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I really can’t believe eCrater made it on the list.
I left for the second time and this time closed my account.
I was hoping that during those last 3 years that there would be more updating, and some of the updating wasn’t a whole lot. I hoped they would update for I could see that eBay was getting worse and sellers were looking at other places.
Moved to eBid and now I am putting my energies on that site.
Easy to work with and to list, plus with my membership I can have 5 shops and get my items separated.
I know the US side seems to be spoiled because of the traffic that the big guys bring, but if you do social media work and bring in customers, you will do fine.
Watching the forums, I am seeing others seeing new buyers coming to this site.
I do miss having the higher volume of sales on eBay, but I can determine if I want the returns and what they get for refund. BUT, mangled payments made my decision on not selling on eBay.
I rather see a site that “handshakes” with Paypal or Stripe payments.
Trying to find a selling site that I can understand and feel good about, I also prefer not leaving a trail of my SS# for their in-house payment. I prefer the “handshake” approach.
I can count on one hand how much I sold on Ecrater over the years, and I too closed my account. I will have to look at Ebid again, but I never see Ebid show up in Google search, and neither does Ecrater show up. How do buyers find them?
I notice that Merc and Posh are advertising on TV that tells me they are profitable and ready to go against the big boys. I love both sites, I esp. love their returns/refund policy. I’ve never had ANY buyer return or ask for a refund. Their Customer service is slow and needs improvement, but basically you can be your own seller.
Bonanza?????? Seriously? We have 20,000 products listed on Bonanza and sold 15 in 1 1/2 years.
This must either be a joke or someone got paid for this recommendation.