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03-03-2012 03:51 PM |
Current TRS / Power Seller here..
We won't be complying with the new forced Ebay TRS requirements... This will backfire on Ebay. In short this is Ebay's way of stealing the 20% discount from its TRS. I'm pretty sure thats the goal as no one with a brain can see otherwise how this can help.. So in short, they found yet another way to bleed the drying up turnip.
Basically we see it as a short turn loss, but a future positive.. And it will kill Ebay.
Everyone is correct that Ebay is trying to be Amazon... That is obvious... Ebays market is NOT RETAIL however, and will never be retail no matter how much they try... Ebays marketplace was the auctions and rare used like stuff.. They have grown and a huge part of their place is retail now.. but with the increased fee's this will blow up in their face.. What will happen is prices will rise... There's not many making a living off there, they make some money but very little profits... Giving stuff away to keep stuff moving for a buck here and buck there... Raising prices will create problems... because the sales will drop to these sellers... Online is shifting to retail (idiots in control) This price increase will mean goodbye to mom and pop online shops... and give real retailers buying power and cheaper prices.. thus destroying online shopping till something new evolves...
Here's the new system... If you don't enter a tracking number within 24 hours.. even if you are part of the TRS, you won't get discount Final value fee's on these sold items.. lol
.. To be a TRS, you must put in 90% of your tracking numbers within 24 hours..
Our business can't do this.. we have 20% of our business as dropshipping.. The dropship is a great service, and we are such a big seller, we ship all orders by 2am and overnite shipping!! for one flat rate fee of $9.99 no mater what you order.. That is an incredible bargin.. the problem being, we dont get the tracking number for these places right away.... so these orders actually get delivered before we can issue a tracking number..
Sure i can call and get one.. but you think im going to call and bother another company for a tracking number 5 times a day? for 25 different orders??? they are going to ignore my calls shortly :D
So this means that we will start inflating our prices and make customer pay for items plus $3-5 to make up those lost fee's...
We are bled so much we already can only match Home Depot, etc prices, but they offer free shipping where we can't.... and we seem to be working for ebay as they make more per sale than we do...
However, with ebay and Amazon, strongly pushing UPC codes and non duplicate listings.. Our personal website with google product feeds, has been steadily rising..
We are now making more traffic through google and other product sites, because our store prices are now lower than Ebay/Amazon stores we have.. because of their crazy 10-15% fee's charged..
Because all i have to do is enter in a product UPC code... There is no future for Ebay and Amazon, as my store will soon be listed as #1 on the shopping links and ebay/amazon below.. that link to me.. i win all 3 items... but i make more as I dont pay these fee's to ebay/amazon when come direct to me..
So, yes, we get frustrated, and sad to see this pathetic shift... But in the long run.. Ebay helped put themselves outta business.. could explain why they are milking it.. they see the light... what they built destroyed them...
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