Archive for July 2008

Tippy Kal at eBay Live

Jul 13, 2008 | milodes

 

Tippy hitched a ride with us to eBay Live 2008 in Chicago. A couple days before Live started,   she joined a few friends for fun & frolicking on a Wisconsin lake...

Tippy registers to attend Live...

 

McCormick Place was huge! This is Tippy in the hall on the way to the Solutions Center.

Tippy joins the throngs entering Live's Solutions Center...

First stop for Tippy - the Blackthorne booth...

Then a visit with Lulu of eBay's Community team...

Tippy congratulates Uncle Joe on his eBay Community Hall of Fame award...

Tippy attends the luncheon for Priority Pass holders.

...and greets   her old buddy, Harvey Baby, held by me.

Here, Tippy enjoys Chris Isaak's tunes at the Gala...

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The ideal e-commerce venue?

Jul 10, 2008 | milodes

Over the last several months, eBay has instituted new policies which have upset much of the selling community. Many of us have stuck with eBay, but are feeling left out & hamstrung. Many long-time sellers have quit selling on eBay all together.

Since eBay's earliest days, many members have wished eBay would do this or that differently. "I want to sell off my Nazi memorabilia my dad brought back from his tour of duty in the 1940s", "I would like to direct buyers to my own e-commerce site so I can save on fees", and "These listing limits are killing me" are among the various comments I've heard over my 9+ years on eBay.

Granted, eBay answers to its stockholders. And, of course, eBay has to institute policies to present a safe marketplace to its buyers. Its entirely possible that eBay has some legitimate reasons for not allowing sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers.

BUT...if you could design a competitive site, what would that site look like? I don't mean the graphics & layout of pages, but what kinds of features would such a site have? A feedback system like eBay had last year? Lower fees - or none? More involvement of staffers (including the upper-level execs) on the discussion boards? WHAT?

I'm curious as to what would be the ideal site on which you, an independent business person/seller, would look like!


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