posted on December 30, 2000 02:29:18 AM new
Isn't the powersellers group large enough and doesn't it have the financial clout to make eBay sit up and take notice?
They account for a very large portion of eBay's sales and revenues and yet are a concentrated small percentage of eBay's overall membership.
As long as eBay's policies go unchallenged in an organized way, they'll continue making more and more draconian and unilateral rules and decisions.
Seems like an organized powersellers group could balance that and benefit the rest of the membership.
posted on December 30, 2000 10:32:18 AM new
The Online Auction Users Association was formed a year and a half ago, in part to give collective voice to auction users. We've currently got about 2,500 members- mostly sellers, lots of powersellers. Many buyers as well.
That said- eBay management is always willing to listen, but they do what they believe is best for eBay's bottom line. That seems shortsighted, sometimes, because you'd think that what's good for powersellers would be good for eBay, as well. But their business model seems to have changed in the past 18 months or so, and revenue streams other than listing and FVF fees have become increasingly important as eBay diversifies. So getting eBay to change direction is no easy task.
posted on December 30, 2000 01:58:33 PM new
ecom: I think your suggestion is a very important one.
I'm a power seller on eBay... but I'm just a bronze level -which is fairly easly to maintain if you time your sales just right.... (maintain average of 2K in sales for two out of three months in a quarter - minimum of every other quarter).
I believe that the power sellers that might have some "clout" based on the revenue they generate for eBay would have to be Power Sellers in the Silver and GOLD levels.
Look to mostly the Big Businesses that eBay is currently "listening to" and you'll likely find that Silver and Gold Power Sellers are among them... they are ALREADY being considered, when it suits eBay.
Mom & Pops may be the majority of sellers on eBay for now... but the MONEY is rolling in from the BIG BOYS.... the same minority that qualifies as Silver and GOLD level POWER SELLERS.
posted on December 30, 2000 02:39:28 PM new
The only way a "union" would do any good is if the sellers were actually willing to go "on strike" and quit or suspend selling on Ebay.
At this point, I can't afford to do that. Ebay is far too lucrative for me. And, of course, Ebay knows this.
