The Death of eBay and the Rise of Craigslist La morte di eBay e l'ascesa di Craigslist
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It used to be that you could post your item on eBay pay small fees and sell your item without barely a question. Today if you are a regular person selling on eBay you have to treat it like a business. Why? Simply because a large cross-section of buyers on eBay, buy in a hostile manner and do so like they are buying from a business not a individual. It starts with 20 questions on the details on the cheap item you are selling from color, how it is to be used, how quickly it will be shipped. Somehow you are assumed to be a business owner when you are posting, maybe thats because there are so many businesses selling on eBay. Esso deve essere utilizzato, che si potrebbe pubblicare il tuo articolo su eBay pagare tasse di piccole e vendere il tuo articolo senza appena una domanda. Oggi, se sei un regolare vendita su eBay persona che hai di trattarlo come un business. Perché? Semplicemente perché una grande croce - Sezione di acquirenti su eBay, acquistare in un modo ostile e di come fare in modo che acquistano da un business non un singolo individuo. Essa inizia con 20 domande sui dettagli sulla sistemazione articolo che sono di colore da vendere, come deve essere utilizzato , Come rapidamente che verrà spedito. In qualche modo si sono presi in considerazione con un business proprietario quando siete distacco, forse ecco perché ci sono tante imprese di vendita su eBay. Most people’s experience is one of consumer to non-caring and non-personal business. By proxy of Joe’s warehouse selling an item and not shipping it for a month, you because you answer your emails and phone calls, become a target for the high maintenance buyer. Afterwards you become a customer service person. How does this item work? Can you send me a driver download? I wasn’t expecting a scratch there? This isn’t exactly what I expected. All of this is fine except for the fact that you sold your item (as is) online to recover extra cash. All the while you were charged exorbitant fees by both eBay and Paypal for your trouble and transaction. Your time to package and ship the item also factors into the amount of cost to rid yourself of the offending object. It seems buyer beware has been forgotten, replaced with a easy way to hassle you into helping. If you balk at the repeated and rude emails you are likely to loose some of your feedback. This of course is the ultimate weapon. Regular scammers flip eBay accounts like Pancakes at the House of Pancakes but for you your feedback is like your credit. The hostile buyer would just a soon leave bad feedback as send a email. La maggior parte delle persone è una delle esperienze dei consumatori a non cura personale e non commerciale. Per il proxy di Joe's magazzino di vendita, e non un elemento di spedizione per un mese, perché la vostra risposta è la tua email e telefonate, diventare un bersaglio Per l'alta manutenzione acquirente. Successivamente è diventato un servizio clienti persona. Come funziona questo articolo? Può inviarci un driver scarica? Non ero in attesa di un nulla? Questo non è esattamente quello che mi aspettavo. Tutto questo è Bene, tranne per il fatto che è venduto il tuo articolo (come è) in linea di recuperare denaro supplementare. Tutte le mentre sono stati addebitati da entrambe le tasse esorbitanti di eBay e Paypal per i vostri problemi e di transazione. Pacchetto tuo tempo per il punto nave e anche fattori L'importo del costo di liberarsi di voi l'oggetto di offendere. Sembra attenti acquirente è stato dimenticato, sostituito con un modo facile per voi in aiutando fastidio. Refrattari ad Se le ripetute e maleducato messaggi che rischiano di perdere alcuni dei vostri commenti. Questo naturalmente è l'ultima arma. Regolari scammers rovescio di eBay conti come Crepes presso la House of Crepes ma per il vostro feedback è come il vostro credito. Ostile L'acquirente sarebbe solo un brutto presto lasciare commenti come inviare una e-mail.
It seems that eBay is no longer the online garage sale that had made it so popular. After all you wouldn’t have all these home business owners getting rich on eBay if it were a internet garage sale. The problem is, that was the attraction of it all. You easily post an item you no longer want and someone buys that item. It also used to be that everything was used on eBay not just one more e-commerce site. Now its the first stop for your new Nintendo Wii purchase. Why is this? Sure there’s deals to be found and used items that are inexpensive on eBay but lately a quick search of amazon will show you that the deal you thought was so great may not be a deal at all. So as a buyer you get ripped off and don’t get the service and support that comes from a reputable dealer. For instance if you buy your Nintendo Wii for $275 from BestBuy you at least have a multi million dollar corporation to go to when the Wii fails to work instead of Nintendoboy1984’s virtual shrug. It makes you wonder what people are thinking when they are making a purchase.
