Is it true that Ebay is anti e-products?

[walkingupwards]

I heard that Ebay generally does not like Software or e-book sellers and they often times kick these off the site.


How true is that statement?

[phaz0rz]

It has more to do with the selling tactics commonly used by those kind of sellers.

They can't be totally against it since I frequently see digital items promoted on the main eBay splash page.

[MM78]

Just to add to what phaz0rz said, if you get your "software" or "ebook" illegally or not from a reputable wholesaler then you really should not be selling on ebay. That being said, so called e-product sellers join this forum all the time crying about how they aren't allowed to sell their illegal products on ebay.

[dallis]

People do sell e-products on EB and other sites, but it gets the fish eye from them, and is a high risk activity, mostly because of scammy behavior by many of those sellers.

You don't see many people selling e-products who are around very long.

Of course, on AZ lots of people write e-books, and certain fiction product lines such as 'bodice-rippers' and niche specialty soft core porn can produce a fairly lucrative ROI if you build up a following. Those products are formula writing and are pretty easy to produce without a lot of brainpower and limited skills.

You have to write 2-3 short novels a month, and at $1-2 per sale if they bring in $100 dollars per month each book in a half year or so you have a reasonable repetitive income stream.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by dallis

People do sell e-products on EB and other sites, but it gets the fish eye from them, and is a high risk activity, mostly because of scammy behavior by many of those sellers.

You don't see many people selling e-products who are around very long.

Of course, on AZ lots of people write e-books, and certain fiction product lines such as 'bodice-rippers' and niche specialty soft core porn can produce a fairly lucrative ROI if you build up a following. Those products are formula writing and are pretty easy to produce without a lot of brainpower and limited skills.

You have to write 2-3 short novels a month, and at $1-2 per sale if they bring in $100 dollars per month each book in a half year or so you have a reasonable repetitive income stream.

I asked the question because I saw a seller getting banned the other day. He got all his listings removed and there's a red banner on his profile which reads "This seller is no longer registered with Ebay".

The account is 2 years old and has 5k+ in positive feedbacks. However, I noticed that in the last month the seller got 10+ negative fb. Maybe that was the reason behind it.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

“This seller is no longer registered with Ebay".

The account is 2 years old and has 5k+ in positive feedbacks. However, I noticed that in the last month the seller got 10+ negative fb.Maybe that was the reason behind it.

I guess those few negs might kill off an account.

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by GreenBean

I guess those few negs might kill off an account.

Well, that's only one aspect to it. Who knows how many cases were opened for not-working product keys...etc

As I said before, the guy had pretty much all listings veroed down. He was selling Microsoft Windows products. I looked up his Amazon account and he is still active there despite having 24% negative feedbacks for this month!!!

[123]

also many people were selling cheap $1-$3 ebooks purely to boost positive feedback for both buyer / seller - which became obvious to ebay

[rsot]

eBooks are not optimal for sales - MS keys and software game keys are horrible for buyers ripping sellers off and PP blocking

[dallis]

in the last month the seller got 10+ negative fb

Depends on how many positives he got in the same period, don't you think?

Probably has more to do with chargebacks.

[wiseman_ae]

is auction stealth contains information about selling ebook ar similar products such as software and scripts?

Thanks

[applebaum]

I heard that Ebay generally does not like Software or e-book sellers and they often times kick these off the site.

There is a policy on eBay US about selling digital content. If you look at an e-book posting you may see posted it in the sellers descriptions (sorry - not posting a live eBay link).

Not sure if it's the same in Germany but you may find it by searching through the site and looking at peoples postings.

[empirestate]

I get suspended everyday selling e-stuff, I don't mind though, I got stealth.
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