Comments on: Some Observations about eBay Trends from an eBay Seller’s Perspective http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-observations-about-ebay-trends-from-an-ebay-sellers-perspective/ The BrewsNews information blog about online sales, eBay, Amazon, Bonanzle and oh so much more! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dvigen72 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-observations-about-ebay-trends-from-an-ebay-sellers-perspective/#comment-1797 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:29:10 +0000 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/?p=520#comment-1797 Ebay has definitely lost touch and made some bad choices because of a few bad sellers

]]> By: kacey http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-observations-about-ebay-trends-from-an-ebay-sellers-perspective/#comment-665 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:02:28 +0000 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/?p=520#comment-665 I think you have thought this out pretty well. I, too, am just opening on Bonanzle (just love the site and hope it flies!), and was trying to decide between Blujay or Etzy (which has just opened a collectibles section). I will probably do both of them too. Am sticking with Ebay until it demolishes itself, of course, but hope one of the above wins the new race to the top. Thanks for writing.
Kacey

]]> By: Lisa http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-observations-about-ebay-trends-from-an-ebay-sellers-perspective/#comment-659 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:44:30 +0000 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/?p=520#comment-659 Since I’ve been limited on how much and what I can sell of certain brands on Ebay, I’ve been spending an hour or two a day on Bonanzle. I sell used name brand clothes.

I haven’t had any sales but I don’t have that much up yet either. But the feeling of freedom and empowerment is so worth it. I’ll stay on Ebay as long as my profit is larger than my fees, but I like doing something proactive instead of steaming over Ebay’s ignorance. After I get settled on Bonanzle, I’ll be setting up my vintage clothing store on BluJay.

Maybe Ebay’s stupidity is a blessing for us all.

]]> By: nadine http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-observations-about-ebay-trends-from-an-ebay-sellers-perspective/#comment-658 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:54:37 +0000 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/?p=520#comment-658 The corollary to Trend 4 (sellers diversifying) will resemble a tire with a slow leak. Sellers won’t disappear in large numbers (you’re not leaving the site, for example), they just will list less as they spread their efforts. One’s time and money is finite, after all. Past years on eBay all showed a distinct ramp-up prior to the holidays. It will be difficult to see this year, since the mega-listings of the diamond sellers confuse the charts, but I would predict that the ramp up will be considerably muted, as most professional sellers list only part of their stock on eBay, or switch to a liquidation/customer acquisition strategy as you have.

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