Is Ebay dying???

[retrohondaracing]

5 years ago I would list 30 things in a week and if only 25 sold I would be surprised / disappointed!

Now I list 30 items and only 1 or 2 sell per week???

Speaking to all my friends that Ebay they are having the same issue

I always research and make sure my prices are the lowest or equal lowest listed, what the hell is going on???

Is it due to Facebay / Gumtree or is that people just aren't spending money???

[ozstockman]

Chinese have nothing to do with eBay dying. They have always been on ebay. IMHO, ebay is trying to get rid of all small sellers with good prices so KMart, BigW and other big chain stores feel good here without any competition. It will kill ebay eventually because this platform is built on small businesses. It seems to be a very stupid idea they just do not know it yet. As a seller I would not worry, ebay is almost dead to my business but I will stay here until all expenses ruining a shop here are still covered by total of sold items. Used to be a great place for me to sell my products for a long time now it is just a tiny sale channel.

[*tippy*toes*]

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@transport-posters wrote:

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[zsustar2011]

it's nothing about the price, it's about the sh*t ebay platform. ugly, not user-friendly.

i would choose Taobao or Amazon, even Gumtree. Ebay is my last option.

[mediacenterguru]

yes ebay is dying, i have noticed it too. they have tried to push (and succeeded) all second hand gear to Gumtree. i used to buy and sell everything on ebay, now I only buy occasionally. I now sell everything on Gumtree and local Facebook groups. its free, damned quick generally and pretty easy. 

Interestingly they have just tried a new campaign to get people back.. i think the damage is done, i wont be back and cant be bothered wih the fees,restrictions,amount of time it takes.. ebay admin if you are reading this you destroyed your own market place and alienated the very customers that made it great and supported you ... completely insane!!

[mediacenterguru]

oh and one last thing that **bleep** me off, calculating paypal and seller fees on postage.... this really did it for me, it was the last straw. the thing is if they can easily remove the calculation from the postage. just a greedy money grab

[0400olrac75]

Having the same issue things that I start off for $1 that should be worth at least $50 are only getting 1 bud . 

[davewil1964]

You should have learnt over the SIX years since this thread was relevant. eBay was progressing to BIN even then; it is more slanted that way now.

Start your auctions if you don't know what something is worth at the minimum you want.

Simple. And not needing to resurrect dead threads to work out.

[kh-stanley1]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.