Just to let you know I am a buyer as well, the only feedback I have is as a buyer, but I am not going to buy items just for the sake of it, the more sellers there are the more choice I have and the more I will buy!
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i buy too but only if needed
if you want buyers get out and coax them here theres loads of ways to do this you need sellers to get buyers
amount of items being listed is going up by about 2000 a day
This is good news as it represents a better choice for buyers. Also, buyers like to snap up the bargains quickly and they like the BIN options that most sellers add to their auctions so although the number of listed items is not really a good guide to turnover it is very encouraging to see the increased activity.
This is a great site for both buyers and sellers and it deserves to succeed.
I would really like to see sellers selling genuine hp ink as I am still haveing to go to the other side to buy it. there was one chap a couple of months ago but he got too fed up with the lack of sales and went back to e*ay. I did buy from him while he was here and asked him to reconsider, but I went to see if he had any listings and he had gone!
I have just read the the chap who was selling the HP ink went back to the "other side", I can't understand this at all, with the Lifetime Membership being so cheap compared to the monthly fees on the "other side", if he had taken that out he could just list on both sites, he wouldn't have to pay anymore on this site, I find this strange.
It is strange when it costs them nothing to leave the listings running. We've had a couple of members join previously, only given it about a week and then close everything down with the hump 'cos they didn't sell loads straight away. We need to be patient. There are some items such as games and DVDs where it's been quite likely in the past that you would have searched for a top seller and found no listings. As people selling these things join, they need to be patient as it will take a while for the buyers to try the site again if they did not find anything that they wanted last time.
This is definitely the best non-eBay site. It's fun, easy to navigate and list with and the choices are brilliant. The only downside is less traffic although in my first few week as a seller I've sold half a dozen items. Which is great.
Because there are so many alternative auction sites to eBay folks are running round suggesting every name under the sun - it's too confusing. I am glad I found here and stuck with it.
Ebid really needs to take advantage of Ebay's utter stupidity and run a national evening time TV advert right now and it doesn't have to be lengthy. Just get the name out there because it's a surefire way of attracting the right kind of interest and allow people a serious option in a soup of mind-boggling alternatives.
I agree with everything you have said, but about the TV advert I don't think eBid can afford it, I hope I am wrong. You are right about one thing, know lots of sellers that can't wait to find an alternative to ebay, and I am telling them all and asking them to spread the word, this is the best online auction site and the peope are so friendly and understanding.
A couple of us had an idea for an online viral ad competition. I think this could generate a lot of publicity without costing much money.
Hi,
I don't understand what you mean by "online viral ad" sorry!
A short advert which gets posted on youtube etc. People would make their own and post them and we could vote on a winner.
A viral ad is anything which grabs people's attention, the sort of thing that gets emailed to everyone in your address book, like a good joke does. If you get a great You tube video that captures the imagination it then just snowballs. Just needs some creative minds.
I though Mark & Gazza had employed some PR types, what the heck have they been doing while all this eBay business has been hitting the fan. I hope they aren't getting paid coz i don't think they are doing their job.
Hi,
Thanks for explaining that to me.
As for the PR types, you make a very good point, I don't think there has been a better time!
That is such a good idea! Oh, I'm new here too. I am weighing out my options on where I want to go. Can anyone tell me if you can transfer your ebay account/Feedback score, etc., from efee to ebid?
Can anyone lead me to a link that helps with picture prices...are you charged for listing pictures in your ad? If you sign up for a lifetime member what charges do you incur other than the one time fee?
Hi,
There are no charges for pictures in your listings, only if you have a Gallery Picture, then it is 2% of the FVF.
I signed up last week for the Lifetime membership as I didn't want to miss out as it is for a limited time only, normally £100. The way I saw it was, £49.99 and no fees forever, no contest really compared to feepay!
And you can run items till sold so you don't have to keep on relisting. I could go on forever about how good this site is.
As for the feedback being moved over from feepay, I think you used to be able to but not anymore.
I hope I have been of some help.
Ebay try as they might will keep shooting. Ebid will grow because of the hunters helping the community to grow. Spread the word thru your contacts and Ebid will outgrow them all. Just keep getting better and better. Thanks to all of you who keep the community growing. Keep referring all your friends to this Ebid auction site.
Exactly right.
