Selling limits and the knock on effects
Ebay must realise the effect it is having on BIG businesses by having selling limits. It is not possible for businesses to work with ebay having limits to accounts, and the amount people can sell. The MARKET will become over produced, with goods that can not be shifted . The knock on effect goes directly to the source , who will have stock they can not move, because the people at the bottom of the chain are unwilling to take the risk of buying in bulk in fear of not being able to even list the items for sale. The big companies cant afford to hold stock , so how is the little guy supposed to ? Even the wholesaler who picks up the items is facing a quandary now. I am sure they have seen a drop not only in sales, but in the volume of sales. for example they could still be making 500 sales , or he whatever it is, however they are just not hitting the target volumes to satisfy doing what they are doing.
I am sure businesses are aware of how heavily they rely upon EBAY whether they are directly involved with EBAY or not.
More importantly I hope there are lots of wholesalers out there who are making a noise and raising concerns as to the practice and approach EBAY has adopted at the moment. I can not see it lasting, as there will be millions and millions of pounds worth of surplus stock going to waste , year on year.
At the moment , although I have a certain amount of listings, I am unable to restock sold out items, even after this month is over I will be unable to restock my goods.
This is absurd, how is a business to function if it is not able to do any business ? Yes this is partly a rant, however within it I think there is some truth about what I am talking about.
It is not sustainable , and I wonder how long it will take before they are at it again, changing their selling practices.
Ebay have messed around with things too much, and now they are getting to the point where they do not even know what they are doing.
what do you think?
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