Is ebid working?? No Bids No sales

[gmcdglobal]

Hi
Just woundering if anybody is having trouble with the lack of bids on items. I have been looking at lots of items on ebid but none of them have bids??? Is it just sellers here ??? Is ebid going to fall?

[HannaHolly]

it's working fine for me? I've been able to buy on EBID this evening, and have made sales.

[home2b]

Hi,
I have been on ebid for about 2 weeks made one small sale but not been paid so far. Can some one tell me how I make a request for payment the only way I can see is by sending an email which has to be typed out long hand. Are there no preset request forms for payment reminder letters etc.

Thanks Ron

[gmcdglobal]

sorry you mis-understood me, Alot of items have no bids is this due to the lack of people on the site. like if the same items were on ebay, there would be bids on them. Are people not interested in ebid.

[Anichka54]

Hi,
I have been on ebid for about 2 weeks made one small sale but not been paid so far. Can some one tell me how I make a request for payment the only way I can see is by sending an email which has to be typed out long hand. Are there no preset request forms for payment reminder letters etc.

Thanks Ron

Hi Ron,
I have a signature set up with my email server, i wonder if your server has that option.

I click on the message i want & then just put in the correct price.

This is the signature i have set up.....
Hi,
Many thanks for your winning bid, i look forward to doing business with you.

Total price for your item including p&p is £
If there is anything else in my other auctions that interests you, why not save money on p&p by having them sent at the same time.

Cheques/postal orders accepted.

Followed by my name & address etc.

Don't know if that helps at all, failing that i think there will be the request forms you mentioned in the new version which starts on Friday.

Regards, Ann.

[seaemelle]

Are there no preset request forms for payment reminder letters etc.

Not at the moment. Most sellers have a standard email prepared and copy/paste or insert the relevant details.

sorry you mis-understood me, Alot of items have no bids is this due to the lack of people on the site. like if the same items were on ebay, there would be bids on them. Are people not interested in ebid.

This is a much smaller site than eBay in terms of user base and site management. It has only relatively recently gone international and has very little advertising beyond word of mouth. It may be more a case of "unaware of" rather than "not interested in" eBid.

[home2b]

Hi Ron,
I have a signature set up with my email server, i wonder if your server has that option.

I click on the message i want & then just put in the correct price.

This is the signature i have set up.....
Hi,
Many thanks for your winning bid, i look forward to doing business with you.

Total price for your item including p&p is £
If there is anything else in my other auctions that interests you, why not save money on p&p by having them sent at the same time.

Cheques/postal orders accepted.

Followed by my name & address etc.

Don't know if that helps at all, failing that i think there will be the request forms you mentioned in the new version which starts on Friday.

Regards, Ann.

Thank you very much Ann.

Regards ron

[Anichka54]

Thank you very much Ann.

Regards ron

Hi Ron, you're very welcome, hope it helped.
Regards, Ann.

[HannaHolly]

In my experience there is a buying audience on EBID. However it probably depends on what people are selling and what they have done to attract sales. There is a much higher proportion of 'buy it now' sales here- because sellers do not have to pay extra to include this feature.

[maggiethecat]

Hi Global,

I have a piece of Swarovski crystal up for auction here and to draw people's attention to it - as I know eBid isn't very well known - I found a Swarovski collectors' site and posted a message on the board there directing them to eBid. OK, it hasn't actually worked yet (I haven't sold the piece), but the more people who know about eBid, the better, right? You could do something similar to attract attention to your auctions, depending on what it is you're selling.

Best of luck to you,

Nicola.