Hi I am looking to sell on here again and see how I go.  However I do think the whole area of retail is changing dramatically....First of all what people are buying has changed, most people I know are extremely sick of cheap **bleep**e from China, or if they are getting just general stuff that they dont want forever they are going to places like kmart etc for stuff that is so cheap it is scary..........throwaway stuff.   My friends and I go to the local markets on the weekend, which are everywhere and buy homemade and crafty UNIQUE stuff....and the reason I think this is hugely popular is pinterest........that is massive and with all the ideas on there, the amount of homemade markets that have popped up in my city alone is incredible..........and once again I use the word unique...

The other major change to retail is facebook.  I live in Townsville with a population of 200 000 and the amount of pages and groups here alone is huge.  There are buy sell swap mothers groups, selling vintage groups, upcycled furniture, freecycle pages, car sales pages, car parts pages and they are popular, free and no postage involved.

Ebay is now just one place to buy stuff, whereas prior it was one of a couple of big sites........and then you have alot of business and sellers now with their own pages as well, where you can buy direct, no middle man. 

I personally think Ebay is full of too much stuff from Asia.  And this really is a personal choice, but I dont like Buy it NOw... I used to come on here looking for unique collectables and retro and vintage stuff and loved the pursuit of a bargain by auction.

It really is a very different retail world out there now, mainly due to technology.  One thing, lucky Ebay own Paypal as that is going to get more and more popular due to all these other pages and sites now selling.