eBay Updates User Agreement as Part of Fall Seller Update

by: lancecorp

The people who aren't upset don't surprise me. Some people who drop ship or have regular suppliers don't have the amt of work that those who source, make their own items ect... have.
Don the Auction Professor is quite upset about what he calls a headache and major upset for sellers and will have a live youtube show at 7 pm tonight. Of course like many of us - Don actually sources.

by: Opalie

I'm guessing Marie doesn't have any listings in the next bunch of categories which have been chosen for the next major category change/required IS upheaval.

It's a major pain in the rear for those of us who have already been through this in other categories and now have to do it all over again without a chance to even breathe a sigh of relief.

by: iheartjacksparrow

@Marie - Did you even read what I wrote? I was agreeing with you! I don't care what eBay does because whatever new rules they come up doesn't make a difference as to how I run my store.

And Biden wants the IRS to be able to access everyone's bank account, PayPal account, etc., to find tax evaders. Watch out, Toolguy, they're coming for you.

by: toastedmutt

@Marie - Pay per click is optional so sellers do have control over whether they want to participate or not.

A comment I read on the eBay community boards offered the thought that if enough sellers opt into pay per click that new revenue just might keep regular seller fees at the current level for the time being.  One can only hope.

by: Geetar

@toastedmutt

   I really dont think that ebay can raise fee's. If you take into account the cost of FBA, vs USPS, it ends up being less in a round about way. So Amazon's fee's may be more, but the little money you save using FBA evens the take rates.

   Big sellers like Amazon for their FBA. A fee hike by Ebay would just push more larger and medium sellers over to Amazon only! I hope they have the brains to see that.

by: lancecorp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGroUdO4iTM - This is Don's vlog. There is sure as heck going to be a lot of angry sellers in many categories - as it should be. For those not affected - hang tight - Ebay will get to you!

by: Actual Seller

@Marie
"So your reaction to the pay per click is to Financially PUNISH other sellers?  WOW"

Yes.
I am in a niche and if eBay allows my competition to pay per click to put their subpar items above mine which have been best match for years, then I will use this said tool to charge my competition by clicking their items.

They will learn fast and things will be normal in my niche. No one handing profit over to eBay to try and outsell me.

THANKS EBAY!!
Finally a move that can help me get ads OUT from above my best matches.

by: Snapped

“ This seller update was really as sleepy as the last one was. …”

Sure.  Standard stuff.  Blah blah blah.  All in hypnotizing Esquirese anyway, right? Just sign here.  

Honestly, if there’s no substance worth more than a cursory yawn, then what’s the point of making a ‘change’?  Not really the point though…

This is ALSO an update with the UA (aka legally binding contract) in this apparent three-RedBull (tm) change.  And a thorough perusal of the next chapter of Let’s See What eBay Can Get Away With would seem to be an imperative (annotated or not) since the said semi-annual nightmare should (needed or not), somewhere in there, refine how eBay will extend it’s reach into your purse, not negotiably.

One thing it’s not, is a lullaby.

by: Rexford

eBay has gone from being Feebay to Fleebay.......so many sellers, especially those who don't speak Mandarin or those who don't sit in the ivory tower of an big enterprise company are fleeing the scene of the crimes.  They've had enough.

So let the cheerleader(s) rah rah and bis boom bah all they want (it's so repetitive and tiresome). eBay once again tries to reinvent themselves (they don't know if they are going or coming... and the empty suits continue to throw more spaghetti against the wall)  there are other, and more stable sites to sell on. eBay is clearly doubling down on favoring their enterprise sellers and with this latest announcement they're just adding busy work for sellers in the affected categories.  They always pull this nonsense right before the holidays.

Currently sales on my website and the other sites that I sell are robust enough that I simply sit back and enjoy the popcorn while I watch eBay implode.  Continually raising fees and giving as little as they can back in return is a business plan written by fools.