Tired of eBay?
There are other alternatives. When eBay fees were hiked in early 2008, sellers large and small were negatively affected. Many began selling in other venues. This page presents a list of 50+ options
you might want to check out. The drop shipping model works just as well in these venues.
We've also added a few choice eBay tools and guides at the bottom of the page.
And here's an interesting article entitled eBay’s New Strategy: What Was Once Old is New Again, by Matt Pace, Compete Blog
(17 March 2009). In returning to old corporate and product strategies, can the giant recover?
[...] To compete in the fixed-price marketplace, eBay enacted a series of policies and site changes that favored power sellers at the expense of smaller sellers. As casual sellers
abandoned the site, buyers have migrated elsewhere in search of the hard-to-find products upon which eBay built its business—traffic to Craigslist has risen 40% over the past year.
In contrast, eBay’s traffic was down 5.2% last month over the previous year, while Amazon’s traffic rose 18.7%. [...]
[...] eBay’s challenges are multi-faceted, and it remains to be seen whether by simply returning to its roots as an auction site it can win back buyers and sellers who have long
since given up on using the site. Online retailing has evolved significantly since eBay was founded over a decade ago. Savvy consumers have learned how and where to find deals
online, but value intangibles beyond price when making their purchase decisions. Consumers expect a level of service that in some respects is beyond eBay’s ability to control
in its role as middleman. Given that, eBay would be better served looking beyond product strategy and focusing instead on improving the shopping experience for buyers and sellers
as its constant tinkering seems to be doing more harm than good. |
