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  Wagglepop CEO Ray Romeo Listing Items On eBay In His eBay Store Instead Of Listing On His Own Site

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[Platzki]

This thread is so entertaining... way better than cable.

 

[Tags:]

Tags: wagglepop fuzzy pink slippers auction site pee pee no nos karay rscript wagglefact dynamic morally bankrupt miscreant deadbeats and infiltrators 

[sneakymagenta]

1/1 every sucker pays $29.95
1/1 53 stores
1/2 free stores for everyone except kool-aid drinking cult members
1/6 54 stores


It looks like Raytard threw a party and no one came. 



 

[amy]

However, they just announced a promotion that new sellers will be able to open an unlimited number of stores and sell free for one full year (normally costs $29.95/month). I would expect this to be the beginning of serious growth for the site

2 new stores with a combined 3 items is the definition of "serious growth" in Popperland. 

[Designers Bargains]

Pooper complaining about not knowing how to blog:

I have the same problem, what to blog about and also how do I write so the search enginges don't rejuect for bad everything

 

Edit: Same Pooper:

I think I'll stay away from the blogs, I have a hard enough time righting a decent 2 line listing

Yep. Probably a good idea to stay away from blogs.

(bolding mine)
 

[xwpopper]

1 week = 2 Stores (3 opened, 1 closed total)
At this rate, by the end of the year Ray should be able to bring the total to a whopping 157 stores... 1/6 of the all time high.

[Platzki]

Pooper complaining about not knowing how to blog:

I have the same problem, what to blog about and also how do I write so the search enginges don't rejuect for bad everything

 

Maybe they should weight until someone buys them a dictionary. 

[Designers Bargains]

Pooper complaining about not knowing how to blog:

I have the same problem, what to blog about and also how do I write so the search enginges don't rejuect for bad everything

 

Maybe they should weight until someone buys them a dictionary. 

Not only do they need a dictionary, but it appears the WP clock is in a days.

All of TODAY'S community posts show the date as SUNDAY, JANUARY 11. Proof positive that WP exists in a time warp.

 

[sneakymagenta]

Ray bans a buyer for asking a question and PowerButtKisser jumps in to defend her cult leader's actions

I contact customer service again. I am not rude but Im also not exactly a happy member of wagglepop right now. So far Ive seen lousy site design (in terms of a members account page) and frankly NO customer service. My email wasn't exactly rude but it wasn't sunshine. I also post another thread on another board of the forum asking for the same thing; how can I change my email.

I check my email a little while ago and get a reply from Wagglepops customer service from a man named Chris who stated that they had closed my account. AND my IP# is now blocked so I can't even access the site.

What type of customer service is this??? What if I was watching an auction to bid on? All I wanted to do was update my email. I'm stunned. This is enough to make me run back to eBay....I'm simply stunned.

http://www.powersellersunite.com/about24597.html

[amy]

FYI, Wagglepop is running a deal now where anyone who has not previously had a Wagglepop store can open an unlimited number of stores 100% FREE for one full year. I'm confused as to why you feel the need to be so nasty toward a site that could do wonders for your business for FREE for an entire year.

It's anything but free when you factor in the cost of the extra time needed to list/process orders on Wagglepop because Ray's rinky dink doesn't have a bulklister, doesn't have an API, doesn't interface with any 3rd party order management tools, doesn't have an automated checkout.

a site that could do wonders for your business for FREE for an entire year.

Here's an example of what WP could do for your business if you kept your store open for over 2 years:

I have over 4000 opportunities for someone to purchase from me here on WP, the last sale I had here was in August ,

EDIT: DRM has been banned from PSU again

[rho]

Hey Ray, you excrement dipped bone head, did you sleep through Business 101?

NO CUSTOMERS = NO SALES = 0% PROFIT MARGIN


Real World Customer Care:
1) Don't take anything personally
2) Make the customer right
3) Solve the problem
4) Make the customer happy
5) Follow-up within 48 hours and make sure they're satisfied

wagglepop Customer Care:
1) Take everything personally
2) Get rid of the customers
3) Problem solved
4) Stroke ego
5) Check forums to make sure CultMember777 is still ankle deep in your ass

[sneakymagenta]

paranoid dillusions.

Did you mean: paranoid delusions

 

[rose]

paranoid dillusions.

Did you mean: paranoid delusions

 

Paranoid dillusions is an abnormal fear that Mr Pickle will jump your bones while you're sleeping.

[regic]

Mr Pickle

[mandy]

AndRay took time out from running his eBay store to post an announcement

Hello Wagglepop Members,

As noted in the recent announcements package we are close to the integration of Wagglepop Marketshare to join the Wagglepop Marketplace.

