eBay Suspended & PayPal Limited Forums - Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

In 2020 they had a record turnover. :clap: :dance:
I think we should all have a party to celebrate this momentus occasion.

Meanwhile, amazon turns over $386bn in 2020. So ebay is like 5% of the size of amazon!
Why the f**k are we wasting our energies trying to sell on a dying dinosaur platform?
(Don't get me wrong... if ebay allows us to sell... Then I want them to live and thrive. But with MP payments... They've made it too hard. If you're going to stealth... Then just put all efforts into amazon instead I say!)

muzzie

10-18-2021 06:32 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

Try and see yourself lol.

phaz0rz

10-18-2021 07:35 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

It's because they allow us to sell... like you said.

Amazon wants all the business for themselves.

ghettotige

10-18-2021 08:57 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

I can well believe it- I have the same products sold across ebay , amazon, and etsy- 80% of all sales come from Amazon with 15% from etsy and only 5% from ebay.

murdered_by_ebay

10-18-2021 09:05 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

amazon used to be interesting but are becoming less relevant for third party sellers. although the buying power on amazon is higher than on ebay there is an issue with amazon preventing sellers from selling lots of products

the result are higher prices on amazon than on ebay so you can be sure that ebay will be profiting from this and buyers will be turning to ebay again in order to save money and the price difference in some categories are radical indeed

starengine

10-19-2021 08:02 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay (Post 1173243)

amazon used to be interesting but are becoming less relevant for third party sellers....

I think you're wrong.
I'm sure Amazon is 70% (or at least some BIG number) 3rd party sellers.

phaz0rz

10-19-2021 08:17 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

Until they demand supplier invoices from those 3rd party sellers, then go over the sellers head by contacting their supplier directly and ordering 1 million units branded as "Amazon Basics", then put their own product on the first page and drive the other sellers away.

I don't know.. I just don't like their practices. Their clear monopoly should have been broken up a long time ago but that kind of thing isn't enforced anymore.

ebaystealth1974

10-19-2021 10:53 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 1173339)

Their clear monopoly should have been broken up a long time ago but that kind of thing isn't enforced anymore.

It's being discussed, along with Google and FB.

ebaystealth1974

10-19-2021 10:54 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by starengine (Post 1173218)

In 2020 they had a record turnover. :clap: :dance:

Why the f**k are we wasting our energies trying to sell on a dying dinosaur platform?

Go to your room and think about what you've done. :)

murdered_by_ebay

10-19-2021 11:04 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by starengine (Post 1173337)

I think you're wrong.
I'm sure Amazon is 70% (or at least some BIG number) 3rd party sellers.

this does not apply to small sellers and private sellers

nowdays smaller sellers can not even sell in many categories at all so that top selling products are only sold by amazon or approved large competition

murdered_by_ebay

10-19-2021 11:07 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 1173339)

Yeah, until they demand supplier invoices from those 3rd party sellers, then go over the sellers head by contacting their supplier directly and ordering 1 million units branded as "Amazon Basics", then put their own product on the first page and drive the other sellers away.

I don't know.. I just don't like their practices. Their clear monopoly should have been broken up a long time ago but that kind of thing isn't enforced anymore.

in many cases they do not even need invoices , they have the necessary data to see what is in demand and not available from amazon or large sellers and they buy the product in bulk and sell it cheaply , considering their buying power they can easily ask the manufacturer to produce it exclusively for them

SaiJin

10-19-2021 11:08 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by starengine (Post 1173218)

Some things are better to be sold on ebay and some on amaZOn

phaz0rz

10-19-2021 11:13 AM

Re: Ebay had $20bn turnover! WOW!

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Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974 (Post 1173351)

It's being discussed, along with Google and FB.

In the best case it will work out how it always does: instead of one big Amazon we would have many slightly smaller Amazon's still monopolizing the market.

See: standard oil, microsoft, and the AT&T cases :nono:

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