EBay Entices Online SellersMartinez, Amy
Selling merchandise onmarketplacescan be a sustainable online business model. Seller platforms like eBay, Bonanza,Etsy, OfferUp, or Facebook Marketplace make the process of listing products, capturing contact information, and receiving payments easy. The best part? These massive seller platforms already...
The sharing economy is upon us. There’s no need to buy things like lawnmowers, small power tools, cars, and household appliances if you only need them for a short while. Your house could be filled with underused things that others would like to rent. Sites likeFriendWithAmake it possib...
This paper introduces a model for analyzing marketplaces, such as eBay, which rely on binary reputation mechanisms for quality signaling and quality control. In our model sellers keep their actual quality private and choose what quality to advertise. The reputation mechanism is primarily used to det...
Global ecommerce siteslike eBay and Amazon enable their sellers to sell internationally. Other popular marketplace websites, for example Allegro in Poland or Cdiscount in France, are also open to foreign sellers. The bottom line: ecommerce is booming around the world. ...
For selling mobile phones, your best bet is to use a site that facilitates face-to-face transactions — especially if you’re flipping used items. Many sellers complain of return policies that heavily favor the buyer on sites like eBay, Swappa and others. ...
WooCommerce has plugins for features like inventory management, payment gateways, and marketing tools.It’s perfect for businesses looking for a completely customizable solution for selling things online, but it requirestechnical expertiseto set up and maintain. Sellers must handle hosting, security, and...
like Taobao,EBay and Alibaba.Undoubtedly speaking,online shopping has many advantages.Firstly,compared with traditional shopping,it’s very convenient.What you need to do is just clicking your mouse and waiting instead of going out by foot or driving.Secondly,more choices than real store are ...
I’ve been buying and selling on eBay a long time and love it, there’s one feature I wish they had for sellers though that I’m surprised they don’t - currently you can’t use a listing template for a new item on mobile, only desktop. I use templates for nearly everything to ...
Other websites likeeBayprovide an auction format in which sellers can display items for a minimum price, and buyers can bid on these items until the listing ends or the seller chooses to award it to a buyer.5Most stores also have placed virtual customer service centers on their websites, ...