Play.com

Etycoon · #1 08-07-2014

Anyone still selling on this platform???

**aspkin** · #2 08-07-2014

I wouldn't waste my time with that site..

xShevaa7x · #3 08-08-2014

I listed there for around 10 days and didn't get a single sale. This site had a lot of traffic 5-7 years ago and in fact was where I did my first online purchase as a kid, but now is dead. I would stick to eBay + Amazon and perhaps your own site if you can be bothered. Personally doing eBay and Amazon now and it's working out very well, and will probably do my own site soon too.

This was within the last month.

Bunneh · #4 08-08-2014

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Originally Posted by xShevaa7x

I listed there for around 10 days and didn't get a single sale. This site had a lot of traffic 5-7 years ago and in fact was where I did my first online purchase as a kid, but now is dead. I would stick to eBay + Amazon and perhaps your own site if you can be bothered. Personally doing eBay and Amazon now and it's working out very well, and will probably do my own site soon too.

This was within the last month.

I agree over the years its just died.. must be because there delivery times are terrible.. took up to 7 days to get a few things ive bought there

I guess thats why they added the whole seller section ..

xShevaa7x · #5 08-08-2014

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Originally Posted by Bunneh

I agree over the years its just died.. must be because there delivery times are terrible.. took up to 7 days to get a few things ive bought there

I guess thats why they added the whole seller section ..

They stopped selling due to some tax thing I think. Something like they couldn't get the tax free sales on orders under £15, so their profit margins pretty much closed. Now it's just a poor mans Amazon by the looks of it.

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The announcement comes following the closure of a tax loophole in April 2012, which had allowed the Jersey-based company to be VAT-exempt on many of the goods it sells.

Play, owned by Japanese firm Rakuten, had taken advantage of the Low Value Consignment Relief loophole, which allowed it to sell goods without VAT if they were under £15 in value and sold from outside the EU.

rsot · #6 08-09-2014

Pretty dead platform but might as well keep some listings up...if you can

GreenBean · #7 08-09-2014

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Originally Posted by rsot

Pretty dead platform but might as well keep some listings up...if you can

Why?

What do you know about the current requirements of using that platform?

rsot · #8 08-09-2014

Low Value Consignment loophole GB - all about the low value

GreenBean · #9 08-09-2014

Not a current issue.

I asked for current, rsot.