Comments on: The Key to Failure http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure How to sell and what is selling online. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:45:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ginnie Renaud http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1664 Ginnie Renaud Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:24:58 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1664 Great looking website. Plenty of good info. Great looking website. Plenty of good info.

]]> By: Margaret MacGillivray http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1658 Margaret MacGillivray Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:22:27 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1658 eBay has bogged itself down in the "Big Company" mentality that affects many corporations; the time is ripe for someone else to compete with them in the online auction world - I can say without hesitation that there is a huge band of disgruntled eBay affiliates who would jump ship and start promoting a new auction site if they would follow the old eBay/CJ methods of paying them. eBay recruited affiliates (also known as commission only sales staff!) and then started treating them like second-class citizens (Sound familiar???) So the person who comes up with a catchy name, a sophisticated, secure auction script with an inbuilt, robust affiliate module could clean up here! Interesting scenario ..... Margaret eBay has bogged itself down in the “Big Company” mentality that affects many corporations; the time is ripe for someone else to compete with them in the online auction world – I can say without hesitation that there is a huge band of disgruntled eBay affiliates who would jump ship and start promoting a new auction site if they would follow the old eBay/CJ methods of paying them.

eBay recruited affiliates (also known as commission only sales staff!) and then started treating them like second-class citizens (Sound familiar???)

So the person who comes up with a catchy name, a sophisticated, secure auction script with an inbuilt, robust affiliate module could clean up here!

Interesting scenario …..

Margaret

]]> By: Gary http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1651 Gary Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:22:46 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1651 AMEN! AMEN!

]]> By: Henrietta of RedINKdiary http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1646 Henrietta of RedINKdiary Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:52:14 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1646 It used to be fun. Like many other small sellers I started as a buyer. I bought for two years and then needed to 'refresh' my collections (this is BaySpeak for get rid of some of the sh*t) so I started selling, you couldn't do that on eBay today, it is just complicated, filled with fear of buyers and joyless. Who needs that? Sad, but there you go. It used to be fun.
Like many other small sellers I started as a buyer. I bought for two years and then needed to ‘refresh’ my collections (this is BaySpeak for get rid of some of the sh*t) so I started selling, you couldn’t do that on eBay today, it is just complicated, filled with fear of buyers and joyless.

Who needs that? Sad, but there you go.

]]> By: Foothill Web Design http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1645 Foothill Web Design Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:45:29 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1645 It's not Bill Cobb's eBay anymore. eBay killed the collectibles market by making hard-to-find items easy-to-find. Then of course the price on everything took a dive. Good for buyers, bad for sellers. But like you say, if I want mass-produced goods, I can just shop WalMart.com. It’s not Bill Cobb’s eBay anymore. eBay killed the collectibles market by making hard-to-find items easy-to-find. Then of course the price on everything took a dive. Good for buyers, bad for sellers. But like you say, if I want mass-produced goods, I can just shop WalMart.com.

]]> By: d4moms4 http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1613 d4moms4 Fri, 29 May 2009 06:11:30 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1613 How about the new scam PayPal and EBay have going where they won't release paid funds to sellers for 21 days, supposedly for buyer protection---thing is, the buyer knows nothing about it! Assumes their item is paid for and seller has the $ in their pocket. Not So! Seller never receives their $ unless the buyer leaves immediate feedback. Otherwise, PayPal collects all the interest on those funds for 21 days! Shipping prices are so bad now that a local Craig's List listing seems to be the way to go. How about the new scam PayPal and EBay have going where they won’t release paid funds to sellers for 21 days, supposedly for buyer protection—thing is, the buyer knows nothing about it! Assumes their item is paid for and seller has the $ in their pocket. Not So! Seller never receives their $ unless the buyer leaves immediate feedback. Otherwise, PayPal collects all the interest on those funds for 21 days! Shipping prices are so bad now that a local Craig’s List listing seems to be the way to go.

]]> By: TameBay Morsels for 27th May 2009 : TameBay : eBay news blog and forum http://www.genuineseller.com/the-key-to-failure/comment-page-1#comment-1611 TameBay Morsels for 27th May 2009 : TameBay : eBay news blog and forum Wed, 27 May 2009 15:36:59 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=2551#comment-1611 [...] More interesting comments as Venture Beat asks Can eBay rebrand itself as the Web’s Wal-Mart? I’d say yes, it can, but should it want to? Steve “Genuine Seller” Lindhorst, on the other hand, is off to WalMart to shop. [...] [...] More interesting comments as Venture Beat asks Can eBay rebrand itself as the Web’s Wal-Mart? I’d say yes, it can, but should it want to? Steve “Genuine Seller” Lindhorst, on the other hand, is off to WalMart to shop. [...]

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