I haven’t been writing much here about moving away from Ebay lately. There are two other posts for you to read about this process. As I said before it was hard walking away from Ebay, but their lack of seller protection and the constant fees, along with the mistreatment made my decision easier. I have to say again though, I was doing very well there and starting over has been hard. I have primarily moved from being a retailer and selling individual shoes at a nice markup, to selling as a wholesaler because the only people aware of my site are people who buy from me in bulk. This has kept the money coming in, but imagine if I had been selling this individually:
14 pair of Foamposite Pro Retro, 14 pair of Air Max 90 Infrareds, 7 pair of Air Jordan 7 Retro Cardinals, 8 pair of Lebron 8 v/2 Wolf Greys and the countless other kicks I’ve sold as a wholesaler this past week. Needless to say, my pocket is lighter, but I have peace of mind. I wish more sneakerheads and sellers would think about how ebay is actually hurting the game. Today I looked up alternative auction sites. I looked at Ebid and a few others but I didn’t sign up. The problem with all of these is that the buyer is protected more than the seller. I decided today to become my own auction site.
If you look to the right you will see an auction box. In this box I will be adding auctions everyday and I have the right to refuse bids, accept bids offer Buy Now through e-mails and Google Checkout, the ability to control my site is easier and I can now offer visitors the ability to make a bid and win just like with ebay. I don’t know how this will work, but it is worth the try. I’ll keep you posted on the outcome.
thanks for your article. ebay is banking big time on us and its about time we find a way to fight it. they do not allow sellers to leave negative feedback, rip us off on listing fees and now they even charge a fee for shipping.SCREW EBAY ..BUNCH OF THIEVES
Tayib, read the other articles and I am continuing to update the story. Ebay sides with the buyer and as of late a number of power sellers and really good sellers have had their accounts closed. We have the power. In part 4-7 on the site I talk about a few things I have tried that didn’t work like ebid.net and ecrater.com. My next thing is Amazon and they have to approve me then I will write about that as well. Ebay is full of it. Paypal and Ebay are the same company also so when I got my Ebay account closed, they messed up my paypal. I am using Google Checkout now and wire transfers. We have the power. The sneaker community has to learn. Check out the bids on the left side of the page. I set that up myself. I am willing to teach others as well.