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The majority of sellers will have noticed that their feedback scores have changed now that multiple purchases count towards their scores, however unless you are buying from EBay to you probably have seen the below image :

Do we hear the community groan?
Will we see the feedback issues rear their ugly heads like most sellers feared?
have Ebay basically said, do what you want to with feedback nothing will come back on you?

I guess only time will tell….

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Having been a powerseller on Ebay for well over 5 years and finding that it is becoming increasingly harder and time consuming to deliver my business goals I decided that I needed to diversify my Ebay interests to develop other streams of income.

Over the last few years I have read, and invested my hard earned money into, numourous e-books on how to develop your Ebay business furthur. To be honest I would have been better simply setting fire to the money as they simply throw the same old nonsense up that has been banded around the Internet for years.

Then I read, Ebay Crusher, and I simply couldn’t believe that I had missed such a simple to implement process that could generate me an Ebay income in line with what I had spent years developing as a Powerseller of traditional products.

For those that are looking for a get rich quick scheme then this isn’t for them, what this e-book delivers is a step by step guide on how to combine affilate marketing with the largest online auction marketplace and to quite simply make money with less hassle than a traditional auction product.

After reading the e-book I gave it a go, followed the simple instructions and set about aiming to make it work. My first attempt doubled my investment in 3 days (including e-book cost, ad cost etc) and it really wasn’t the best attempt in the world. Since then I have fine tuned my approach (again outlined in the e-book) and my current adverts are returning me in excess of 2000% return per advert.

I really do wish that I had read this e-book earlier and started to reap the returns earlier, I simply cannot recommend it highly enough for those that are simply frustrated at not being able to compete with the might of the Ebay Powersellers in the traditional sense of Ebay.

This process takes your mindset “outside the box” of the traditional Ebay money model, David’s method allows you to dictate what you can make and therefore realise the earning potential that you would want from Ebay. It really is a no brainer, just buy the e-book and join me making the money that I want to make with as little hassle as possible.

Ebay Crusher - the next generation of tool to develop your ebay income.

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We all know that Ebay is changing, personally I just carry on going about my selling business and take them in my stride as I offer a good service and the items that I choose to sell offer me the opportunity to absorb their fees. They take me for my fees and I capitalise on their traffic volumes it really is a fair exchange as I see it.

The question is…what do they see their business strategy and direction as now?

Ebay have reduced listing fees and thrown in ‘extras’ such as gallery for ‘free’ and redefined their search algorithms to focus on sellers DSR’s in an action that gives the seller more exposure the happier their customers are. The more exposure that a listing gets the higher the likelihood is that the final selling price will be higher and as such the greater the FVF that Ebay will collect, thus offsetting the lower insertion fees. There are even rumours that Ebay will be moving towards free listings for all, does this not simply sound like the Amazon business model??

Look at Amazon, they offer a free to list policy to their sellers however the marketplace is a hell of a lot more structured and controlled and they then take a larger proportion of the final price in fees. If the customer isn’t happy then it is up to the seller to make them happy or they no longer sell on the Amazon marketplace.

No one can really argue that it really is a good business model but can Ebay really go from its seller focused approach (you can make your fortune on here type of marketing) to a buyer focused approach (a really use able and confidence building marketplace) without turning upon the very sellers (read legit) that have made it what it is today.

Thoughts?

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As a regular around the eBay forums and blogs and as a powerseller on eBay myself I am starting to tire of the endless complaints and moaning about eBay……..so a simple statement followed by a simple question :

Statement

Ebay changes the rules - they can it is their playing field.

Question

If you don’t like playing on their field why don’t you leave?

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