eBay going down!!!!

jcdcubs

eBay view charts
listings 14,394,975 status -44917 loss -0.31% June 28, 2008

ioffer view chart
listings 4,729,984 status +77924 gain +1.65% June 28, 2008

powersellersunite.com

When and how did that happen? I guess a lot of disgruntled Ebay sellers moved over there...

elsnorto

I believe historically, eBay's listing typically wane a bit during the summer months with people spending more time away from the computer.

With regards to iOffer's spike, I would imagine at least some of that is attributed to disgruntled eBay sellers looking for another option after the latest round of changes... but if the buyers don't follow, most of these sellers will be back in the eBay fold soon enough.

I truly wish their were a viable alternative to eBay, but I don't see one in the near future at least.

Snorto~

sonoranmonsoon

Expect fewer listings this week. Next week is a 3 day holiday weekend. Many sellers will be gone, and many that are here will keep things light for fear of a low buyer turnout. You can not just look at raw numbers and draw simple conclusions. A little fundimental analysis is always helpful.
Ioffer numbers are somewhat meaningless. It is an upstart and will see some growth before it dies. Just like all the rest. I have been playing with coinwants.com lately. Same high growth numbers this week with listings, but no buyers. No buyers=end of story.

fkw

Gas prices eat up extra $$........ many arent buying their fun stuff on ebay now as often as they used to.

Trickle down affect.

No biggy, you can look at thousands different things and see a slow down.

Im in Hawaii, and almost everything associated with tourists is down in last 6 months. Not many vacations now that the tix are higher because of the gas.....

storm888

"...I truly wish their were a viable alternative to eBay, but I don't see one in the near future at least.."

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Not going to happen........EVER.

The reason: It is not profitable to run an online mall, if the only focus
is providing a sales venue.

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The interesting/telling thing about EBAY's current listing-count is that
it includes approx 2M new listings from the mega-sellers. Absent that
pad, the numbers would be near historic lows.

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iOffer is the wild-west. Porn, drugs, and every known scam are all there.
Many sellers who cannot live with the EBAY rules like iOffer.

eCrater is a little cleaner than IO, but it has even less traffic.

Some sellers who promote their IO/EC listings do fairly well. But, not as well as
they can do for the same effort at EBAY.

Free and cheap sites cannot deliver the eyeballs sellers need. Such
sites steal the time it takes to list.

EBAY is a mess, but it is still the only viable place for folks who want to
make alot of money.

sonoranmonsoon

I know we sellers are very fustrated about Ebays new policies. I certainly understand that, and do not want to rehash that topic for the hundredth time on this forum; However, if you think about it, their plan makes sense. They must go after the buyers first to attract sellers. This is where all the other online sites fail. They start up, cater to the seller with lower fees. A bunch of sellers show up, hardly any buyers appear. The few buyers that do show up are ussually other sellers. Sales are poor, sellers leave, site collapses. Same story repeats itself time and time again.

As much as we hate to admit it, the buyers pay the bills. Yes, Sellers write the checks to ebay, but they are only passing on proceeds that the buyer paid. The buyers put up the origional money. The real money ebay makes is on the final added fee safter the sale, not the listing fees. A good analagy is sales tax. The retailers acually writes the sales tax check to the government, but we all know it is the consumer that foots the bill.

How can any of us compare listing growth of an upstart wanna-be to ebay on any given week? The only true comparison sellers are interested in, is the growth rate in closed sales over time.

MooseDog

My sports related sales always slow down during the summer until after Labor Day.

Leiascards

Ebay listing historically drop during the summer. In about September they will start to increase as a few things happen people start listing items for Christmas and sellers who left for "greener" shores have learned that Ebay is the only game in town start coming back and they almost always do eventually.

As long as my 85% sell through rate stays the same I am sticking to Ebay.

tennesseebanker

If E-bay goes down, What does her sister do ?

lawnmowerman

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Do you happen to have ebay's number?

tennesseebanker

it's on the bathroom wall at Psa.

lawnmowerman

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No, that's Joe's number in the guy's restroom.