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No fees whatsoever for all HN affiliated sellers. hit us up at support@shoply.com and we will upgrade your account for free forever.
If you were looking to dirupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time. While considering a price adjustment on a high-value item I'm selling, I went to their fee calculator to explore some other price points. I was mystified to see not only the fee I expected of ~$55, but a 'New Fee' of $123. Thinking I'd made a mistake, I explored further, and noticed that as of April 16, casual sellers who don't have…
Good find. I'm surprised they haven't been disrupted already. The only real secret sauce they've got is a huge amount of traffic. How could you ever compete with a household name where success is determined by traffic and volume?
In Poland we had ebay clone (allegro.pl) several years before ebay. Then ebay tried to enter the market several times, failed each time. There also were several other startups trying to conquer this space with much lower fees, but they also failed.
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Interesting to see this move by eBay - we've found that high fees for casual sellers is a huge pain point. By focusing their fee structure towards power-sellers they also happen to be alienating a large group of casual sellers. We're trying to solve this problem (among others) with our product SellSimple. Free app, free postings, and 5% if it sells. Check it out, would love to know what you think: http://sellsimple.c…
looks like a good product, downloading now - always willing to try a sales competitor! quick typo in your App Store update description, though! separate. anyone have an easy mnemonic for that?
Open a shop with us on Shoply.com. Quick, simple, easy. Benefit from our marketplace and existing traffic. We're a startup and exist to democratise commerce and help sellers showcase and sell their products. No fees whatsoever for all HN affiliated sellers. hit us up at support@shoply.com and we will upgrade your account for free forever.
Edit: then I went back to double check and saw the little "sign up with email" link. Hurrah!
Edit2: it would be nice to view things near me. How do I search by geographic location?
with 0 fees, its up to buyers and sellers to deal between themselves, making money on related advertising instead and maybe seller verification
what do people think of that idea?
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Good find. I'm surprised they haven't been disrupted already. The only real secret sauce they've got is a huge amount of traffic. How could you ever compete with a household name where success is determined by traffic and volume?
I wonder if Craigslist could just suddenly decide to violently weld auctions into its listings?
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If you were looking to disrupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time. Well, you may need to wait another 10+ years for their "business method" patents to expire.
you sure they have patents for online auctions? I have seen many eBay clones and they were not sued by eBay..
eBay can leave them to bubble along making next to nothing (relatively), competing with each other for the few users who are looking for and managing to find an alternative, and hope they just die out. If one does end up looking like they might have a chance of growing to a size worth caring about, then the legal team will be called to action.
The news to me is that other countries used to get lower fees. I wonder why.
This entity encompasses Paypal too, another very terrible service that simply won't ever go away.
Allow my distain for other people to show through. People will continue to use ebay and paypal, as they have been for far far too long regardless of any fee increase. It is the same reason people still use Facebook. Because the synapses in their brain get configured one time, set and forget. Use facebook forever.
Use ebay forever, use paypal non stop. Buy EA products. Keep paying your cable tv bills. Oppose change when it is ever actually finally suggested and put fourth by congress.
God this world is stupid.