Re: Life after Ebay.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:03 pm
The current system permits a seller to relist an unsold item, and if the item is sold the second time around they wave the listing fee for the first time the item was listed and not sold. If it goes unsold again then you have to pay the listing fee for both times listing.
Also, Half.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebay. Ebay has already announced that they will be doing away with Half.com later this year and merging many of its listing features into Ebay.com.
I don't like buying off of Half.com for the same reasoning DC_Tman stated, I've been scammed there before. Fine for buying books, but I wouldn't dare to buy another game or video from there again. In that regard I think its a smart move for Ebay to do away with the site.
In a very bold move, Ebay has announced that they will be revising the "Accepted Payment Policy" again next year to remove the allowance of anyone using any payment methods other than Pay Pal. They already revised and implemented changes in March making it against Ebay rules for sellers to accept any form of non-electronic payments, and drastically restricting the approved electronic payment services that are allowed.
This will most noticeably effect international sellers who were offering merchandise to ship to other nations, such as game exporters. A combination of Ebay's normal fee's, coupled with mandatory Pay Pal fee's, Pay Pal international currency conversion fee's, and the new requirement to use tracking numbers for all items shipped will pretty much ruin the Ebay importing scene as we know it.
And as I've already pointed out, Ebay listing & final value fee's coupled with Pay Pal transaction fee's allows Ebay to take a staggering minimum 20% cut of the price that you sell an item for if the item ends at under $10, minimum 10% cut if the item sells for under $100. It's roughly the same sale fee's you'd be paying as a comission on if you were to drop off items to be sold at a consignment store, except your doing all of the work!
And, if you factor in the new Ebay/Pay Pal crossover policy, Ebay collects even more than you think because they reserve the right to withhold your received payments from you for up to 180 days, dependant on interaction from the buyer! And don't think they won't be collecting interest on your money during that hold period, Pay Pal is a bank afterall.
Also, Half.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebay. Ebay has already announced that they will be doing away with Half.com later this year and merging many of its listing features into Ebay.com.
I don't like buying off of Half.com for the same reasoning DC_Tman stated, I've been scammed there before. Fine for buying books, but I wouldn't dare to buy another game or video from there again. In that regard I think its a smart move for Ebay to do away with the site.
In a very bold move, Ebay has announced that they will be revising the "Accepted Payment Policy" again next year to remove the allowance of anyone using any payment methods other than Pay Pal. They already revised and implemented changes in March making it against Ebay rules for sellers to accept any form of non-electronic payments, and drastically restricting the approved electronic payment services that are allowed.
This will most noticeably effect international sellers who were offering merchandise to ship to other nations, such as game exporters. A combination of Ebay's normal fee's, coupled with mandatory Pay Pal fee's, Pay Pal international currency conversion fee's, and the new requirement to use tracking numbers for all items shipped will pretty much ruin the Ebay importing scene as we know it.
And as I've already pointed out, Ebay listing & final value fee's coupled with Pay Pal transaction fee's allows Ebay to take a staggering minimum 20% cut of the price that you sell an item for if the item ends at under $10, minimum 10% cut if the item sells for under $100. It's roughly the same sale fee's you'd be paying as a comission on if you were to drop off items to be sold at a consignment store, except your doing all of the work!
And, if you factor in the new Ebay/Pay Pal crossover policy, Ebay collects even more than you think because they reserve the right to withhold your received payments from you for up to 180 days, dependant on interaction from the buyer! And don't think they won't be collecting interest on your money during that hold period, Pay Pal is a bank afterall.
