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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
Yes, this is definitely an advantage at this time, working from home. Amazon is at a disadvantage, those warehouses can be a potential hot spot for spreading the disease.
I myself are wondering if shipping will have any delay’s due to the corona virus. I guess we will see. I wont hold my breath for ebay’s help if things get slowed down. I will likely watch very closely, and adjust my handling time accordingly to compensate. I am sure they have the best intentions but, most times they are not able to deliver on their promises.
Stay safe, and be careful.
I can say after getting up this morning at 4:30am, driving 1 hour to and a hour back from a empty flea market, it will start hurting the small seller. I get 70% of my inventory from yard sales and flea markets, they already close another one that was suppose to go on next weekend.