Since Rich is off to the San Diego Comic Con just now, I'll step in for him and
offer a very sincere "thank you" to eBay for realizing that the obvious answer
to sellers realizing fewer sales for less money on eBay is to jack up their
fees to those sellers -- even as they arbitrarily pull power-seller's auctions
for no reason other than they don't like their stated shipping fee. With a
business model like eBay's, one can only hope that most sellers will finally
decide to stop thinking about it and actually commit to listing at least some
of their poster inventory at http://www.MoviePosterbid.com -- which is now in
its 3rd year of operation.
MPB changes NO insertion fees. And no image gallery fees right now. And the
final valuation fee on sales is only 2%. You can feature your auction on the
Home Page... the Home Page, folks... for only $1 dollar (sometimes only 50
cents when there's a special on) And if you want to protect yourself, you can
set a reserve on your auction for $1, regardless of what your reserve price is.
You like to sell with "buy it now"? On MPBid it is called "I'll Take It!" but
it works the exact same way.
So basically, you can list your auctions for free and pay nothing unless you
sell something. Given what eBay is charging these days, sellers should be
rushing to MPBid to use the easy one-page, 30-second auction creation form and
staging a whole bunch of their auctions on MPbid.
We'll see... It's true that more and more sellers *have* been putting stuff on
MPB lately, but there are many who still continue to make their only commitment
to the diminishing returns of eBay.
And, yes, the poster buyers need to get in the habit of checking MPBid *first*
before starting to slog through eBay.
Right now is a GREAT time for buyers to get in the habit of checking out
MPBid... the special event auction taking place over the next 11 days is
*loaded* with great stuff.
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 22:41
Subject: [MOPO] EBAY GIVES MPB A BIG PROMOTIONAL PRESENT
> I just started a thread on NSFGEabout this, and see no reason not to copy it
> here:
>
> EBAY GIVES MPB A BIG PROMOTIONAL PRESENT
> With announcement of major fee hikes on eBay today, starting with the Stores
> fees structure and final commission, it looks like eBay just gave MPB a very
> big present indeed in terms of presenting poster sellers (and comics and
> other collectibles that will fit within MPB's pop culture and art framework)
> an even stronger alternative.
>
> If form follows, then it's to be expected that eBay will no doubt raise
> auction insertion and final commission fees in the near future as well. It's
> just a matter of time. Probably short time.
>
> Of course this is from the "seller's perspective", but if you are an
> international seller that lists on eBay regularly, then their fees, Paypal
> fees (including cross-border "fees" and Paypal's own and quite distinctive
> "exchange rate" when transferring funds) then every little price hike of up
> to 500% does make a bit of a difference.
>
> MOPO readers will perhaps have seen Channing Thompson's other somewhat
> disturbing post about shipping costs. Sorry Channing, you're just going to
> have to pack your parcels of valuable posters like crap so you don't upset
> eBay!
>
> No question, the presence of an 800lb gorilla in the loungeroom certainly
> does cause one to think if one wants to go pee-pee.
>
> Buyers, too, need to really support MPB as well. Cost hikes on eBay are
> going to impact seller's prices, and that's going to impact on buyers (and
> it's important to think outside just the movie poster world in terms of
> eBay's e-commerce business with such issues, not just how it impacts one's
> own small sphere of interest).
>
> Sellers can only absorb costs and expenses for so long before they get
> passed on to the end user.
> Phil
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