Please start supporting other sites because ebay is committing suicide !

Thank YOU Auctiva Jeff. GOOD NEWS-----. I did not sign up b/c I felt I had toooo much to handle w/eBay changing policy keeping me on my toes. I am so looking forward to the announcement of "IT IS HERE!"

In the light of current events recent new members should be aware of this thread's contents

I disagree with Jeff. eBay Can go down the tubes.

That is the same thing that Atari thought when they were on top of the video game market. They lost it because they took their eyes off the ball.

I think eBay is taking their eyes off the ball. Problem is no one else yet has market share and that comes with advertising... but the more they screw up... they more opportunity someone else will have to step in. I am convinced it will happen eventually, and especially if they continue to make these radical changes too fast and alienate their entire base.

The video game console market is not at all like eBay. About the only similarity is that once you have sold a ton of consoles the game makers come and make a lot of games, which in turn helps you sell a lot of consoles to gamers that want to play all those newly made games. A big difference is that avid gamers demand ever increasing quality games which require new hardware. It's the battle therein over each new generation of consoles where market share is won and lost.

The difference here is nobody is demanding a new console and you the game makers are going to stay right here making games for eBay until a new better console comes along that has just as many game buyers on it as eBay has. Or at least enough to bother trying to make some sales on it. Which to date many have tried and all have failed.

Also I didn't say eBay will never go down the tubes, I said it won't go down the tubes until a credible competitor arises. Which there still isn't.

At this point it looks like we'll be opening up our store beta to more customers in late September. We've received feedback from about 40 of the 200 customers that participated in the first beta and are going to work to incorporate their feedback along with some other additions we wanted to make.

CEO Jeff, are the Beta stores actively selling or simply restricted access test beds ?

First of all I am so looking forward to a AUCTIVA STORE...

Second of all--eBay "ain't what it useta be" and soon the masses will get the message. It is like comparing oranges to apples now...and it changed so quickly...to rotten apples.

The anology would be like going back to Nordstroms and finding clutter of WalMart stuff everywhere...looking around and thinking "they musta been bought out--I do not have to waste my time here" then leave and never return.

Many buyers will not discover until the winter months that they CAN NOT find "IT" on eBay and will discover new sites. For the sellers--(I am one, cut back my listings and know I need to shuffle fast--the end is coming and I can feel it. It is just so hard to end and start amew.

I like iOffer and like selling AND buying there. I going to start listing items at e-crater after my yard sale is over. It never hurts to put the old eggs in more than one basket, eh?

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We should have a beta version in the next few months. If I give a date we'd probably just miss it. But hopefully before it starts getting cold outside, lol.

The features are nearly complete and we're working on integrating well with the Auctiva site and our inventory feature. As well as making sure it's easy to use for beginners but the experts can still find the power features. And things like tutorials and templates.

I just joined the family of Auctiva, and just started posting. Question is, do I continue listing my stuff through Auctiva to EBay or wait. I read where beta testing was going to end around the time it starts getting cold. Well its starting to get cold.

We were ahead of schedule and did the first beta in August. We're about to start a second beta soon. In the next week or two. It's still in the mid 80's here in Northern California

Can I participate in the next beta test?

It will be an open beta which anyone can join on a first come first served basis.

Hi Jeff, Where would I keep an eye out for an announcement?

It's due out Tuesday November 11th. There will likely be something when you log into the site. I'm sure there will be a post to the message boards as well.

Are you supporting ANY other sites besides Ebay?
I love the ease of using your site BUT CAN NO LONGER list with Ebay. It has become unbearable.

PLEASE hook up with another site.

I believe if all the sellers who already use your site were to go to ANY OTHER site you would support the sheer numbers would be just the thing to knock ebay off their perch.
Pat

Hi Jeff, I have used Auctiva for almost 2 years now. When the Beta comes out. Can we test it and still have items on ebay. Or do you list items for sale strictly in the Beta.

Plus Jeff I posted a problem with my store in the store category if you dont mind taking a look.
Thanks

Oh and I wanted to say this also. Ebay has refused on so many occasions to listen to its Sellers. The New Best Matched has cause sales by many sellers, myself included to drop by 1/2.

It is time that Ebay learn that you cant treat Sellers so badly. The new way they are doing best match does not work, they say it work off the dsr's , but they just many sellers with poor dsr's out on the 1st pages of the search when excellent sellers find their items in the back with seconds to go till the end of their auctions.

I believe once word gets out about Auctiva and the Beta, It wont be just a few hundred, but more like 2-4 thousand sellers if not more that will jump ship.

Hi Jeff
Will this be available to Canadians and support Canadian dollars and shipping?

You wanna talk about treating Sellers bad, have you tried Amazon.com?