@L: good to hear - any changes you made or the same as before?
I’m in Auckland. All sales were pickup only as I don’t like sending bowls, plates, mugs, and spending lots of time safely packing low value items is not cost effective (2 buyers were from outside Auckland but have friends / family who did the pickup). As a biologist I do it to be environmentally friendly and save stuff from landfill (after seeing several houses being bowled over including contents). Occasionally you find some really interesting items, but NZ is a small market, so sales are slow. It is also a hell of a lot more work than expected, especially the selling part, and though it’s...
I wasn’t sure if you can mention other platforms by name. I use the same price for both. MY statistics for the last 2 weeks are: TM: 187 listings (listings go for 3 days, 28 repeat, others are rotated/replaced with different items) 1 sale FBM: 8 new listings 3 sales Notably I get a lot less views on TM than 3 weeks ago which worries me On the other hand you get a lot more time wasters on FBM.
@Callum: you are not getting it. From what I see buyers are staying away. If your experience is different then maybe try to add facts and data instead of unhelpful comments?
At first I thought great that fees for casual sellers are waived - but then I read about the new "Service fee for buyers". Now I'm not averse against paying a little bit for selling on TM, and if THAT had been the new success fee for casual sellers like me then I would have been very happy. My problem with the fee for buyers is that in my opinion it will turn buyers OFF and keep them away. As you can't see the real number of watchers on your auctions I started 5 new auctions of items that I hadn't listed before. Two days later I also listed the same items on another platform. So the compa...
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Tomorrow is the 10th, and the change over to the new system should be done by the 15th. But how can we tell if Success Fees apply to anything listed from tomorrow on?
@Harm_less: does removing a listing not incur a $3.50 fee for in-trade sellers?
The hubris of TM is mind boggling … I’ve started to move most of my listings to other platforms …