Has Ebay Finally Shot Itself In the Foot?

[Trinakarenmille]

Sheesh, I could spend all my time just going thru all these new ones, and never catch up.

One more factoid, which many of you probably already know is that eb*d appears to be linked to ebay. So I didn't register there.
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The above paragraph was copied & pasted from the greedbay.com boycott thread.
Anyone know of any connection between Ebid and greedbay?, other than some of greedbays sellers are now moving to Ebid.

[ToyCrazyUK]

I think it is this problem where ebid don't own the .com domain. If you search www.ebid.com it is some sort of directory website which appears to link to feebay auctions. Naturally, a lot of people try .com first, which is a problem.

[consolebits]

Just be aware you have to subscribe to EBids +seller fees to be able to pay your seller fees by Paypal.
Its not all as the hype suggests.
There also seems to be a lot less active buyers and higher BIN prices - something to do with the fees structure I assume.

[Armstrongs]

I think it is this problem where ebid don't own the .com domain. If you search www.ebid.com it is some sort of directory website which appears to link to feebay auctions. Naturally, a lot of people try .com first, which is a problem.

Everything on ebid.com seems to be a sponsored link / ad of some sort.

Wonder who actually owns the site???

It would probably be a shrewd investment if ebid.net were on there........all the other auction sites are on it

Yvonne x

[kengillam]

Make more sense for eBid to buy the domain name!

[buzzbeez_place]

Make more sense for eBid to buy the domain name!

I think that would cost a pretty penny. Checkout the owners. http://erealestate.com/index.htm
Domain parking outfit (Cybersquatters??????)

[rivierashades]

You can still offer paypal and invoice seperatly

[Trinakarenmille]

Not only registered now on eb*d but bidding on some glass and watching more. Nice site and they are having a half off sale, too, till Mar 3 get lifetime listings for 49.99. Such a deal!

Hi everyone

toycrazy / cmc
Thanks for the replies. Hope you dont mind but I have posted your info to the greedbay site to explain to posters there that greedbay do not own or partly own Ebid.

Note 1st paragragh above, the poster on the greedbay.com thread as now joined here, left a plug for Ebid on the greedbay thread.

Ebid not having the .com domain could be part of the reason some of those boycott sellers are not coming here.

Part of the boycott is that sellers moving onto other sites do not deal with any site that as an greedbay connection e.g owned or partly owned by greedbay..

[ToyCrazyUK]

I think that would cost a pretty penny. Checkout the owners. http://erealestate.com/index.htm
Domain parking outfit (Cybersquatters??????)

Quote from their website:

Assessing Value

We are approached endlessly about selling one domain or another. Each of our sites will produce a 6 or 7 figure annual return with no labor or upkeep. Therefore, we are not motivated to sell our properties. However, we will consider joint ventures with qualified Web savvy folks with a proven track record.

eBid would be forever paying them for using the .com.

A bit of info on cyber suqatting here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting

This part is particularly interesting:

Internationally, the United Nations copyright agency called WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) has, since 1999, provided an arbitration system wherein a trademark holder can attempt to claim a squatted site. In 2006, there were 1823 complaints filed with WIPO, which was a 25% increase over 2005's rate. On average, 84% of claims are decided in the complaining party's favor

I would be interested to know if G&M have tried to do this.

[Gothicina]

I think that would cost a pretty penny. Checkout the owners. http://erealestate.com/index.htm
Domain parking outfit (Cybersquatters??????)

I'm pretty sure last time I checked they had the domain until 2014
it now shows
Domain Expires on: 2016-11-06 00:00:00.0