Marketshare has one single goal - to supplement the items and products featured on Wagglepop and ensure that shoppers can come to the Wagglepop and find what they are looking for - either through the Marketplace or via Marketshare.

By supporting that dynamic we feel we will build a steadily increasing flow of traffic and a reputation as a productive place to browse and shop. As traffic increases we will then attract more sellers for the Marketplace - and the retail "cycle" begins to sustain itself.

While we have a terrific dedicated merchant base here on Wagglepop, the majority of subcategories continue to be woefully underpopulated or not populated at all.

Nearly 80% of all keyword searches return "zero" results!

Wagglepop attracts right around 30,000 unique visitors per month in U.S. traffic alone.

As a company and community we simply must better serve that traffic. We need to make each of those 30,000 visitors feel that Wagglepop is a site worth visiting, a site where they can find and buy what they are shopping for, and most importantly a site that is worth returning to and telling friends and family about.

Yes, Marketshare items and products will "compete" in their own portal and selectively inserted along with Marketplace items and products. But only through that increased competition can the site grow and thrive - leading to more traffic and sales for all Marketplace Merchants.

We need for Wagglepop to feel - and be - "overflowing" with choices for shoppers.

In my own experience, succeeding in business is mostly about taking risks, about setting aside what is "safe" and taking a chance on something that is new and challenging.

Simply put, to grow requires change - sometimes BIG change.

After many months of analysis and discussion we firmly feel that only through a complete "re-invigoration" of the shopper experience can we achieve that.

We would very much like membership input on this subject and want to be very clear that everything we do is to both serve our site traffic and help all of our Marketplace Merchants attract more traffic and more sales.

Looking forward to discussion on this topic and what we hope is membership support in this time that requires radical change to build a better buyer (and seller) experience.

Andrew P.
WP

the thread: http://www.wagglepop.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=8393

January 2009: Wagglepop attracts right around 30,000 unique visitors per month in U.S. traffic alone.

February 2008: At the time of this writing Wagglepop receives approximately 67,462 unique U.S. visitors per month.

Perhaps he should think about changing the Flagship Banner Advertising help pages to reflect the 55% drop in traffic.
http://www.wagglepop.com/bin/Help?cmd=view&pages=category_flagship

[xwpopper]

From the same thread:

I support the idea, but I'm wondering how it will look -- will ads with similar competing items be placed right on our listing? Will they exist as separate listings, and will we be able to tell the difference between a member listing and a MP listing? Will it show up in the search in the same rotation among member listings or will it have greater or lesser rank in the search?
 
I don't expect management to share private information regarding what these other companies are being charged for listing on the site, but naturally, I'm just a wee bit curious. I'm actually quite happy if this provides some good revenue for WP, as this would reduce the chances of another price increase too soon -- the last jump was a big one.
 
Also, when this plan was originally planned, it was stated that management would attempt to NOT choose products already on WP, but concentrate on filling the holes. Was this plan ditched in favor of just filling the site? Not necessarily a bad thing, but just curious.
 
 And thank you for the millionth time for Management's willingness to solicit input from members. You rock!                         

I will answer the bolded questions in my own special way.
but I'm wondering how it will look:
Look at BidOnUSA.comto see what happens when you introduce a dropshipper's middleman data feeds into Rscript, which "shouldn't" be able to happen since Ray retired Inventory Direct. You get about 10 new stores with no traffic that clutter the site with overpriced stuff that is available on hundreds of other sites because they are run by the owners, and filled with the same thing that anyone else can get with $50/month.
share private information regarding what these other companies are being charged for listing on the site:
Are you freakin serious? No company, not one with leadership sharing half a brain cell would touch a site that requires phone call registrations and forces them to send an invoice manually. This site is, and always was, setup for the non-serious part time seller just like Ray was. This is gonna be Ray in his basement wearing his jammies, bringing his whopping 1% sell-thru to compete in every single category and completely bury any seller's products in that category. Again, see Bidonusa.com.

Management's willingness to solicit input from members:
This is special? The only reason this happened was to give members the feeling that Ray gives a darn about what you think. He is thinking now on a 5 year plan, and seeing his income dropping to his eBay sell-thru of 1%.
Dead sites that solicited input from members:
Theauctionman
Bidwhale
Ewaey
Auctioncities
Bidalot

That's a pretty distinguished crowd Ray.

One last quote from a top cheerleader:
"Besides, the stores within WP Marketplace or Marketshare are NOT our only competition.... the WHOLE internet is our competition."

Um... That's right. The whole internet where shoppers don't have to wait for a phone call or invoice to shop. Sorry, your only real competition is on Wagglepop, because only a few hundred of those 30,000 monthly are willing to go through that to buy something for the same price they can get it elsewhere.