In the early days of ebay, sellers did a lot of free promotions for them and drove a lot bidders to their auctions.
Usenet groups were very effective back then for driving traffic to specific listings. Google Groups could provide that now.
Even better, these days we have blogs, blog comment sections, and services like Digg.
Even a simple link in email signatures will drive traffic here.
And some more promotional videos on sites like YouTube would probably be a smart move too. A search on YouTube for "ebid.net" returns 13 results. A search for "ebay" returns 39,400.
Sellers are aching for a cost effective alternative.
Ebid, I am cheering you on!!!
I've just been getting some flack from an ebay group, seems like they are either addicted to ebay or perhaps they just like paying fees. There seemed some resistance to a site based outside the US. So I imagine they think the world stops at the edge of America.
What sort of flack were you getting?
They just seemed to be fed up with me trying to wake them to their eBay addiction. Ok let em pay the fees if they want, I've told them, if they want to work their butts off just to pay ebay fees good luck to them.
Give it some time. It took me a couple of fee hikes and a horrible feedback policy change to get me to make the jump. And that's not even a full jump. I still have to make some sales to make a living. So I'll still have to sell some items there, though not as much as I have been.
But my days of ebay dependency are over. They no longer get exclusive rights to a 15%+ cut of my inventory. And I feel really great about joining eBid.
The change for me is going to be a gradual one, but no mistake about it, change is coming.
And I met a lot of great customers there who later asked to purchase from me off site (hahaha, I'm sure ebay would expect me to tell them "no"). And having an established business relationships with them, I can now inform them that I am moving on to new horizons.
When I have an inventory here worthy of inviting my customers to view, they'll hear about it.
I should have a more concrete plan, but my next steps include:
-Boosting my eBid inventory
-A link to eBid on my own web site
-Getting set up with Google Checkout
So all in good time. I really like this site and I'm pretty hopeful that I'll see results in the longrun. I'm sure many other sellers are not far behind.
Besides, we can always count on eBay to stick it to their sellers again and send a few more this way. Their shareholders always want one more piece of the pie. In that regard, I suppose we can look forward to ebay doing us a favor (even if not their intention to do so).
http://us.three.ebid.net/perl/main.c...arch&type=user
The U.S. have a boycott thread running with loads of links where you can give your opinion. I have been using those links to give Ebid a plug, could do with more ebid sellers doing the same.. A lot of The sellers are looking for sites, Ebid are not getting much of a mention. IMO we need to go get those sellers to come to the Ebid site bringing their buyers with them.
Anyone know how to find a member please.
I you go to the search box at the top of this page and enter the sellers name then pick Username from the drop down tab. Easy when you know how :)
hi all, i have now cut my ties with ebay today, ive closed my account, as they put a block on my account 7 days ago for a mistake they made on my account and they emailed me today telling me that i had to fax over my account details etc, i dont own a fax machine and i be dammed if i will go down to my post office to send a fax that will cost me 4.00. They made me feel that I was desparate for them to reinstate my account-they have gone too far now and i have emailed all of my previous buyers today out of anger and introduced myself and ebid to them.
I have not been a member here for long and things look abit slow, but hay ive paid for the seller+ , even though i will casually sell, but im a patient person and hope that sellers and buyers will visit this site more.
cheers all oldbag79
If you come across US sellers hesitating about moving to eBid, but looking at other sites, (provided they're not thinking about iOffer - you won't get US sellers to change that choice) then point them at this -
http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2008...007-q4-report/
Also this one -
http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2008...ers-24-feb-08/
If those two don't convince them to at least poke their nose into eBid, then follow up with pointing them at -
http://www.powersellersunite.com/auctionsitewatch.php (scroll down past the eBay graphs and look at the eBid stats and growth rates compared to those above them)
;) Gaz
Hi Gaz,
Thanks for those links, they are so interesting that I just couldn't stop reading them, and then went from link to link.
I think eBid is no 2 in the U.K as I went to the other site that claims it is number 2 and there seems to be a lot of duplicate items, pages of them, are they doing this to stay in the number 2 spot?
Keep up the good work of keeping us informed, and thanks!!
I loved the first link that gave indications of the potential financial fall-out if e..y persist in alienating it's sellers.
