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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/.
“a spokesperson for Mercari told EcommerceBytes, “Already offering shoppers up to 70% retail prices”
Hey, I love Mercari, but they are claiming they are selling a car, and just for you, it comes with wheels! Mercari offers nearly the same commercial rates everyone else does. The only problem they have is they only offer 2 tiers of 1st classes postage, the 8oz and 15.9oz rates. Other offer all 4 tiers, 4, 8, 12, and 15.9.
Their logo really hurts my eyes. Like sing along bouncy balls
Ina I thought the post office stopped offering media mail
@Fruity, I wonder if you’re thinking about the article from September – eBay Becomes USPS Compliant, No More Media Mail for Magazines (“eBay recently became compliant with USPS rules around Media Mail, according to employees during a recent podcast…”).
That right, I got mixed up. thank you!
I have BIG complaints about Mercari. But postage is not one of them. Because Mercari allows you to ship on your own; buy your own postage.
Was doing well on the M site until their AIrobot took over the Offers section. I cannot list an item’s offer lower than what Mercari’s robot wants me to. Let’s say I list an item for $20 and will accept offers (automatically) at $10 or above. The little robot says, NO NO NO, you MUST have a low price of $15. And then — (and this happened 2 times) if the buyer offers $15, the robot “automatically coounters” with $13. And when I go to accept the $15 offer, I can’t accept because the robot has sent the buyer a message that I countered for $13.
I wrote Mercari and told them their system is faulty, of course, I get the standard “I’m sorry, we’ll look into it.”