Comments on: Digital Items Banned On eBay

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:38:12 +0000

eBay isn’t the only online auction site and I think people are awaking to that fact

By: Louise Reilly

Louise Reilly — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:07:18 +0000

Hi all ( John as well)

My husband first bought Johns membership to planetsms, thats what got him started on the ebooks, and digital downloads, we used ebay a couple of times, but with all the fees… well you can imagine, we setup http://www.wightauction.co.uk which is an isle of wight auction site, but we are used world wide, we are working on a digital download section that will be added to the members area, and are currently working on an ebay import for your feedback, we do welcome new members and if anyone would like to use our site then please do feel free to register, if you do choose to register send me an email via the site, tell me your username that you used to register, and tell me that you came from planetsms and ill credit your account with a further £50 (On top of the £10 signup credit) to get you setup and listing, we are doing some enhancements just now on the site

e.g rss feeds, social bookmarking, googlebase listings, automatic pinged auctions listings.

We have been contacted by a few ebay users in response to ebays policy, so changes on our site are reflecting this.

Louise Reilly
admin@wightauction.co.uk
http://www.wightauction.co.uk/

By: john haskins

john haskins — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:11:11 +0000

Just forget eBay. Not much point in kidding yourself they will come to their senses. They own eBay, they set the rules. Nothing wrong with that. So it leaves us with no platform to sell our goods. Well that is how it was when I started.

If you want to make your living now in the net then do some work, build a site and market it. This will give you a much better living than eBay ever did.

I had a good living from this method 8 years ago. I then started selling on eBay at very good prices, then after some years the prices dropped and I was in trouble. So I rebuilt my websites and soon got back to better times.

This is not difficult to do. Just takes some hard work. If you would like some help to do this just contact me and I will help.

http://ecom100it.com

By: David

David — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:18:19 +0000

Just a thought, could i send a letter to someone who has just purchased an ebook, and in the letter the download link.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:49:28 +0000

After eBay’s “Workshop” the other day some things are now more clear. In classifieds, the ONLY way a prospect can respond is by sending the seller an e-mail or making a telephone call. No links to your web page, no opt-in form, mo PayPal button.

What I don’t get is they expect us to sell digital downloadable items through classified ads, but they allow no way for the buyer to make a purchase easily — only by e-mail or phone call for more information.

That effectively kills sales of impulse items. i don’t see how classified ads will be any good for us.

What is your take on this?
Steve

By: EricaLynn

EricaLynn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0000

Zipidee just announced their support for ebooks:http://www.zipidee.com. Try their site if you can’t (or don’t want to) sell on ebay anymore.

By: Deepo

Deepo — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:39:08 +0000

I think people are now seeing it is more trouble to list or to even fool with ebay and many sellers will be phased out along with all of these ebook plans where someone can make “millions”. LOL
I had a wholesale list featured in the classified section of ebay informational products and ebay pulled the listing because it has the word “Plasma” in the title. A plasma television is not a brand but a descriptive term. I decided to not have anything to do with ebay anymore. It is so not worth the trouble, and the world wide web is much larger than ebay and will exist much longer than ebay will. I know it is has been mentioned to not badmouth ebay but after the things they have implemented and set in place, what good can you say about them ? I am one that sold MANY informational item. I paid them upwards $1500 us dollars many months for listing fees and final value fees and what do they do but wipe their arzz with it.

All they need is a really good competitor to come along that embraces the seller than paranoid about loosing buyers. The paranoia comes from too many people often too fast to complain about the smallest little thing because they (buyers) are not having a good day or are venting from other frustrations in their lives. Sellers make it happen for buyers, and buyers keep the sellers in business.

I am done with ebay. I will only use them for the specialty tangible item that I run across from time to time

Best of luck to all digital download sellers.

By: Yara

Yara — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:43:34 +0000

no it is not… all are in violation of ebay rules… why not removed.. this si what worries me for later… ebay depend on reports from other members to remove the items in violation… even before… an item may not be removed if it was not noticed by ebay…. so these items may last until they end and will never be removed… but if they caught, the sellers who are doing it may end suspended… so, one can do it, but it is risky… the problem will be for those abiding by the rules, who will loose sales because of these listings….

My experience with ebay taught me one thing: always go by their rules… sooner or later, they will catch you.. although you may sell less, but if you abide by their rules, you will sell forever with them.

Regards

By: KM9999999

KM9999999 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:42:59 +0000

Hi:

I’m confused about eBay’s new rule. Maybe someone can sort this out for me.

I’m seeing a lot of digital products for sale now on eBay. These listings were started after April 1. At the top of the listing, the shipping amount says “Free”. At the bottom of the listing, the shipping method says “See Description”. In the description, it says that the buyer will receive an email with a download link for the product. Some say that the email will come immediately. Some say that it will come within 24 hours. Some offer the choice of receiving the download link by email for free or paying a small shipping fee to get the product sent on CD.

Are the listings I’ve described here not in violation of eBay’s new no-digital-download rule? I knew that eBay would no longer be providing the buyer with a download link after purchase, but I thought it was also against the rule for the seller to email the download link. Am I wrong?

If it makes any difference, these were not ebooks. Specifically, I was looking at eBay listing templates and PhotoShop templates (birth announcements where you just add your own picture). Also, these were not 99 cent items. They were at least $5. Most were much more. Is it only the ebooks that can’t now be delivered by digital download? Is it ok to offer other types of digital products by download?

If these listings are in violation of the new rule, why aren’t the being canceled by eBay? Some of them have been running for up to four days.

To get to the point, I’m just asking if it’s ok with eBay to email a product to a buyer (or email a download link).

Anybody know anything about this?

Thanks

By: Yara

Yara — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:41:50 +0000

anyone aware of any other companies other than swiftcd and kunaki?