scavengers, here’s a more recent example of a purchase on ebay that turned out to be worth thousands….because of the seller’s detective work:
Ryanne, LOTS of people mail magazines media mail. Most don’t get caught. But I think you’ll find it is a violation.
Magazines with advertising, no matter how old, are a no-no. (As I understand it). Magazines without ads (such as the early issues of American Heritage magazine) are ok. But most magazines do contain ads.
I agree, magazines from years ago should be excluded since the advertising is clearly no longer valid. But I’ve never seen anything in postal regs that makes an exception.
As to paper sleeves for 45 rpm records…without the records? My feeling is no, not media mail.
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