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2 Door Approach To eBay?? Maybe A Seperation Is Coming

Posted by admin in Internet Marketing, News, ebay on 10 29th, 2008 | 6 responses

 I usually don’t listen to the eBay Radio show, simply because I believe it contains too many commercials and very little “meat”.

However, I did listen this week as I have been out of the loop so to speak for several days, my attention having been diverted by other projects. So, as I was trying in vain to catch up on the internet marketing world, I was listening to the program this week and I was right, another episode of cheerleading and pep rally for eBay. Ok, so as I was about ready to turn off the program, the PowerSeller Hour program came on and the first guest was Skip McGrath, author, speaker and ecommerce seller. I know Skip, he has been on our program ebay & Beyond: Basics to Business on a couple of occassions so I thought I would just hang around to listen to his take on the current state of affairs at eBay.

 

 

 

Skip McGrath On The eBay PowerSeller Hour

So while listening to the interview near it’s conclusion, I was not expecting much more than Skip promoting his website and services which is fine. That is what he pays for (these interview are really not interviews but paid segments that the interviewees pay for). Anyway, at about the 10 minute 30 second mark in the interview Griff asks Skip what he would change about the feedback or rating system if he could. Skip responds (I am paraphrasing here) and says eBay has come to a point where maybe there needs to be 2 doors to enter eBay. (Like maybe 2 seperate sites? Hmmm sounds very familiar) One door for the old eBay and one for the new eBay. Griff then says Skip, you are a very smart man,,, stay tuned.

Is eBay really thinking of seperating the site? I don’t know but it sure sounded like it to me. Many people including this author have been calling for this for years. I know this was tried before with eBay Express and certainly was a dismal failure, but I think eBay might very well be thinking of resurrecting some sort of dual portal site that maybe, just maybe would be better thought out and promoted.

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    I still fear that this idea ends up killing one of the two platforms, and I really hope it wouldn’t be the one I’m on!

    Look, if they ever do this, I think my #1 concern would be the third door, which Randy Smythe has referenced. With any separation of the site, my hope is that there is still one place where buyers can go to search and shop everything.

    Thanks, Cliff

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    Cliff

    I believe that if this does happen, it might be tough for a time, but both marketplaces will survive and could even compliment one another. We have to understand that there are buyers for both markets, and neither want to wade through items they are not interested in as the site is now.

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    It’ll be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of this.

    What would the 2 sites be? One eBay for new, fixed priced items and another that’s an auction site for antiques and collectibles?

    Seems like a challenge to position yourself position yourself to have two such opposite formats. People have their perceptions of what eBay is. It’s been built up over the years. Always hard to steer the ship in another direction – let alone two directions!

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    Marlene

    That’s exactly the problem! No one is steering the ship! Hmmm, seems I wrote a post on that a while back,,,

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    I agree,To me they have already done the damage..
    So why try to to confuse and make matters worse by trying to separate everything. They made the decision, Now they need to live with it !

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    enngga

    I agree! unfortunately, the sellers are the ones that have to live with the decisions eBay has made.

    Thankfully many sellers both large and small have made the choice not to be controlled by the decisions made by eBay management and taken steps to take back the control of their businesses.

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