Stopping eBay

[Litmus]

Can eBay ever be stopped? It looks like companies are trying but none of them are working. What will it take to bring Ebay down?

[fantasycouriers]

Ebay will bring Ebay down.
Failure to take action over the fakes and frauds will "downgrade" ebay in the buyers minds.
Continually chipping away, and failing to take account of Merchants needs will result in a slow and gradual decline in the quality of sellers.
Then there into a vicous downwards circle.

[Mark]

Wow, do you think so? (Thanks for joining Litmus ) - I think that eBay will eventually see the error of their ways when the profits begin to decline.

Thing is, they have enough finances behind them to hire the right people to bring them back again from any brink they might encounter.

[wecando.biz]

Maybe the problem with other companies is that they have all focused on bringing eBay down, rather on building themselves up. People would be open to an entirely fresh way of selling and buying online if only someone would come along with it, rather than just try and emulate eBay but with some lame USPs bolted on.

IH

[Litmus]

That's a very good point. People are perhaps too fast to shoot down eBay when they are simply maximising their profits.

[brunswickheights]

That hasn't helped me at all!!!
I have had to up grade to a dearer shop ,as to stay at the existing shop price from £6.00 per month to £14.99 per month made the charges more viable to go to the next level which will be £49.99 per month.
Quite a hefty rise in fees you'll agree but with cheaper prices at this level for putting items in my shop it made more financial sense.Plus we are suppose to be getting more viewings supposely then making us more money with more buyers.... we shall see.
As a lot of my trade is abroad ,I am considering opening a shop in the US Ebay.
I shall see how things pan out.What annoys me most is last month I employed a guy to make me a customised shopfront to match my website.So I don't want to really waste that money unless I have no other choice if things don't work out.
Fingers crossed.

[Litmus]

As long as people are willing to pay their price eBay will continue to dominate.

[Hedy]

I think they're impossible to beat at the moment. Too much market share.

[TeesBox]

They treat their sellers very poorly so unless things change i think it maybe themselves that are the major problem.
Theyre just interested in the buyers really, which is annoying considering it is the seller who is the eBay customer.

[batespcm]

eBay have an enforced monopoly particularly as they will not allow any other payment processor (google checkout etc) other than their own paypal, the only chance of someone taking over eBay is if Google decide to launch a competitor or purchase eBid etc

[ETMarketing]

I agree with the above post. There is only realistically the likes of Google who could take Ebay down.

In reality though if ALL of the disgruntled sellers moved on to another selling site then the buyers would have to move on too, then what would Ebay do? take it back to the good old days where they respected their sellers?

I firmly believe that part of the huge probs we have in this country is that a lot of us like a good old whinge, but then are not prepared to do anything about it.

Ebay only continue to make money because the sellers stay.

[dave_n]

i'd rather see google brought down to be honest

[BillyPOP]

Eventually someone will come along that offers something new and different and for a lower price than ebay.

10 years ago people thought the future of internet search was YAHOO....

[karenkte]

lets hope someone does come along.....ebay can be very frustrating especially to those who rely on it for most of their income...