Hi all,
Am a newbie on here so bear with me if I miss any areas of protocol ;o)
Ok, we are all clear on Feebay's obvious mass exodus and the various reasons and causes and we ourselves have pulled away from them to invest our online spend on our own web site, which we are about to launch.
Now, we transferred a small sample stock over to ebid to see how it went and to some extent to test ebid in terms of usability etc. Our findings so far are mixed but one area that really is failing badly is the spending buyers.
We have read loads of great posts on here and used most of the tips and advice, our pricing is equal if not slightly lower than pheebay listings, postage is normal, 200 items listed with bn and relists, decent photo's (room for improvement), set up shops, decent items on there......plenty of views, no bids......
Now, we are a little dubious about these "views" as it is pretty unlikely that 80% of the items would have the exact same number of viewers, so my question here would be, do ebid have an automated listing check tool that could also be being included as a "view", if not then I worry about the views and if yes then they should not be included as a view.
We are also interested if there is a way of looking at historical sales like we can on pheebay. This at least would give me a guide on what is shifting on here, what price levels and at what rate, which in turn would then help me to perfect a trading model on here that will start to deliver sales.
At the moment, we are watching this very definate space with interest and we are firmly committed to move away from pheebay, but we are in doubt at this stage as to whether the traffic is on here and how much is being spent on the "correct" advertising and publicity rather than what could be blind reliance on well wishers and anit-pheebay folk spreading the word by way of posts and news groups...after all pheebay is a big goliath to slay and that kind of battle takes virtually bottomless pockets and no end of determination.
Really interested in other views and even more intersted in any more tips on how we can improve our our offerings