deepak jones

Will eBay Create a Perfect World for Online Sellers?

I sold cds for years on Ebay. To list a cd took around 10 steps and alot of reading. It also took several steps to process the sale or non-sale at the end of the week. I never really got a grasp of the fee structure - listing fees, selling fees and paypal fees. To summarize it was just too much time out of my day.

I started with Amazon last year. It took two easy steps to list, no reading and no multiple options to wade through. After listing it I didn't have pay attention to the item until it sold. After that I paid a single fee and viola. I was done.

Ebay = complicated, time consuming
Amazon = simple to understand, minimal sales management


as well as having to pay auction listing then having to relist again if not sold, then, if sold, having to go through ebay checkout then Paypal checkout with its different fees and never really getting a grasp of