So a bloke buys a boat, goes out with his family without checking the integrity of the boat even though he had painted the boat and suspected the hull was rotten. He also goes out without lifejackets for his family members. They get in trouble and the boat capsizes (not “sank” as reported, as they …
Category Archives: auctions
YATMW
Yet another Trade Me Wannabe – someone that does not understand internet economics. Sorry – the auctions space is gone. But good basic auction advice on their press release regardless.
eBay Classifieds
better late than never…. Trade Me has been successfuly hosting classifieds for a few years now…
Trade Me purchase is paying off…
Fairfax’s purchase of Trade Me* is paying dividends – at least in the headlines of competitors APN’s NZ Herald: “Fairfax stagnating but Trade Me making progress”
Game over for Online Real Estate
People in New Zealand looking at real estate sites online spend 73% of that time on Trade Me Property (incl Trade Me Flatmates). That’s a staggeringly high percentage of traffic, and indeed Trade Me Property has been leading the way for some time. To work this out I took Domestic Unique Browsers x UB Frequency …
eBay listings fall in some categories
Interesting eBay UK has seen some category’s weekly listings fall year on year, sometimes dramatically. Good summary here, which refers to this, who got it from the Bear Stearns eBay report. The biggest falls were in media – DVD’s and music seeing 15% and 26% drops – hence the recent price changes. Even eBay.com saw …
eBay UK changes fees paradigm
eBay UK as announced big changes in their fees. Good coverage on eBay Strategies. Firstly, media (CD’s DVD’s etc.) will attract much lower listing fees (down, for most items, from 35 to 75 pence to 10 pence). However the downside is that success fees have gone up from 5.25%/3.25%/1.75% to a flat 9%. That’s a …
shill bidding on eBay
Shill bidding on eBay is, anecdotally at least, a big problem. eBay’s recent decision to hide the ID’s of other bidders has not helped the community policing. Slashdot has some interesting comments on the issue – including one chap that has the following advice: 1) Never bid on camcorders, computers, automobiles, or any other high …
eBay – new trust and safety measures
eBay are having a big month in Trust and Safety They are bringing in “SMI“, which hides member nicknames in bid histories. This is to try to prevent the booming trade in bogus second chance offers. The downside is that it removes the community’s ability to detect dodgy bidders, though eBay says that it has …
eBay no longer fun?
One, two , three interesting posts from the eBay eCommerce forum, happening now. ebaystrategies is live blogging from there, and the linked posts are from a presentation by Meg Sloan on consumer research. Some snippets: Meg’s team divide buyers into four categories: – Shopping driven passionates – Convenience driven enthusiasts – Price driven value finders …
Google checkout – aggressive promotions
Google express is aggressively recruiting buyers: Sign up and get US$10 free – which you can spend on anything (excluding post and packaging) from some pretty major retailers – including Buy.com and Toysrus.com. Meanwhile retailers get free processing unti lte end of this year. This is exactly what the wannabe online payments players in New …
eBay Feedback 2.0
Officialy pre-announced: eBay is splitting feedback up into 4 sub categories: – Item description – Communication – Shipping time – S+H terms They will also expire (archive) old feedback, and you’ll only be able to see the last two years of results. First to test this will be (at least) three international sites – Australia, …
Lance Wiggs 