topic 20% off SELECTED retailers in Selling

20% off SELECTED retailers

perfume_merchant — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:03:46 GMT

Can someone eloborate on this promotion.

Is eBay taking a hit (due to re-imbursing retailers) in regards to any sales that fall under this promotion '20% off selected retailers'?

Or is this a paid marketing strategy implemented by big box retailers without eBay taking a financial hit by covering part of the sale?

It's hard enough to compete on a fair playing field as is, but if a 20% advantage is 'handed' to some of your competition that sells identical products, then there is something unjust going on.

I am frustrated that eBay isn't including every store in this promotion (atleast those that share the same catergories).

Thoughts?

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:51:54 GMT

It is a promotion whereby ebay pays 20% of the invoice total when a buyer shops with certain sellers.

There are various terms and conditions which you can see for yourself.

There have been a number of similar promotions....some are only applicable to cetain sellers/shops while others allow buyers to shop anywhere on ebay. For the most part the discounts are only applicable to the item prices and not the postage. Often there are terms including the spend amount.

All the promotions that I have taken part in are funded by ebay....the sellers loses nothing. When you go through checkout you put in the voucher code and the discount appears. When you pay with paypal the transaction shows as your chosen funding source + the voucher amount paid by ebay making up the total of the item being paid to the seller.

In the past there have been similar promotions where the buyer can shop anywhere on ebay or in one particular shop.....have you seen those? The last one was for Bing Lee and previously Dick Smith.

You seem to be just jumping on this promotion as excluding your category.

I am sure there will be a promotion soon where buyers can shop anywhere on ebay.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

perfume_merchant — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:17:44 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

I'm aware of this type of promotion in the past as I have been included in the general discoutns including all sellers.

If you click on the home page and navigate to: Promotion > Fragrances & Beauty > Fragrances and browse the fragrance listings, you will bnotice there are only 2 sellers included in this catergory.

That is why I thought maybe there was some negotiated marketing campaign derived from these 2 businesses. When other major big box retailers have their sales, I'm sure there is some negotions being played out between themselves & eBay.

From my perspective, It's a question of bad timing & ethics.

Did they not take into consideration the effects it will have on the majority of other sellers in the same catergory leading into Valentines Day.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:18:21 GMT

Maybe they have got some sort of agreement with the sellers included in this promotion.....they are unlikely to tell us anyway.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

chameleon54 — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:34:46 GMT

I doubt that any of us believe that any major retailer treats their suppliers fairly. Various government commissions have found both C0les and W00lw0rths guilty of placing undue and unfair pricing preasure on their suppliers to reduce cost prices to unsustainable levels ( think $1.00 a litre milk and vegitable / fruit supplies ) Small suppliers such as Australian conserve and sauce suppliers are squeezed at the expense of larger players with higher brand recognition. Suppliers pay for all shelf space and further kick-backs for high visibility, eye level shelves, inclusion in promotions and weekly specials arrangements.

The small supplier will never have the same negotiating ability to be included in special deals and promotions as larger suppliers. Wether we agree or not, the ebay parent company sees itself as an online retailer and the sellers as its suppliers. We can argue that " No Ebay is different " all we like, but one thing that is not different is that ebay is a global company adopting the same systems and practices as all other global brands. This includes alighning themselves with other major household names and brands and a sell cheap and maximise profit from suppliers policy. ( you and me )

Wether we like it or not you cant really blame them. Either we adapt as sellers, filling niche markets the major brands cant supply, or we find something else to do with our time........ Is it fair ?..... Probably not, but if we play with the big boys, we accept that they make thier own rules.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

*chrismac* — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:06:26 GMT

I wanted to know the same thing. There is a 20% off sale for selected retailers, of which I am not one. I am meant to be in my peak selling season and I cannot compete because my competition are able to offer 20% off.

How does one get invited to such a party? It is a serious question - does anyone know?

Here is the advertised sale:

http://pages2.ebay.com.au/Buyer_coupons/cheer20

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:24:05 GMT

The sellers are not offering 20% discount.....ebay is paying the discount amount. The sellers get the full amount of the sale price.

I doubt that anyone here can tell you how sellers get into the promotion. Only ebay could tell you and I doubt that they will do so.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 23:39:09 GMT

My guess is you need to be a multimillion dollar company and be able to pay ebay a lot of money to get special privileges. Way more than us small fry can afford in our lifetime.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

luvyourphone — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:50:02 GMT

Correction lyndal, the bulk of that 20% was paid for by the merchants.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 02:37:06 GMT

I have no doubt that any and all discounts are ultimately paid for by the sellers but for the purposes of the current promotions the buyer only knows that the discount amount is paid for by ebay, not the seller....the seller receives the full payment.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

luvyourphone — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:56:51 GMT

Incorrect, on the 20% we fund the bulk of that percentage ourselves.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 02:13:02 GMT

Read my previous post....for the purposes of the OP's question the discounts are paid for by ebay.....the seller still gets paid the full amount of the invoice.

In the end I have no doubt that the seller pays it from their fees but they do not just get 80% of the invoice total in the payment for the item.

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

luvyourphone — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:08:00 GMT

We don't ? News to me

Re: 20% off SELECTED retailers

lyndal1838 — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:31:39 GMT

Are you saying that the stores that are in the 20% discount promotion advertised by ebay are NOT being paid the full invoice amount but are instead only getting 80% of the amount?

That is news to me and I am sure to many others. I have used the discount code for several items that I have picked up in the store and my invoice shows that the seller has received the full amount, not the discounted amount that I have paid.