Exclusive: Alibaba Subsidiary to Launch eBay Rival in U.S.

by: Diaper Mess

Invitation accepted. It permits USA merchants to sell only within the USA too and not international if not interested. Lets see what U-turns eBay will plan to reroute this year.

What a Diaper Mess!

by: moto-science

I signed up right away. F-Ebay and Paypal.
They need the competition.....and I will do my part to encourage competitors.  

by: Ric

A few other questions come to mind.

Since Alibaba already owns Vendio and Auctiva, will eBay cut off another appendage and banish these listing tools from eBay?

Such a move would be sure to motivate Vendio and Auctiva users to abandon eBay and join the party over at 11 Main.

I can't wait to see how big a chunk of business this takes from eBay when it goes live. eBay's losses will be both in revenue from fees, subscriptions etc... and from a further decline in sales as buyers will likely find the 11 Main marketplace to be everything that eBay isn't - uncomplicated and easy to use.

I can't wait until this battle heats up.

Mr Donahoe may have been able to hold his own against Amazon, but he will prove to be no match for the agile, buyer & seller friendly powerhouse he will soon be facing as direct competition.

Was that an earthquake rumbling through San Jose or was it the herd of management thundering to conference rooms to figure out what they will have to do to maintain and salvage their marketplace now that there will be a serious competitor that will be ready from day one to take it to eBay.

by: Ming the Merciless

Prediction:

However ebay chooses to respond once the impact is felt will be over the top heavy handed, poorly implemented, ineffective, and will fail.

Don't you wish you could be reading all those texts flying out of the war rooms?

by: PowerSeller2007

Bye bye ebay.  We are moving soon.
Don't you worry.  You won't be missed!

There must be many writers starting to write books on this topic

"Rise and Fall of ebay"

"RIP Feebay: 2005 to 2014"

by: Digmen1

Yes why do American people always speak of Chinese made carp on auction sites, when their bricks and mortar shops are full of it,, and their cars and their tvs.

The time to buy American made was years ago when you had a chance to stop the chinese invasian, now its too late as nothing is made in the west anymore.

by: Eric Saeger

@Digmen1: You're correct that a lot of manufacturing is done in China.  The problem is that they do cloning without regard to brand trademark ownership.  When people say "cheap Chinese carp" they mean "these disgusting little insects are too cheap to pay for licensing."

by: foothill

Will be interesting to see eBay's reaction and next move.

After..11 main have smashed eBay, what's next ..??

by: rudestar

Asked for invitation to sell.
Received.
Thank you for requesting an invitation to sell at 11 Main. Unfortunately we will not be supporting the Auto category on 11 Main.  We are focused on the Fashion & Style categories - such as Apparel, Home and Collecting.  

by: LinneyPinney

When Ina broke the story on Feb. 9, I read it and applied to 11 main right then and there. I was accepted with 18 hours. I am building my store now.  The customer service for sellers is something that it have never experienced with eBay or etsy. It is  amazing! I feel like I actually matter.
The build out will take a while, but so far the sight is beautiful and all curated by 11 main staff. It looks nothing like alibaba. I am looking forward to working with these people.
There is no feedback and no DSRs. No competitive advertising on seller's item pages. I am very excited about participating on this site even though I am launching my new website that I built on shopify next week. And yes, I learned about shopify here as well.  11 Main still has so much to reveal even to we sellers who are building stores, but so far, I am very impressed. I'm very excited to be involved with this project!

by: comet

Well that just shot one of MY hopes down---no Auto or presumably Motors category.  Sigh.

And unless they decide to support vintage or used higher end clothing I am once again STUCK with Flea Bay.  

I will say::::  I was looking for a source of hard to find items and tried Ali Baba about a year or so ago.  Did not find what I was looking for but there were vast listings for all sorts of stuff---just nothing that remotely "matched"  any search terms I was able to come up with for what is not that exotic an item! And yes;  most of the things I DID find were in China with extremely poor skills to answer even simple questions.  Now I am sure they did better than I would have in Mandarin but--I am NOT trying to sell in a global market place with NO global skills!

And even now I STILL get at least 3 or more updates to that search from Ali Baba every WEEK.  

Lets hope that they branch out to all categories;  that they find a way to keep search simple. relevant and level;  and that every one who CAN at least opens a shop there and has the chance  to LEAVE ebay when the time comes.

In other words--the eBay Play Book from ca 2005.  Or earlier.  A Study in Business Practices. Authored by some guy name of Pierre Something.

The rest of us---

Well it was nice knowin' ya.  

by: Recollections

The best thing about this is that they will most likely bring ALIPAY into use in a huge way.
ALIPAY is ten times better than PreyPal and a lot cheaper.

by: spinner

I am disappointed that 11main will only accept sellers shipping from a US address. That leaves a lot of us out

by: sells-a-lot

Don't get too excited about the site. Most people who are requesting to sell there are being rejected. Unless you are selling something very unique and with stellar photos expect to be left out.  

by: Mr. Me

I found it easy to sign up and get accepted, I gave them the address of my eCrater store.... I'll set up a 11 maib store and Lets see what happens next!

by: The End

If 11 Main wanted to compete with Ebay, it would not use PayPal. But rather, it would have an in-house charge card system like ETSY.
If you attempt to open a store on 11 Main without using PayPal, Authorize.net is the alternate. That adds to your selling fees. Then they will tell you "We'll have other payment choices later". That statement is FALSE.

by: brokentoys19

It seems counter intuitive that they would even contemplate using PayPal, considering Alipay and or direct credit card checkout. But if they do, it likely means a pre-existing number of people who will never use the site, if not actively bash it. Not to mention the those who will use the very same scamming tactics/loophole exploitation being used now on ebay.  

by: Philip Cohen

Nice to know that the eBay product has finally been stamped with a "best before" date ...

by: digger

Bummer - just received an email from 11 Main saying they don't need any more used booksellers:

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your interest in being an 11 Main shop owner.  

Unfortunately, we are not in need of additional assortment in your category at this time.

Best of luck to you and your shop!

Happy selling,
 
11 Main

by: bitbybit

Well I just received this today:

Thank you for your interest in being an 11 Main shop owner. The 11 Main shopping experience relies on careful selection of the right product assortments. Unfortunately your product submission does not align with the current direction of our assortment themes and shop stories we will be presenting on 11 Main.
Best of luck to you and your shop!
Happy selling,

11 Main

I didn't submit a ''shop story'' but maybe I should have. My items are antique, collectibles, pottery and quality vintage jewelry. I also have hundreds of old paintings, lithos and prints collected for years but didn't give 11Main an URL example in art. Wonder if I could submit another request?