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brassmonkey · 03-02-2012, 03:07 PM

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brassmonkey · 03-02-2012, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by famous

Well we sell alot thier as well and people contact us all the time ;) So must be their somewhere. If you leave a product review for the seller feedback then we can have it removed, its a simple form

Did one today in fact. Neg was gone in less then a hour.

Thats a huge differnece between Amazon vs Ebay. Ebay under no circumstance will they remove or edit feedback unless it contains personal info or cursewords and thats hard to get done even some times.

so your trying to hide an honest opinion?

good for you

selena · 03-02-2012, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

so your trying to hide an honest opinion?

good for you

It's really simple. Product reviews are different things from seller reviews.

If you leave a seller a negative review that is SOLELY based on the product, then it gets removed from the seller's feedback.

Now, if you leave a review for me that said "The product sucked and her shipping was terribly slow", then they will not remove the feedback, because it contains a review of my services.

But a seller who gives otherwise good service doesn't deserve bad feedback because someone decided that they didn't like the fit of a sweater.

brassmonkey · 03-02-2012, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by selena

It's really simple. Product reviews are different things from seller reviews.

If you leave a seller a negative review that is SOLELY based on the product, then it gets removed from the seller's feedback.

Now, if you leave a review for me that said "The product sucked and her shipping was terribly slow", then they will not remove the feedback, because it contains a review of my services.

But a seller who gives otherwise good service doesn't deserve bad feedback because someone decided that they didn't like the fit of a sweater.

i ordered a few things i didnt like the quality. never posted my reviews

selena · 03-02-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

i ordered a few things i didnt like the quality. never posted my reviews

Seller's can't touch product reviews. There is nothing Amazon will do, that I am aware of, to remove them. Maybe if it was laced with profanity or something along those lines.

They can request that a seller review that is based solely on a product be removed, but Amazon has to review it, and if it is only for a product, then Amazon removes it. The seller can't do that themselves.

I don't know why your reviews wouldn't have gotten posted. I've written lots, and never had one not show up. Sometimes they are instantaneous, and sometimes they are pending review for a few hours.

Ayla_SquareTurtle · 03-02-2012, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

I fucking love ebay... and yes you can still make a lot of money there selling digital goods and services. Sometimes its more fun than checking my AFF stats.

Are there any special requirements for selling digi goods? It seems like you had to meet certain minimum numbers of transactions per month or something before you could do digi in the past. Any tidbits you wanna throw my way? I am an experienced ebay seller in the physical realm but have not ventured into digi yet.

famous · 03-02-2012, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by selena

It's really simple. Product reviews are different things from seller reviews.

If you leave a seller a negative review that is SOLELY based on the product, then it gets removed from the seller's feedback.

Now, if you leave a review for me that said "The product sucked and her shipping was terribly slow", then they will not remove the feedback, because it contains a review of my services.

But a seller who gives otherwise good service doesn't deserve bad feedback because someone decided that they didn't like the fit of a sweater.

Exactly, don't post your product review under a merchant review and its all fine. If the item you bought sucked but the shipping custer support was fine don't slam the merchant slam the product on its page. Those you cannot edit. Merchant feedback you can

famous · 03-02-2012, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Choker

I was looking at amazon to set her up there also, but it apears their fees are easy 50% more than ebays. And at first glance I see several different types of confusing fees.

Get a pro account for 39.99 a month and your gold. Remember that Amazon has its own billing so you do not pay ebay + paypal. Take both those fees into account and you will see both are close to the same. But unless you have a amazon pro account you are going to get hit for 1.00 more per transaction. So if you sell more then 40 items a month its a no brainer.

mineistaken · 03-02-2012, 05:30 PM

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Mr Pheer · 03-02-2012, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle

Are there any special requirements for selling digi goods? It seems like you had to meet certain minimum numbers of transactions per month or something before you could do digi in the past. Any tidbits you wanna throw my way? I am an experienced ebay seller in the physical realm but have not ventured into digi yet.

There are no special requirements that I'm aware of, but you will probably find this guide to be useful.

http://reviews.ebay.com/Selling-Digi...00000000808756

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Choker · 03-02-2012, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by famous

Get a pro account for 39.99 a month and your gold. Remember that Amazon has its own billing so you do not pay ebay + paypal. Take both those fees into account and you will see both are close to the same. But unless you have a amazon pro account you are going to get hit for 1.00 more per transaction. So if you sell more then 40 items a month its a no brainer.

She signed up today for the pro account and listed a few items. On ebay she takes the product costs and lists the item at 125% of the cost plus $2 and shipping is free. That ends up making her about 10% profit. I am guessing it should be the same on amazon? she priced the items at 125% of cost. SInce postage is in addition this should get her 10% profit even with amazons higher fees?

famous · 03-03-2012, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Choker

She signed up today for the pro account and listed a few items. On ebay she takes the product costs and lists the item at 125% of the cost plus $2 and shipping is free. That ends up making her about 10% profit. I am guessing it should be the same on amazon? she priced the items at 125% of cost. SInce postage is in addition this should get her 10% profit even with amazons higher fees?

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ContentPimp · 03-03-2012, 01:22 PM

when they turned off so sellers cant leave neg.feedback for a.buyer that is when i stopped selling on ebay

goodsites · 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...

brassmonkey · 03-03-2012, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinafaye

when they turned off so sellers cant leave neg.feedback for a.buyer that is when i stopped selling on ebay

they make you wait to settle.

i tried to give some neg feedback and the system told me wait and guess what? the seller corrected my issue and two years later their my primary supplier for my materials.

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Choker · 03-03-2012, 08:54 PM

Problem is that just like in this porn business, on ebay there are always people willing to work for less income.

Choker · 03-04-2012, 01:36 PM

Well I listed a dozen items on amazon, 1 sold so far, Seems amazon fees are way more than ebay

Product charges $58.08
Amazon fees $-9.53
Shipping charged $5.49
Charges for shipping services $-2.82

So item sells for 58.08 plus 5.49 for shipping gross amount of 63.57
Amazon charges 9.53 fee,shipping is 2.82 plus a 7 cent fee so 12.42 cost
So amazons overall fee on all profit including shipping is 15%
Same transaction on ebay would be about 11.5% ebay and paypal fees

Big difference.

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