Are similar sites as popular?

trick-r-treat · 01-30-07, 12:51 PM

I noticed that Yahoo also has an auction site - would you be more likely to have success on their site as opposed to Ebay? Is there less competition as a seller?

Super Mod · 01-30-07, 12:55 PM

The bottom line would be how much traffic it receives.

net1 · 01-30-07, 01:23 PM

Your success would depend on how much traffic you attract to your site and how good your customer service is.

Frank

SeeMe · 01-31-07, 11:28 PM

Traffic is important, but so is payment method. I know that Yahoo has it's own check out program, but if it's yet another thing someone has to sign up for when they already have a Paypal account, they may be turned off and go elsewhere.

jaggiegill · 02-01-07, 11:25 AM

Ebay is the "grand daddy" of online auctions because of their easy step by step buying and selling process. They also provide a ton of payment methods for the buyers such as Paypal, money order, cashiers check, and credit card payment. Amazon Yahoo are tagging along and are trying to make themselves more visible on the net, but the growth of these sites is not happening as fast as Ebay. With over a million transactions over ebay in one day, we know its very safe and a convenient place to shop.

SeeMe · 02-01-07, 08:13 PM

That's a big one too - the selection available. If more people list items on Ebay, the more likely you are to find what you are looking for. Of course, if Ebay's fees keep going up, it's entirely possible that more sellers will migrate to other sites.

JohnR · 02-02-07, 08:22 AM

I think you would more then likely have success on Ebay. Millions of users each day get an account with Ebay and about the same amount purchase something there as well. Yahoo isn't nearly as popular.

aquariancore · 02-02-07, 05:23 PM

Overstock.com is slowly trying to cut in on the auction market. Yahoo and Amazon have pretty much raised a white flag.

jaggiegill · 02-02-07, 06:31 PM

An Update On Ebay.
Wow would you look at that ! I just received an e-mail from eBay explained how their fees are rising. I'm not surprised to see this because there is competition and what eBay wants to do is have it's active users pay more than usual. Here is the mail that was sent to all members: If you don't want to read this , scroll down to see my two word summary for this letter

***A Message from Bill Cobb: eBay.ca Fee Adjustments***

03 January, 2007 | 18:18

Bill Cobb

An important part of any business strategy is the regular evaluation of pricing structure. From time to time, we make pricing changes to correct unhealthy dynamics in the eBay marketplace, as was the case last July. Typically, however, we make changes on an annual basis at the beginning of the year.

Today, I'm here to tell you about fee adjustments for eBay.ca which go into effect on January 30, 2007:

Core Auction-Style and Fixed Price Insertion Fees* in US$:
Starting Price New Fee Current Fee
US$1.00 - US$9.99 US$0.40 US$0.35
* Does not impact store inventory listings

Core Auction-Style and Fixed Price Insertion Fees* in C$:
Starting Price New Fee Current Fee
C$1.00 - C$11.99 C$0.47 C$0.41
* Does not impact store inventory listings

Final Value Fees (Core Auction-Style and Fixed Price Listings*) in US$:
Selling Price New Fee Current Fee
US$25.01 - US$1000.00 3.25% 3.00%
* Does not impact store inventory listings

Final Value Fees (Core Auction-Style and Fixed Price Listings*) in C$:
Selling Price New Fee Current Fee
C$30.01 - C$1200.00 3.25% 3.00%
* Does not impact store inventory listings

eBay.ca Motors Transaction Services and Reserve Fees in US$:
Category New Fee Current Fee
Motorcycles & Powersports Transaction Services Fee US$40 US$30
Cars & Trucks, Other Vehicles & Trailers Transaction Services Fee US$50 US$40
Motors Reserve Fee 0.1% of reserve price (US$5 minimum, US$10 maximum) US$5

eBay.ca Motors Transaction Services and Reserve Fees in C$:
Category New Fee Current Fee
Motorcycles & Powersports Transaction Services Fee C$47 C$35
Cars & Trucks, Other Vehicles & Trailers Transaction Services Fee C$58 C$48
Motors Reserve Fee 0.1% of reserve price (C$5.90 minimum, C$12 maximum) C$5.90

Let me say that, while we believe these changes are modest, we consider any changes that may impact our sellers with great care. These adjustments are the result of careful analysis and we believe they're the right thing to do to keep the marketplace strong for our eBay.ca sellers.

To learn more about each of these changes, I invite you to read our Frequently Asked Questions and our eBay Fees Help page. (These same fee changes will also be taking place on eBay.com. To learn more about the eBay.com adjustments, please check the Announcement Board for eBay.com.)

RIP OFF

aquariancore · 02-11-07, 12:29 AM

It's not because of competition is the weakness of the competition. Yahoo now cojoined ebay with the auctioning. Amazon's is pitiful. Ebay is pricing itself ripe for the next positioned competitor.