dbest
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:05:08 PM new
Listings are the lowest it has been since the middle of January when they were just coming off of a free listing day. NOW THEY ARE RETREATING. People have become smarter and that is bad for ebay. Sell thru rates are getting low, people quit listing and will come back in November. Profits on ebay at an all time low. Ebay needs new sellers to juice up their listings and revenue.
If their revenues are down the stock could take a dive also which could be disastrous. What could they do? They have tried a FLD on $10 or lower but that was just half price. Now what?
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CBlev65252
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:08:17 PM new
Aren't you the gloomy Gus. It's s-u-m-m-e-r. People are on vacation. People are taking a break. People are enjoying being outside after a long hard winter.
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
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NativeAmerican
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:12:07 PM new
eBay needs to attract more buyers. They need to spend some of the money they make form us sellers to bring in more buyers forget bringing in sellers for now.. If sales go up the sellers will follow lke ants to honey.
[ edited by NativeAmerican on Jun 30, 2003 06:13 PM ]
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kiara
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:13:43 PM new
Is this dbest you can come up with today?
If you are viewing the charts just click to other years and check the data.
Guess what? It's summer and the listings may take another dive later this week and then they will start to climb again in August.
You heard it here first, folks. 
[ edited by kiara on Jun 30, 2003 06:14 PM ]
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sapington
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:16:22 PM new
All those stupid seller that you are talking about just figure out yesterday they they were loosing money?
[ edited by sapington on Jun 30, 2003 06:16 PM ]
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NativeAmerican
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:16:42 PM new
I have seen this happen time after time in my 30 some years of selling to the public get buyers coming and pretty soon you are overrun by sellers all cutting prices trying to make a sale.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 07:25:34 PM new
The prices realized and the number of bids received on auctions is dropping. I think ebay knows it better than anyone else and part of the push toward fixed price auctions is because of those statistics.
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BIGPEEPA
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:06:11 PM new
Ebay calls themselves an auction. I have never heard of an REAL AUCTION that stops the sale when there is still bidding going on. Ebay should not end an auction on the second its secluded to end when there is still last minute or second bidding. They should only stop the auction when there has been no bids for say 5 minutes at the end. The way ebay does it now is fine for the snipers but the everyday non computer savy bidders are giving up bidding because they never win. I have had a few buyers tell me this. I wonder how many buyers don't say anything and quit bidding. I am betting a whole lot.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:13:28 PM new
I said the same thing in the snipping thread. New bidders do not know how to snipe and give up as they lose out at the last second far too many times. The upshot is that when they see an auction that has a BIN or Fixed Price they jump at the chance.
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kiara
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:20:17 PM new
New bidders do not know how to snipe and give up as they lose out at the last second far too many times.
It happens when we are all new. Then we wise up fast and learn the game. Either they learn to proxy bid or they learn to snipe.
How do you know they give up? Most everyone I talk to figured it out for themselves. With millions of items on ebay and many going without bids there are plenty of auctions for even an ebay dummy to win.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:53:28 PM new
Are you gonna take that BIGPEEPA? 
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jake
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posted on July 1, 2003 09:27:36 AM new
Now is the time to list if you want to sell your stuff. My sales are better than they have been in months. Why wait for fall when there will be millions more items listed?
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tomwiii
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posted on July 1, 2003 10:00:55 AM new
JAKE is...
RIGHT!!
I can't believe how my sales have sky-rocketed over the past 3 weeks!!
FINALLY (after 18mos) I'm back in the 90% (or better) STR!!
THREE TRICKS TO feeBAY SUCKESS:
2) Get Help HERE from yer friends!! (THANKS)
2) Sell GOOD STUFF that ain't retail, but is SIGNED or HIGHLY SOUGHT!!
3) GET RID OF BIN!!
"Happy Days Are Here Again!"
(Whoops! Me liberal is showing)
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
[ edited by tomwiii on Jul 1, 2003 10:01 AM ]
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clivebarkerfan
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posted on July 1, 2003 10:14:23 AM new
eBay is advertising on tv up here is Chicago, so I'm guessing they realize they need to do something. However, I learned early on that summers do dip a bit. But ir really depends on what you are selling. Snowsuits and sno skis obviously do't sell that well midsummer.
Can I ask dbest, I've noticed your posts are usually of the ebay bashing type. Do you really sell there, and if you do, if it sucks so bad, why do it?
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 1, 2003 10:28:29 AM new
There are tons of ebay TV commercials in the SF Bay Area. I thought they were national ads. The ads are stupid though. I don't know how they can throw that unattractive fat lady aloft so easily while singing the ebay dork musical jingle? :P
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clivebarkerfan
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posted on July 1, 2003 11:57:05 AM new
I was actually impressed that they chose the woman they did. Honestly, very few people have supermodel good looks. Plus (God, don't strike me down for saying this since I know it's going to sound bad) wouldn't she represent the stereotypical American/eBay user?
that dorky jingle is a very infectious reworking of My Way. It got stuck in my head when I came into my computer room to work on my listings.
[ edited by clivebarkerfan on Jul 1, 2003 11:58 AM ]
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neonmania
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posted on July 1, 2003 12:05:12 PM new
Clive - if dbest is honest - no he does not sell here. He stated awhile ago that he only lists on free listing day.
Mario Andretti - “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
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REAMOND
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posted on July 1, 2003 12:54:28 PM new
The summer lull is certainly part of the reason for reduced listing, but I find it naive not to consider falling prices andlow sell through rates as part of the reason for falling listings.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 1, 2003 01:10:19 PM new
We're definitely lookin' at another reduced listing promotion cooming soon. I think all that of the sellers that think things will get better on ebay are missing the boat. Now is the time to sell as things may get much worse instead of better. Unless you like to gamble.
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REAMOND
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posted on July 1, 2003 02:57:58 PM new
I visit the f*ckedcompany pretty regular and today some sobbering economic snippets are posted there.
There are two prestigious law firms that folded - Arter & Hadden and , Altheimer & Gray- I mean totally went belly up and fired everyone.
To top this news off, Waste Mnagement laid off 800.
I think our economic "slump" is far worse than many think.
Free or reduced listing fees are worthless if there are no buyers.
http://fuckedcompany.com/
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