06-15-2007, 08:03 PM
[quote author=eclectica link=topic=3775.msg57174#msg57174 date=1181927460]
An an FYI for the Poppers who have abandoned eBay and missed the Live Keynote last night. FVFs for auctions/fixed price will be lowered this summer. A stores tab is forthcoming. Powersellers are actually going to get preferred placement on searches. I'm not saying eBay is for everyone or that these changes are anything to pull out pom poms about, but please tell me HOW WP thinks for one second they're going to compete with eBay? WP was never in the same league with eBay - so what exactly is meant by "the right place at the right time"?
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As I understood this, the prices would be lowered for a time during the summer...not permanently. I also heard/read somewhere that the new feedback thing - rate your seller - was going to be a deciding factor as to where your items would end up in a search. At the top of the page or at the bottom.
When I shop for something, I dont' care if it's a "Power Seller" or a "Little Guy" - I just want the item to show up in searches...
I think a large auction site like Ebay should charge to list an item (*no charge for gallery but charge for bold etc...) and set a fair final value fee of a certain percent and if the item sells, put the listing charge toward the FVF. There should be no charge for gallery because the gallery picture certainly does help the shopper decide weather to look at an item or not and helps the sale of that item which in turn helps the auction site gain more FVF's. What amounts should be set, who knows...
I know some places don't charge at all. But in all reality, in effort to run a healthy business and keep up the equipment etc...there has to be some revenue.
I really liked the look and feel of Wagglepop and if it weren't for Ray, I'd stay...
An an FYI for the Poppers who have abandoned eBay and missed the Live Keynote last night. FVFs for auctions/fixed price will be lowered this summer. A stores tab is forthcoming. Powersellers are actually going to get preferred placement on searches. I'm not saying eBay is for everyone or that these changes are anything to pull out pom poms about, but please tell me HOW WP thinks for one second they're going to compete with eBay? WP was never in the same league with eBay - so what exactly is meant by "the right place at the right time"?
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As I understood this, the prices would be lowered for a time during the summer...not permanently. I also heard/read somewhere that the new feedback thing - rate your seller - was going to be a deciding factor as to where your items would end up in a search. At the top of the page or at the bottom.
When I shop for something, I dont' care if it's a "Power Seller" or a "Little Guy" - I just want the item to show up in searches...
I think a large auction site like Ebay should charge to list an item (*no charge for gallery but charge for bold etc...) and set a fair final value fee of a certain percent and if the item sells, put the listing charge toward the FVF. There should be no charge for gallery because the gallery picture certainly does help the shopper decide weather to look at an item or not and helps the sale of that item which in turn helps the auction site gain more FVF's. What amounts should be set, who knows...
I know some places don't charge at all. But in all reality, in effort to run a healthy business and keep up the equipment etc...there has to be some revenue.
I really liked the look and feel of Wagglepop and if it weren't for Ray, I'd stay...