Hate to break it to you but Google is NOT gonna start a marketplace anytime soon Quote:
Originally Posted by ebaykilla no need for a new one unless it's owned by google. | What makes you think google wants too make an ecommerce site - I dont doubt that they could but think about the type of money they would be loosing on ad words - eBay alone is lining thier pockets every month with millions in ad words not to mention the countless other e-commerce sites that use it - google is a search engine that sells ads - you gotta remeber that if they wanted to make their own auction site they would have done it already - thats why they made google base - to do what they already do best product search and then they sell ads thier as well - Google is smart!
Even with ebay's high fees they are VERY CHEAP compaired to what google charges for ad words trafic - my auction on ebay might get 50-100 hits on ebay and I only pay them a final value if the item sells - maby the list fee is $1.50 and final value is $3.50 - So i spent $5 and I got bids and sold my item for $10 more than the asking price anyway so the $5 fee is well spent but with google ad words - 100 clicks is gonna cost you an arm and a leg whether the customer buys it or not!
Google couldn't charge you $100 dollars to sell a $25 T-shirt that just wouldn't be fair but they can charge you $100 for 100 clicks (Sometimes more) too your website that sells T-shirts for $25 (And trust me I know I have been using ad sense since it first started google canpains can get pretty expensive nowadays)
Your paying for the marketing of your site not the sale of your item - so you see Google is not going to start an e-commerce site anytime soon - They are doing just fine selling ad words and processing ebay exile's payments with Google Checout eBanza.com
Last edited by eseller; 04-05-2009 at 03:05 PM.
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