Vendio Makes Platform Free for Auctiva's eBay Sellers
Vendio is making a special offer to users of its rival, Auctiva, which will begin charging for its eBay listing tools beginning in July. Vendio spokesperson Crystal Wells-Miller said the Vendio Platform, which normally costs $10/month plus commission fees, will be completely free for Auctiva users through the end of the year, and will cost $10/month with no commission fees for the full year, 2010. The Vendio platform allows sellers unlimited listings on eBay and Amazon and also includes the company's Vendio Store offering, which is currently free for all users. The offer includes 2 GB of images (and unlimited free images for Vendio Store), templates and scheduling.
Auctiva announced last week that it was moving from a free model to a pay model in large part, it said, because of changes eBay was making. Auctiva had been able to provide free tools to sellers for the past 4 years because it had earned almost half of its revenue through the eBay affiliate program.
Auctiva sellers are mulling over their options of whether to stay with the company and pay fees, or switch to another inventory management service. Autiva is hosting webinars to discuss the changes.
Wells-Miller said she anticipates Vendio will publish this special offer as early as June 1st.
Not bad huh.. a smart plan. Lure them in and in a year they'll be making shedloads more than they do now.
I think $10 a month is acceptable - I'll have to decide what to do at the end of 2010 though because final value fees on top of ebay and paypal is ridiculous.
Maybe in the meantime something new and better will come along. I am tired of the FVF for these 3rd party services. We get his enough with ebay and paypal. I don't mind paying a flat rate. I may check them out and see what is new with them.
I have a lot of accounts that sell very little each so I probably will only stay with Vendio till the end of 2009. But then by then eBay will probably ban 3rd party checkout, which is the only thing I really need auctiva for.
Maybe in the meantime something new and better will come along. I am tired of the FVF for these 3rd party services. We get his enough with ebay and paypal. I don't mind paying a flat rate. I may check them out and see what is new with them.
YEAHH! THAT FVF from third party sites is a bunch of crap greedy tight wads..just another way to make more money from poor people like us.
Vendio Makes Platform Free for Auctiva's eBay Sellers 
