Salgal48
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posted on March 2, 2004 02:54:14 AM new
To get the lay of the land, let's look at some statistics. Here are the
most
visited sites in December 2003 according to marketshare:
Site
Marketshare
eBay
26.2%
Amazon.com
4.2%
Yahoo! Shopping
1.8%
Walmart.com
1.8%
BestBuy.com
1.6%
eBay Motors
1.4%
Target
1.2%
Dell Computer
1.2%
Lower My Bills
1.1%
Half.com
0.9%
CircuitCity.com
0.9%
Sears.com
0.8%
eBay Stores
0.8%
BizRate.com
0.8%
Sprint PCS
0.7%
JC Penney
0.6%
Ebates
0.6%
Barnes&Noble.com
0.6%
Hallmark.com
0.6%
QVC.com
0.6%
Source: Hitwise
http://lwright.biz/index.html
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Reamond
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posted on March 2, 2004 06:45:20 AM new
Does it register as a "visit" every time a seller "visits" eBay ?
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replaymedia
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posted on March 2, 2004 07:08:14 AM new
I'm doubtful about these stats. Add up the numbers, and they account for 48.4% marketshare.
Certainly most of those sites are large, but 21 sites making up HALF the internet sales? I find that hard to believe when there are so many small websites making sales every day.
Certainly these sites sell more stuff than my own website does. But there are millions of sites like mine, each selling something. That has to count up.
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Reamond
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posted on March 2, 2004 08:31:00 AM new
I'll bet that everytime a seller lists an auction it is considered a "visit".
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Libra63
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posted on March 2, 2004 08:36:29 AM new
If that's the case then wal-mart would be high on the list. As there are many people that go there and don't purchase. Have you seen a wal-mar parking lot on Saturday and Sunday. I think our whole city shops there.
You know I would almost believe that statistic, remember eBay motors is probably in there also. If it was visits I'm sure it would be higher.
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stopwhining
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posted on March 2, 2004 08:54:07 AM new
what about ebay sellers checking up on her auctions??
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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classicrock000
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posted on March 2, 2004 06:43:13 PM new
ever notice the cliente in Walmarts?-I went in there once and had to leave in a hurry-felt like a needed a shower.
[ edited by classicrock000 on Mar 2, 2004 06:43 PM ]
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replaymedia
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posted on March 2, 2004 07:10:26 PM new
No, I refuse to shop at the "Evil Empire."
I used to like the yellow smiley face until he was corrupted by the Dark Side.
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msCuFF2u
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posted on March 3, 2004 05:54:30 AM new
This might be part of the reason...
http://auctionguild.com/generic85.html
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Reamond
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posted on March 3, 2004 07:56:51 AM new
Nice info link msCuFF2u. Thanx.
Could it be that eBay is growing fearful of the sell-through information that is now easily available and is seeking ways to make it look better?
eBay has had this information for years, including stat info on when the best end time is for certain items etc., but eBay would never release this info.
Is the sell through rate of 40% minus NPBs good ? How would it compare to other venues such as a flea market ? Is selling a third of your B & M inventory over the course of a year great, good, poor ? I know for WalMart and other chains this sell through would be horrible and adjustments would be made.
What are some things that might be distorting the sell-through rate besides NPBs ?
Also I believe 2005 is the year Meg promised either $3 or $5 billion in revenue. The clock is ticking and since Enron all the regulators are looking for "unique" accounting practices.
[ edited by Reamond on Mar 3, 2004 08:07 AM ]
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Reamond
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posted on March 3, 2004 08:57:40 AM new
Someone pointed out the atricle about bonus points is old and that the links are dead. Well the links aren't all dead, in fact one states that eBay is back awarding points through the site if users register and use BIN.
I haven't checked all the links. But there are probably new sites after two years also offering points that are not listed in the article.
[ edited by Reamond on Mar 3, 2004 09:00 AM ]
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msCuFF2u
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posted on March 3, 2004 09:18:13 AM new
Hi Reamond,
I was wondering if the information was up to date, and whether or not ebay is still participating, but like you I have not followed all of the links and looked further yet. I find it very disturbing that ebay would inflate their numbers at the expense and trouble of their Sellers.
CuFF 
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Reamond
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posted on March 3, 2004 09:29:57 AM new
This link isn't dead:
http://www.clicktothemagic.com
Ebay is back at ClicktotheMagic! Earn 400 Magic Points when you register and complete your first successful bid! Earn 10 Magic Points when you complete a Buy It Now auction.
[ edited by Reamond on Mar 3, 2004 09:30 AM ]
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kiara
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posted on March 3, 2004 09:39:59 AM new
I checked a few of the links and found them dead and some didn't mention the ebay points but other links do, I didn't check them all. There may be even a bigger spawn of them now.
The eBay Anything points that was started by ebay last year seems to be a bit different.
http://anythingpoints.ebay.com/faq/index.html
The older article was mentioned a couple of years ago because sellers thought the points programs was the reason for the sudden increase in deadbeat bidders.
I think it said something about bored housewives with lots of time on their hands just bidding all day on new jewelry auctions so they could get points and they gave a link to the chat board where they were telling others how to do it. Most of them were the "coupon" crowd and they were talking about not paying for the auctions, just bidding for points.
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Reamond
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posted on March 3, 2004 09:55:27 AM new
There is a whole mob of people out there that live off these types of offers. The internet spreads the info fast- not just how to participate, but how to scam the system.
I was surprised at the volume of coupons being sold on eBay.
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msCuFF2u
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posted on March 3, 2004 12:41:48 PM new
So, the question is... Does eBay win, or does eBay cheat to win? From where I'm sitting paying people points to place bids on things they don't intend to pay for is unethical in more ways than one.
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