If you are a seller who is only listing items for sale on eBay, you are almost certainly missing the boat on a lot of other sales!eBay, while once the giant and undisputed leader among the auction sites, is losing popularity every day with buyers and sellers alike.Most of the policy changes made during the past 1-1/2 to 2 years have been unfriendly to sellers. But, the recent policy change that doesn’t allow sellers to offer to accept checks or money orders as payment from buyers is one that many buyers are quite unhappy about.As eBay owns Paypal, this was a blatant push to pocket even more fees from sellers by forcing them to basically only accept Paypal as a payment method. There are a couple of other obscure, almost unknown payment platforms. However, neither is feasible for the smaller seller. So, in effect, eBay has devised a way to get an even bigger piece of the pie from sellers.Despite increasing popularity of online shopping with consumers the world over, there are still quite a few buyers who are averse to “paperless” payments and prefer to pay by check or money order.eBay is Losing the Buyers Who Don’t Want to Pay Online. As eBay continues to force sellers away from the site due to exorbitant fees and unfriendly seller policies, buyers are leaving, too, in search of auction sites that give them more payment options.If you are an eBay seller, this can work to your advantage!First of all, it’s never a good idea to put all of your eggs into one basket. For example, under the present eBay policies, if you are unlucky enough to encounter just a handful of problem buyers within a 30 day period who leave low Detailed Seller ratings for you, you might be suspended from selling on eBay for a month or longer.If this should happen to you—and it has happened to many sellers—and eBay is your only source of income, you would be without income for at least 30 days. For many or most sellers, this would be a disaster.The sad truth is that there is little or nothing you can do as an eBay seller to protect yourself from such a catastrophe.But, you can protect yourself from losing all of your income by not relying solely on eBay!There are a number of other auction sites available for you to join and sell your products.Amazon, Bonanzle, Etsy and Ruby Lane are a few such sites. Besides much lower fees, these eBay alternatives are all seller friendly, without the harsh policies and criteria found on eBay that are all but impossible for sellers to maintain.Most, like Bonanzle, don’t even charge a listing fee, so you aren’t out a penny until your item sells.Take advantage of these other sites and don’t rely exclusively on eBay for selling your items!Get the real story on eBay alternatives, plus a giant list of alternatives to eBay at http://www.chinavasion.com/ebay_alternatives.html The definitive list of growing eBay alternatives from China wholesale source Chinavasion.com
Rose Li is the PR Manager for Chinavasion, China’s premier dropshipper for wholesale consumer electronics
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An effective website that I found for online auctions is http://www.mainstreetfair.com. The site offers classified ads, online auctions and buy now auctions. Having had such a bad experience with ebay, this site was simple to work with and simple to leave feedback as well.Members can have their own storefronts, and best of all it is free! Users are able to leave a comment in the blog section after purchasing something which was beneficial when deciding to purchase something. This online auction also gives money back to schools, which is great.
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I have been selling hand dyed wool on eCrater for 1 1/2 years and I am thrilled. The site is totally free! Sales are good — I will triple my sales this year over last. But this doesn’t just happen. It takes some work, and some SEO. There is not the traffic flow that eBay has, but I have a free storefront, and I can be found on page one of a Google search now, which has greatly increased my business. A search on ‘hand dyed wool’ will show my site,
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Gone are the days of hanging out your shingle and waiting for business to come. There was a heyday like that on eBay, but even that is gone, when there are 5,000 results for a search on an item. Competition is fierce and one has to work to get their name out there, as with any business. I have done the work, and I am happy to have my free store at eCrater.
I also have an article on my blog about doing SEO for beginners, and this was what did the trick for me. I am as busy as I want to be on my eCrater site. To see my article:
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I truly hope this helps you! We all deserve a break for our hard work!