again, in the past 7 days I have sold more items on ebid than on ebay

[darklisruthven]

Ebay - 5 items
Ebid - 16 items (but one looks like a non payer, still thats 10 more sales than ebay. LOL)

WAY TO GO!

[billsstamps]

That is the way it is for me.

Ebid outsells Ebay

[darklisruthven]

excellent - the more it happens the better. I eagerly await the day I can pretty much stop using the other side completely

[Tropical_Trish]

Hey .... congrats to you both!
Lovely to see such wonderful, positive posts.
You have obviously put in a lot of hard work, and are reaping the benefits.
Well done, keep up the good work!
xxx

[MagnetsAndHangers]

I darent post my sales ratio here - even tho I have 8,500 thousand listings more here than over there.

Dont get me wrong - I would love it to be the other way round!

Good to see folks doing well here tho!

[bykimbo]

I darent post my sales ratio here - even tho I have 8,500 thousand listings more here than over there.

Dont get me wrong - I would love it to be the other way round!

Good to see folks doing well here tho!

Without getting into the numbers, which I respect your choice to avoid, can you say... do you list in the same way on both sites? Same item, same option between fixed price and auction format, and do you adjust the price here to reflect the lower costs?

[MagnetsAndHangers]

Without getting into the numbers, which I respect your choice to avoid, can you say... do you list in the same way on both sites? Same item, same option between fixed price and auction format, and do you adjust the price here to reflect the lower costs?

Many of the items are cheaper here - although only slightly in most cases (I supply many outlets wholesale, and I have given my word I wont undercut their retail price).
I never list in both fixed price and auction format anywhere - always fixed price.
Only difference is the variation listings over there - it certainly encourages multiple purchases, although I dont base my ratio of number of items sold here and there - it is based on number of actual transactions - eg a customer buys 4 items - i just count that as one transaction.



That is the main reason I would love to see ''variation'' listings here, and also the reason I am thinking about changing all my items here into a sub category for each breed. It makes it so much easier for buyers to see all the items they are interested in in one bash - eg, someone with a labrador isnt interested in ploughing thru 10,000 items - it is a lot easier for them to see just the labrador items.

It wouldnt actually help me with listing - it is a lot of work setting up variation listings - would take me about 3 months work to do them for here - mainly just for ease of use for customers.

As for changing my items here into sub-categories for each breed (there are approximately 200) - if anyone can come up with a fairly simple way to do this, would really appreciate any suggestions.
Once this is done, I could set up links for each breed, and include with my sales on all sites.

(edit - op sorry to go off topic slightly - was just answering Kimbo's questions)

[bykimbo]

Many of the items are cheaper here - although only slightly in most cases (I supply many outlets wholesale, and I have given my word I wont undercut their retail price).
I never list in both fixed price and auction format anywhere - always fixed price.
Only difference is the variation listings over there - it certainly encourages multiple purchases, although I dont base my ratio of number of items sold here and there - it is based on number of actual transactions - eg a customer buys 4 items - i just count that as one transaction.



That is the main reason I would love to see ''variation'' listings here, and also the reason I am thinking about changing all my items here into a sub category for each breed. It makes it so much easier for buyers to see all the items they are interested in in one bash - eg, someone with a labrador isnt interested in ploughing thru 10,000 items - it is a lot easier for them to see just the labrador items.

It wouldnt actually help me with listing - it is a lot of work setting up variation listings - would take me about 3 months work to do them for here - mainly just for ease of use for customers.

Interesting, thank you for answering in detail. I think it's enlightening about where the sites are in relation to a certain type of listing, that shop front lots of stock, lots of options thing still seems a big step forward here. I agree that variation listings would help with that - not something I need myself, but I do think it would be a boon for the site, and help with the problem of duplicate listings too. My gut feeling is that this is more like ebay in its early days, a *collectors* haven. Nice for unusual bits, one-off collectibles. Which is great... but more would be even better.

[MagnetsAndHangers]

Interesting, thank you for answering in detail. I think it's enlightening about where the sites are in relation to a certain type of listing, that shop front lots of stock, lots of options thing still seems a big step forward here. I agree that variation listings would help with that - not something I need myself, but I do think it would be a boon for the site, and help with the problem of duplicate listings too. My gut feeling is that this is more like ebay in its early days, a *collectors* haven. Nice for unusual bits, one-off collectibles. Which is great... but more would be even better.

Very much agree with that - it is probably sellers of collectibles etc that attract more buyers to this site than all the others put together.

[darklisruthven]

I couldnt begin to offer buy-nows on ebay. to be honest. The fees would wipe out any profit, and I am not clearing out my things for fun, I am paying for university. Ebid does allow better selling options!