ebay obviously thinks the buyers are what drive the business model. i disagree. the buyers do not contribute a penny to ebays bottom line. the sellers are the ones who pay for the listings, paypal fees, and final value fees and more importantly have the inventory people want to buy. so why is ebay killing the golden goose? what do you all think? sellers or buyers ..?
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Re: What's More Important.. the buyers or the sellers?
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August 22 2008, 8:44 PM
I don't think you can discount either.
Without buyers, sellers leave.. There is a reason why other auction sites have not prospered as eBay has, they didn't have the Buyers.. The Sellers will follow the buyers..
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August 22 2008, 9:08 PM
Sellers, but only the big power sellers are considered important and even they depend on large volume and a smaller profit margin. Ebay fails to realize that smaller sellers are also buyers in most cases and if sellers find it too expensive to sell they can't or will not buy. 'Wow', I just stopped to think the smaller sellers also buy from the big important sellers with the money they make selling.
Ebay might be getting ready to learn a lesson in economics. But that might be inevitable when you are running a monopoly, not to mention a dream scenario wherein you're lucky enough to own the bank as well as the business model.
Sad really.
Edited to add-
Those silly Law School Professors told us that monopolies were illegal. Nonsense, there were all kinds of them in the 1920's.
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August 23 2008, 5:14 PM
Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
This seems to be the same type of question. Without good sellers with good merchandise you will not have any buyers. With no buyers bidding on items you will have no sellers.
You must have both to be a success.
Which brings me to this - if ebay drives away all the sellers then the buyers will leave as well.
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TOTALLY AGREE.EBAY IS ROBBING US THE SELLERS AND MAKING THE BUYER OF OUR ITEMS GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.LIKE MY TITLE SAYS.WHAT A DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!
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