Comments on: Has eBay stopped bidding on auctions? http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/ Matt from Aroxo blogs about stuff Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: angelinjones http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-423 angelinjones Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:00:41 +0000 http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/index.php/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/#comment-423 Beware of sellers who use the funds at auction's end to purchase the goods that were advertised. This can promote long delays for the buyer, and can usually be picked up by noting an unusually long amount of time before item leaves sellers possession. ================= Angelinjones <a href="http://www.gov-auctions.org" rel="nofollow">auto auctions</a> Beware of sellers who use the funds at auction’s end to purchase the goods that were advertised. This can promote long delays for the buyer, and can usually be picked up by noting an unusually long amount of time before item leaves sellers possession.

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]]> By: admin http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-422 admin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:08:46 +0000 http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/index.php/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/#comment-422 Hi Trevor - thanks for your honest comments. You make a couple of points, firstly relating to eBay, and secondly the potential for Aroxo as a generalist online marketplace. There's little doubt that eBay's overall market share of online commerce is falling (at around 5% a quarter in the US in Q1 06). The reasons for this are complex and multi-faceted. In part this is possibly driven by the growth in Internet usage bringing new buyers that don't find eBay's brand positioning appealing. It could also be that as eBay shifts its focus from collectibles to higher-value items they are finding that the buyers and sellers in this space are (marginally) less comfortable with the auction format and the "looking for a basement bargain" which eBay seems to push as its brand. As for the potential for Aroxo's success. We are under no illusions that this is a hard market to enter, hence we've built a market settlement system which won't be hampered by eBay's critical mass - giving us the best chance of success. We're also working closely with sellers to ensure that our systems are well optimised for them. That said, we're always looking for more seller input and any who are reading this are welcome to sign up for our alpha trial with the sign-up code "alpha". One thing we have found is that there is a clear demand from online sellers to find alternative channels which enable them to continue growing their business profitably. For Aroxo it is our job to ensure that we deliver this for them. Clearly, all start-ups face considerable challenges, and our approach to these is to recognise them and address them head on with detailed planning, but we're a little too early to our launch cycle to go public with this. Hi Trevor – thanks for your honest comments. You make a couple of points, firstly relating to eBay, and secondly the potential for Aroxo as a generalist online marketplace.

There’s little doubt that eBay’s overall market share of online commerce is falling (at around 5% a quarter in the US in Q1 06). The reasons for this are complex and multi-faceted. In part this is possibly driven by the growth in Internet usage bringing new buyers that don’t find eBay’s brand positioning appealing.

It could also be that as eBay shifts its focus from collectibles to higher-value items they are finding that the buyers and sellers in this space are (marginally) less comfortable with the auction format and the “looking for a basement bargain” which eBay seems to push as its brand.

As for the potential for Aroxo’s success. We are under no illusions that this is a hard market to enter, hence we’ve built a market settlement system which won’t be hampered by eBay’s critical mass – giving us the best chance of success. We’re also working closely with sellers to ensure that our systems are well optimised for them.

That said, we’re always looking for more seller input and any who are reading this are welcome to sign up for our alpha trial with the sign-up code “alpha”.

One thing we have found is that there is a clear demand from online sellers to find alternative channels which enable them to continue growing their business profitably. For Aroxo it is our job to ensure that we deliver this for them.

Clearly, all start-ups face considerable challenges, and our approach to these is to recognise them and address them head on with detailed planning, but we’re a little too early to our launch cycle to go public with this.

]]> By: Trevor Ginn http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Trevor Ginn Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.aroxo.com/blog/mattr/index.php/2007/08/21/has-ebay-stopped-bidding-on-auctions/#comment-421 Matt, this is wishful thinking at best and rubbish at worst. It is auctions which drive people to eBay and hence traffic to their fixed price items. without them eBay would have no competitive advantage. The bus for generalist online marketplaces has left and I think that the only real opportunity in the market is for niche sites. The eBay figues you refer to are a results of eBay discouraging the tat which was flooding the marketplace, and hence a good thing Matt, this is wishful thinking at best and rubbish at worst. It is auctions which drive people to eBay and hence traffic to their fixed price items. without them eBay would have no competitive advantage. The bus for generalist online marketplaces has left and I think that the only real opportunity in the market is for niche sites.

The eBay figues you refer to are a results of eBay discouraging the tat which was flooding the marketplace, and hence a good thing

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