It's a beautiful contrast to the regular posters on the UK boards whose main purpose in life seems to be to get rid of every other seller on e..y by shouting them down at every opportunity.
I'm presuming one of two reasons for doing this, a) they are in league with Gordon Brown and endeavouring to decimate the economic stablility of the UK, or, b) they misguidedly believe that if they get rid of as many sellers as possible then the field will be open to them, and only them, to make vast, unprecidented profits. Nope, it just disperses the seller and customer base.
The fact is, that everybody who is 'encouraged' to leave either by e..y or it's voracious posters, is either a potential customer, or a finanical contributor, not only to e..y but also to the economy.
Everybody that gives up, has less to spend, less to invest.
Yet again, we have ever decreasing circles.
Yet for many, the last increase on fees has been the last financial straw - it made it just not worth doing, even if you were prepared to live with the abysmal systems, procedures and customer service.
I'm glad I'm here and not there. I'm also glad I ain't a shareholder there either!
Hi gang - thanks for the praise, but I can't take the credit - that needs to go to Ed (the author and site owner) - maybe you could add a comment on the posts? I know it can get lonely on buildaskill at times (especially in the forums, which are stuffed full of good stuff but you need to register as a forum member to get at the really juicy stuff)
Since adding the links earlier, I've discovered there is mega-whinging about iOffer's site performance this last week - slower than a slow thing apparently with loads of links not going where they say they're going - AuctionBytes has a blog post and a long list of reader complaints about it, with some praise for eBid thrown into the comments too :D
Gaz
HI there!
Excellent posts with the links - I have spent about an hour reading them :p !! It's good to see that my nearly total "exit" from e..y a year ago was the best thing I could have done as things have only got worse, if that was possible, over there. It is a sad and lonely looking place nowadays in their forums which I also had a look at to see what's going on - all the best posters have either gone or been banned .
So eBid plus a bit of web activity on my part has turned things around for me. 99% of my items are now listed on eBid and I am looking forward to seeing more sellers on here selling things I want to buy as this is where I will buy from. :}
Hello,
are there many sellers in the US on ebid? I have posted a few auctions and waiting to see the results. When I get set up I will begin promoting. I have been checking out a few sites and on one the navigation speed was so horrible and they monitored the threads so tightly I am going to give up. The speed here at ebid seems much better but the upload on the pictures is very slow. I can deal with that for awhile and hope it gets better.
If I decide to open a store?? Can I transfer my auction listing easily? will my items be in the auction listings? What is the advantage of a store?
Thanks and Good Luck, Haddy
hi
yep theres loads of sellers from usa & canada getting more by the day ,
the more auctions you have going the better chance of sales , yes you can transfer your auctions to stores by using the edit button , advantage of a store well ebay charges for it lol so why not take one for free,
heres loads of stuff to help you get selling successfully
http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=100837 getting started a few tips
if you run a website or a simple webspace eg: myspace etc. drop a ebid search box into it
http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=94751 (it`s simple even i did it )
http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=95311 get ebid logo`s etc.
http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=95239 add ebid search to your browser
remember you need to do this to get your items onto google
Google doesn't accept items that are auction only, they have to have a BuyNow price,but they can have an auction price as well.eBid upload ALL eligable items to google products 3 times a month,To qualify for uploads items need to be:
1) Legal
2) have a BuyNow price
3) Have at least 7 days remaining OR are On First Bid OR are Run Until Sold at 5am on the 8th, 18th and 28th of each month
i use mostly run until sold with bin price
for exporting fb use http://auctionfb.com/
good luck
remember you need to do this to get your items onto google
Hey Merlin -- forgive my ignorance but does eBid submit to Google automatically as long as my auctions meet the criteria you've listed. Or, is there something I need to do. If so, what do I need to do.
Thank you,
Connie*
hi meet that criteria and they are submitted 3 times a month
I was trading on ebay for 4 years and today after finding ebid finally decided to cut my ties with ebay by closeing my account because of there changes in policies and I do hope many more ebayers will follow suite and leave them as well.
Hey, I hadn't realised that and I have been listing here for quite a while now! Just checked out a couple of my items and sure enough, there they are at the top of the Google search page ::eek:
Brilliant!! So that anwers the question "what do I have to do....?" - nothing, just meet the criteria quoted here which, obviously, I have :D