Power Seller - only for ebay's benefit!

[mowermum]

I haven't even used up my 30 free listings for the month and ebay have decided to give me Power Seller status.  The benefit to me:  none.  The benefit to ebay:  I pay additional fees.

One more month of free listings and I would have completed my garage sale.  For those of you who want to criticise me for whingeing about losing free listings just think first about the extra business you probably gain from us garage sale people making ebay a more interesting place for buyers. 

To ebay, your fees are high enough and I think you can afford to continue giving casual sellers, like myself, the free listings because there are benefits to keeping us around. You did double your profits in the second quarter this year, it's not like you need the extra cash.

I'm not going to start a new ID just to sell a few more items, and I'm not going to sell any more because it just feels like another kick in the teeth from ebay where its all for the benefit of the buyer.

[davewil1964]

Powerseller is 100 sales AND $3,000 per annum.

So it's not just a matter of selling a few high priced items, it's selling 100 items plus, worth at least 3 grand.

If you don't want eBay to charge you listing fees maybe try your local newspaper. Oh, sorry, they charge you to list as well.

I sell well over 100 items pa, will be unlikely to tip over the $$ threshold to achieve PS/TRS, so forgive me for not crying over your situation.

You could always do what I and many others do - open another ID to take advantage of the 30 free listings a month. Especially if your garage is almost empty.

[mowermum]

putney32 - your comment - now eBay are asking you to join the ranks of their regular sellers, of which we are millions, - divide that by at least two because it sounds like the majority of you have multiple ID's. 

I don't want to start another ID.  Under my current one I have brought quantity, quality, and provided good service and have made a few purchases.  Isn't that what ebay want and encourage.  I am NOT trying to build up a business.  When I saw that I had become a Power Seller I thought that I was going to get rewarded with a few extra free listings, ha ha. 

I admit that when I first started selling my stuff on ebay I did so because I was lazy and did not shop around to see what other options there were.  I now see that there are some great Aussie sites available to sell on that are cheaper, the profits stay in the country and I bet they're a lot more user friendly. 

Unless I want to sell internationally I don't see any benefits to selling on ebay, so if I am to start up another ID I may as well support an Australian company.

It was nice knowing you ebay.

[marian_100]

mowermum .. if you intend selling on ebay regularly then you will be a powerseller whether you like it or not. It sounds to me as if you sell with pride. Well continue to do so and realise that the benefits of powerseller and trusted seller lay in enhanced exposure both in search rankings and in buyer confidence. Keep up the good work and absorb the listing fees into your pricing structure as any retailer would do.

[global_philately]

I've reached the giddy heights of PS.

I sell stamps, which are easily transportable. So, as I lost my 30 free listings per month, and the first pic costs in Australia are so high, I now list on the UK site.

I list all of my items at 99p and watch them fly, and I pay 9p (14c Australian). The same listing in Australia would cost me 50c.

That's been my only issue. I think. So far!

[lyndal1838]

Mowermum, you are right....there are a number of Aussie auction sites where you can list for free or at a lower cost than ebay.

But do you want to list or do you want to SELL your items.

There are plenty of sellers on those sites, but very few buyers...just ask the sellers who list on multiple sites where they sell the most items. I can guarantee you will find it is on ebay.

As a buyer I can tell you that I spend a hundred times more on ebay than I do on all other sites combined.

[phorum_junkie*]

Pommydave you do realise that while you may be saving a bit in listing fees you are paying 10% in FVFs using the UK site!

[leader-of-the-band]

It was nice knowing you ebay. 

wow . . . . . I looked at your feedback as a way of seeing what you have sold and some of the prices you have achieved.  You have done quite well, and presumably for very little in listing fees.

You state "The virtual tour under Sell told me that ebay would be a good place to sell my unwanted items" AND IT HAS BEEN.

Now that eBay have asked you to pay a little for listing you spit the dummy!  Not only that, when others advise you to open another ID to continue to take advantage of free listings you huff and puff 'I don't want to start another ID'. 

Treat your feedback as a badge of honour, do not be prepared to walk away from it all because you are now being asked to contribute to the vehicle that has provided you with success.

I will be surprised if you do actually walk away for good.  I reckon we will see you take a holiday from selling until your next TRS/PS review that will see you drop under the levels required to maintain that status and you will then sell again, if only because you are so proud of your feedback status and you are good at selling.  I, for one, will be putting you on my saved seller list to see if you follow through with not selling any more.

[leader-of-the-band]

and another thing, if you do not like eBay anymore why don't you cancel all bids on your currently listed items and then end the listings.

1 bid of $50 for an old key . . . . I think you will let that one run its course.

[foxette-in-sox]

and another thing, if you do not like eBay anymore why don't you cancel all bids on your currently listed items and then end the listings.

1 bid of $50 for an old key . . . . I think you will let that one run its course.

(coffee splatter on screen)

[leader-of-the-band]

sorry foxy 😄

I didn't mean for it to have that effect.