I've also come over from ebay. Wanted to give ebid a try. Ebid seems to have grown

[iluvplaystation]

Hello, I'm new to ebid. I've come over from eBay. I am sick to death of eBay. The charges are extortionate and I'm fed up with sellers having no rights or freedom of speech. EBay sellers are getting a very raw deal. EBay have got to greedy. I looked at ebid a few years ago but it seemed really small. I thought I would have a look again and was surprised at how much it has grown. I'm giving it a go. I hope more people try it. The listing fees are so much cheaper. Hopefully ebid will give eBay a run for it's money it needs some good competition. Fingers crossed

[Huddylion]

Hi and welcome to ebid.
Take your time to look around the forums,some great advice and friendly people around,don't be afraid to ask questions,you are going to need patience and push yourself it's not like feebay you have to promote yourself wherever you can we do not get the traffic that they get simple as that but it is growing more everyday.
Patience and hard work and the more you list the more you sell it's reckoned,and I wouldn't use run till sold as you will never get to the top in a search.
Best to use say8-10 days auto relist ten times, and no need to overload the postage as the fee's if any are very very small, most of use a gallery picture with a 2% final value fee but only when your item sells.

[11thEagle]

I wouldn't use run till sold as you will never get to the top in a search.
Best to use say8-10 days auto relist ten times, .

Taking that advice thank you very much, makes sense to me!

[kengillam]

Also don't ferget to read this thread to help you get started http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showpost.ph...postcount=6223
Just shout if you need a hand

[deltadelta48]

Welcome into the light! Forums will give you lots of hints on selling/marketing your goodies. There are maybe 20 good tips that will get you started selling sooner so poke around the forums and seek them out.

And ask, everyone is very willing to help each other!

Important point, bring your good buyers over too. That is the best revenge against the greed of feebay. Send emails (paypal has addresses) or even postcards. The more buyers who come over, the better for all of us.

I suggest starting w/ smaller items at a variety of prices, and listing as much as you can for a good selection. Discount second items (I offer free shipping second items, further discounts 3rd, 4th, etc) to get those multiple sales that are soooooo great. If all the items fit into a flat rate box, that is all they pay (I was making up an invoice this morning, lady bought 9 items, original shipping = $20, she paid only $9. Make it worth their while and they will buy more.

Good luck on ebid, we are growing by leaps and bounds!

[starlady22]

Hi
Welcome & good luck on ebid.

Jane

[OldPostcards]

Another welcome and 'hi' from me too - hope you do well here.

[RonOne]

Hi,
and welcome to ebid,

Regards Ron. (ex-eby)

[Heruur]

I registered over a year ago when fee-bay itroduced the NO NEGS for buyers policy, while most sellers are better off to not resort to leaving a negative, it DID keep buyer fraud and non-payment down to acceptable levels. I jumped in and listed a bunch of stuff and it went over Ok, but not enough to pay the bills...

I have been mostly dormant here for about a year, but went ahead and listed a lot of auctions last week and most ended successfully, however the net price was a lot less than Feebay- even after their fees.

DON'T GIVE UP!!!

I actually did a lot better than expected on my auctions overall. It's pretty obvious ebay isn't going to last forever with their policies. In short if you take the loss on some things now to build your customer base now it will save you from the mortal wounding later. When feebay fails, and THEY WILL FAIL, do you want to be scrambling for a new venue, or allready established on an alternate site?

As they say, If you build it- THEY will come. Welcome aboard!

[prescott9376]

Ebay is expensive now but We have all made money out of them in the past.
I dont particularily want to see them fail and they shouldnt need to to make Ebid successful.
Just as most of us now sell on several sites, hopefully buyers will start to buy from several sites.
Paul