I decided to check out the out the (cell phone/cell phone accessories) competition this morning.Â
I went over to WP and saw 590 items in their category (by contrast I have 1700).
I clicked on the cell phone category and stared in amazement -588 of 590 items in the category are $2 CHARMSÂ :blinkie: :
CHARMS???Â
summary: I have nothing to worry about, eBay has nothing to worry about.
How many other categories at WP are filled with items that are miscategorized just so it looks like the site isn't full of a bunch of empty categories?
I clicked on the shipping supplies category and 588 of 590 items were envelopes containing dog sh.it. :blinkie:
[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=3775.msg68160#msg68160 date=1203290011]
popper cheerleader with head up ray's ass Wrote:We will get to 300 very soon! I'm hoping to see 1000 by the end of March.
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1000 :
Stores? :
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Bumping so I can laugh at both the 300 and 1000 predictions again.
(287 stores today)
Hey, Toolers! Ready for a good chuckle?
Check out Ray's completed auctions on his eBay store. Out of 844 items listed in the last month, only 31 sales, and get this:
Half of the supposed "sales" were to "buyers" whose eBay ID's all had exactly 5 characters -- a letter followed by three astericks followed by a letter, e.g. "a***g".
Ray's more than a fuzzy slipper boinktard, HE'S A VILLAGE.
Designers:
This is the link about the new masking user ids:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200803030932242.html
How Safeguarding Member IDs works
Bidder User IDs are "masked," so that scammers can't tell who is bidding on a listing and therefore cannot target them with official-looking spoof email. The masked User ID's consist of two random characters from the member's User ID – for example, a***b. This method of identifying a bidder (whose feedback score is also visible) gives legitimate members a sense of who is bidding, while protecting the bidders' identities. (Please note that sellers who are logged in can see all the actual User IDs for the bidders on their listings.)
Quote:Out of 844 items listed in the last month, only 31 sales,
It takes a lot of effort to sell on eBay and to achieve an Overstock sell through rate.
[quote author=scampy7 link=topic=3775.msg68469#msg68469 date=1204965753]
Designers:
This is the link about the new masking user ids:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200803030932242.html
How Safeguarding Member IDs works
Bidder User IDs are "masked," so that scammers can't tell who is bidding on a listing and therefore cannot target them with official-looking spoof email. The masked User ID's consist of two random characters from the member's User ID – for example, a***b. This method of identifying a bidder (whose feedback score is also visible) gives legitimate members a sense of who is bidding, while protecting the bidders' identities. (Please note that sellers who are logged in can see all the actual User IDs for the bidders on their listings.)
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WOW. Not being a scammer, I didn't even know such existed. It wouldn't occur to me to try to capture email addresses through ID's and I have a hard time trying to figure how it could be efficiently done anyway, since I, as well as my buyers' IDs have no relevance to their email addresses.
Even if all Ray's buyers are legit, his sell through rate is less than 4%. And it cost him over $300 in listing fees alone to put up his mag cut-outs. Since nearly all of his items sold for $9.99 with one bid, his sales probably didn't even cover his listing fees.
So, to recap: Here is a "businessman?" who can't even break even selling on eBay (the site he hates, yet can't seem to tear himself away from), YET, with a straight face and heavy hand passes out sage business advice like the eucharist to his fresh starry-eyed Pooper converts. Truly the Warren Buffet of the e-commerce world. (LOL) --
So how is it that we -- those of us who blew his Koolaid stand because we have "no business sense" and did not blindly embrace the grand opportunity at WP, are the ones making a living?
I have one thing to say in Ray's behalf: He's a great example for his sellers on WP. He can't make money, and neither can they. Gotta love that business model.
:cinqo1:
The new cheerleader with the boinked up 1500px wide template spent her day spamming her fellow storeowners trying to get them to go spam appscout.com
Quote:we're not on the list so get us in it
http://www.appscout.com:80/2008/03/boyco...native.php
Quote:they have us in the list now. If more sellers rave about wagglepop- the more convincing we will be, so let them know if they haven't already commented.
We should go to each store and email the link explaing what it is
Quote:okay I hit all the featured and showcase stores I think- need to get some work done if someone can continue while i'm absent that would be great
this is the message I'm sending
Last night I came upon this article and waggle pop was not on the list, so I posted it on our boards to encourage members to plug Wagglepop, and a few did and they have now included us in the list. The more exuberant comments we can post the more credibility we will earn. So please make a comment on the positive aspects of Wagglepop, so everyone can learn what they are missing out on
http://www.appscout.com/2008/03/boycott_...tive_1.php
Meanwhile back at the ranch: Raytard is busy listing on Ebay, and the Head Cheerleader is whining on the WP boards that Amazon ruined her business
Quote:So, to recap: Here is a "businessman?" who can't even break even selling on eBay ... YET, with a straight face and heavy hand passes out sage business advice
Is Ray Ebay U instructor Danse's sock puppet or is Danse Ray in drag?