Dinah Balk

Retail's Black Friday vs. Broadband's Cyber 24/7/365

Good morning Shelly -

Good article but it's not the amount of traffic that's important it's the conversion rate and eBay probably comes in dead last. Why?

1) Home page. It loads as slow as molassas if at all for dial up users.

2) Best Match. Buyer's can't find IT because best match was designed to "think" for them despite having an IQ of less than 50 & dropping fast.

3) Advertising. After buyers give up trying to find IT, all they need do is click on any of the millions of ads that send them off site and into the arms of retailers who are more than happy to help them find IT.

4) Mandatory Paypal. Paypal is holding sellers funds hostage from 21 to 180 days. What seller is going to ship before they're paid?

5) eBay is not secure. If it was, then hackers wouldn't have been able to procure many if not all of the $1.00 deals eBay has been promoting.