Usually Yahoo has a FLD in response to an ebay FLD but this appears to be on their own. The Yahoo Auctions STR or sell thru rate must have fallen to a very embarassingly low figure. I know that only about 5% of what I list there is ever sold.
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For Yahoo Auction items to show up in Froggle searches they must have a BIN price.
posted on May 17, 2003 12:26:21 PM new
My item was $8 and I charged him $5 for Air Mail. I mailed the item the next day and 4 days later the money order showed up. He posted feedback after a week so he must have received the item.
It only cost a nickel to list it on Yahoo after wasting 30 cents on ebay.
posted on June 3, 2003 06:56:38 AM new
Does Yahoo have auctions? I thought they stopped the auction site?
I know they are charging for the store; what's your experience with the auction site?
So far looks like Ebay rules.
posted on June 3, 2003 09:40:40 AM new
Yep. Yahoo Japan still has 3 million listings and ebay pulled the plug on their ebay - Japan auctions because they could not compete.
If an item on Yahoo Auction has a Buy It Now Price it will appear on Froogle searches.
The Yahoo Stores are $50 per month.
Not much buying action in the Yahoo - USA Auctions though.
posted on June 3, 2003 01:27:17 PM new
You guys seems to know a lot of what's going on.
What's the (future) status of Ebay & half.com. I'm with Half.com and sell prim. books, but there have been virtually no sales this year except textbooks and technical books.
I just sold a used modem through half.
Now, with Yahoo USA, what's the latest with them?
It seems that everybody wants to charge for setting up a store. I'm a little guy, I don't have inventory, I just sell used stuff like a yard sale. Is there anywhere left for us little guys?
posted on June 5, 2003 01:22:22 PM new
If your item is in demand it may sell on yahoo. If your items are low demand a site like bidville would be ideal, but the sell through rate on bidville and many 3rd tier sites is around 0.4% - 0.7%. eBay is still the best option.
Now on to yahoo's FLD. I was surprised to find several buys during the FLD. Usually the majority is junk, but this time I bought some nice items.
posted on June 5, 2003 01:34:46 PM new
I sold about 20 items out of 350 and slowly but surely they are paying for their buys. There must be a few diehards that either hate ebay or never learned any auction setup other than Yahoo's. Humans are creatures of habit.
