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Ebay is becoming deader and deader, when very little buyers leave you seller feedback then that means the place has become a ghosttown.

I have started selling on Ebid ( ebid.net ), in the UK final value fee is 2%, my products show up in Google and i'm starting to see an average of one sale every 2-3 days.

I sell books magazines computer games. Give Ebid a try as its fun to use and less seller competition. Their Ebay Ninja lister is much easier to use since they done an upgrade

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Less feedback left on AMZ. Like 3% do.

Ebay mobile app just shows percent positive on initial interface. Have to dig deeper to see actual number of feedback. Wonder if that was intentional...

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I can't remember the last time I've paid attention to an amazon sellers feedback tho. So, yeah. Ebay seller feedback is glaring and in your face for anyone to see. Big difference.

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I'm happy to have contributed. :en:

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Yer product reviews are the feedback :FF:

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If they want 4% you raise prices 5% no choice, have to keep floating.

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Product reviews, that are shared by EVERY SELLER of that item? Yeah, no, not feedback. It's literally something no one seller has any control over. They have seller feedback for that. So are you saying the seller feedback, aren't the feedback?

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If you can't afford 4%, find a new product.

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I can't afford 4% or find a new product. What should I do?

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lol

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Rope n Chair.:laugh::pound:

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People who can't on 4% yet they are on a website that's for "stealth accounts" you know?

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Being below standard carries more penalties than just extra 4% fees, you lose placing in the search for your listing on best match, they sometimes also kick in the 21 day hold on PayPal as well.

You need to keep communicating with the customer, deal with any cases opened by them in the resolution center before they can escalate it. Hate to say it but giving refunds saves the account. Also the thread starter did not mention his feedback rate which I would think is poor also.

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if he cant afford the extra 4%,then he should quit Ebay and sell on another venue or find something else to do with his time.
why carp here ,blame yourself for being a lousy seller,

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probably find a real job :heh:

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selling on Ebay is a real job,I dont understand why people think it is not.
You hear people making 1-3k a month before tax,do you think it is not a real job spending your time finding goods to sell,taking pictures,listing them ,packing and shipping and leaving feedback and keeping records?
Packages do not just fly out of the window,you have to bring it to the post office or schedule a pickup.
If a seller is making $3k a month net of all expenses before tax,he is doing well,not too many sellers make that much,some dont even know how much they make or lose?
Oh,dont forget overtime and weekend,no one is going to compensate you for that,and dont expect dinner allowance if you work late

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Psssshhhh.. I've never been able to. Why do you think I started selling online?

Guess I'm screwed. :shocked:

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4% doesnt go into effect until after 3mo period is up.

What ya'll conversating about.

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No... only if they buy from you. It's YOUR feedback then. Cmon!

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3 month period?

It's already in affect for some people. Has been for quite a while...

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I'm in the same boat as you....

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It's not a real job tho. Not really. I mean sure, once you get closer to $3000 a month net, and above, ok. At $2000 or less, you're at or below the poverty line. Is it real work? Sure. Is it a job? not really. If he's making $3000 net, then that seller probably isn't the person I'm talking about, eh?


If 4% makes or breaks you, while making $3000 a month, you're gross sales must be huge. a profit margin that can't take -+4%, isn't a real job. It's a waste of your time. Calculate the hours worked, and see how much you're actually making per hour.

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This thread is spinning out of control!!

Selling on eBay is not a "Job"- it is an entrepreneurial venture- Usually at first managed by 1 individual and gradually as one becomes acquainted with the art of online sales, they may have to hire out and expand...
I left my "job" working for the State, a 9-5, to pursue eBay full time- and I have grown substantially...

Next: I hope people understand that +=4% Is huge, in any industry when it comes to sales---And I hope people understand that this applies to only one of my stores :doh: - so of course leverage is key....

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4% is huge if yer profit margins is low.

Ya ever considered going negative in small niches just to starve out competition long enough so they couldn't be in business anymore? :pop2:

I've knocked a couple competitors out of the loop!

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lol -+4% isn't huge if you're selling on ebay. I'm sorry. Just no. Competition on here can wake up one morning and just lower their prices 10% cause they feel like it. Then what? We aren't a brick and mortar. If 4% makes or breaks you, RUN. Go back to your steady income. If you've grown substantially but remain at a 4% breaking point, you haven't become acquainted with the are of online sales. Whoever is selling these things to you, has tho.

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Funny lol I do the opposite. I let them destroy themselves with their low prices, and then buy them out once they are done.

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You mean like " themselves with their low prices". Grammar Nazism is only valid when the person was making fun of someones intelligence

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Pointing out a grammar mistake is the right thing to do regardless of the circumstances because it helps people learn. :thumb:

I wasn't trying to insult you or your intelligence. Just pointing out that you used the wrong form of the word. You used "their" in place of "they're."

Heil Thesaurus.

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Have to be careful with that since the last men standing will still be your competition and you get bottlenecked by demand with a basement/garage/etc full of inventory!

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Heil Dictionary.

Thesaurus for synonyms and antonyms!

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:bored:

I thought a lot about it and for grammar I thought thesaurus sounded better than dictionary but I guess that technically was a spelling error so, yeah, Heil Dictionary!

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Grammar crackers for everybody.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ct...Waz18=w600-l68

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Low quality JPEG makes the edges look like cardboard. What's up with that.

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That's fine more for me.

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lol but I used it correctly the first time, which shows you I know what the word is, and that it was clearly a mistake. I'm not ignorant, and it didn't help me learn. This is an international site as well, so it's full of poor grammar. I'll call people out for these things, but only when it's needed to show they are no better than the people they are making fun of. But in this situation? It was kinda a waste of a post. No one learned anything.

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Just that grammar crackers are really good.

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If you purchased a black colour tyre and paid by cheque, the text is full of spelling mistakes, however in the UK where the English language started it is correct (also in Canada and the majority of the English speaking world)

Tolerance for suspected grammatical errors should be observed on an international forum as it may not be incorrect in the country of the forum member.

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I really couldn't care less about any of that. I come here to make posts and I made a post. Not a big deal.. not everything is an argument.

With that being said, $echo("if you had used it correctly I wouldn't have corrected you. You said "once their done", I said "their shows possession", and now you're typing paragraphs about it. You're wasting posteses too. Sheesh at least one of the many foreigners you mentioned may learn something.")?>

:rant:

Also, @degsey, this wasn't a regional error at all.

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This thread is like watching regurgitated news.

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I get the feeling that you are a some sort of nerd/loser who claims to know it all.
1) +-4% is huge in any market- go look at any and all industries- Mortgages- real estate- e-comm--- every percent matters as volume grows- consider 1000 pieces charged at +-4%-- Get the point small guy?
2)+-4% has not broken my business, obviously I am expanding beyond the 6 figure mark
3)Get A Life