This brings us to Craigslist, a quick look at the Alexa rankings of Craigslist.org compared to eBay shows some strange activity over the last 5 years. Now I know that Alexa is constantly gamed and it not a accurate depiction of traffic but when you are dealing with such huge sites such as Craigslist and eBay the numbers get very hard to fudge. Basically it reads that Craigslist traffic is accelerating and eBay’s numbers are deflating. Why might this be? The easy answers are money and hassle.
I had the opportunity to sell on both eBay and Craigslist in the last week. The experience on Craigslist was one of quickly posting an item, someone nearby coming to get the item, and getting paid in cold hard cash without giving anyone one extra dime. The experience on eBay was post the item, wait several days, get asked a million questions as to where the item can be shipped to, can I end my auction early, and tons of details questions asked. The after purchase feeling was less bright also as you get to ship the item and then respond to impatient buyers wanting to know “where there item was” after one day. My feelings sunk yet again when I added up how much I actually made from all that trouble and how much Paypal and then eBay sucked out of the transaction.
At the end of the day I just cannot justify using a service such as eBay to post items unless I am actively running a business. This from former huge fan of eBay, it would be like me lamenting over a Apple product. The thing is if Apple products became a pain to deal with AND costly I would no longer be a fan of their product either. So eBay I bid Adieu to you, no more guilt of feedback and wasted money, Craigslist has won my heart with its simplicity and price (free). I have found that I can sell nearly anything worth selling on Craigslist and I can spend only a couple of minutes to do it. The best part is when I sell to someone buying off of Craigslist I am selling to a person looking to get a good deal and willing to take a chance but better yet I selling an item not a contract to devote my time.
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I think you nailed it, specifically shipping. Penso che tu inchiodato, in particolare le spese di spedizione. I love selling, I’ll even pay the fee but I HATE SHIPPING especially to other countries. Amo la vendita, I'll anche pagare la tassa, ma ho HATE SPEDIZIONE soprattutto verso gli altri paesi. I won’t even ship to Mexico or Canada anymore. Io non addirittura nave in Messico o in Canada più. Its too much trouble. Le sue troppe difficoltà.
So what about the Rise of Craigslist part? Così che cosa circa l'ascesa di Craigslist parte?
Did you read the end? Avete letto la fine?
I have sold 2 laptops and other computer parts on Craigslist with (like explained aboved) little effort, everything sold within 48 hours and I even got the price I asked for I never used Ebay to sell an item nor I have I bought anything from it, never like the bidding system. Ho venduto 2 portatili e di altre parti sulla con Craigslist (come spiegato aboved) piccolo sforzo, tutto venduto entro 48 ore, e ho avuto anche il prezzo che mi ha chiesto di non ho mai usato Ebay per vendere un prodotto né io ho comprato qualcosa da essa , E mai come il sistema di offerta.
Well, I am one of those businesses that used to sell on EBay. Bene, io sono uno di quelli utilizzati per le imprese che vendono su EBay. In fact my company started from selling a few items on EBayevery day. In realtà la mia azienda ha iniziato dalla vendita di alcuni elementi su EBayevery giorno. Like others, however, EBay holds little appeal nowadays albeit for different reasons. Come altri, tuttavia, EBay vale poco appello oggi anche se per motivi diversi. Our analysis finds that unless you are a manufacturer, or have some incredible clearance or discounted source, you simply cannot make a recurring profit on EBay nowadays. La nostra analisi rileva che se non sei un produttore, o hanno qualche incredibile di liquidazione o di sconti fonte, non si può semplicemente fare un profitto ricorrenti su EBay oggi. In many ways, tthe mixing of Business and Personal listings may spell the demise of both. In molti modi, tthe miscelazione di affari e personali elenchi possono determinare la scomparsa di entrambi.
The Death of EBay… La morte di EBay…
It used to be that you could post your item on eBay pay small fees and sell your item without barely a question. Esso deve essere utilizzato, che si potrebbe pubblicare il tuo articolo su eBay pagare tasse di piccole e vendere il tuo articolo senza appena una domanda. Today if you are a regular person selling on eBay you have to treat it like a business. Oggi, se sei un regolare vendita su eBay persona che hai di trattarlo come un business. Why?… Perché?…