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Where have all the eBay Sellers gone?

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Where Have All The eBay Sellers Gone?

Have you noticed that it's getting harder and harder to find your favorite items at eBay? The small mom and pop sellers that brought you the best vintage, one of a kind pottery, china, and hundreds of other antiques and collectibles are leaving in droves because of some changes eBay has made to their selling policies. Where have all the eBay sellers gone?

Stay at home/work at home moms who are trying to earn extra money on eBay are finding it more and more difficult to do so. Why? Because of eBay's continually changing policies that work against sellers and because of the ever increasing fees eBay charges sellers. This is making it really hard to shop for gently used baby clothes, kids clothes and toys, very popular items!

Many favorite sellers have been forced right off the site in favor of the huge sellers of mass-produced and/or drop shipped items. Never mind that eBay started as a wonderful site for buying second hand anything.

Where have all the eBay sellers gone?

Contents at a Glance

So Where DID All Those eBay Sellers Go?
EBAY SUCKS T-shirt
Popular eBay Alternatives By Listing Cou...
Popular eBay Alternatives By Unique Visi...
The Latest News About eBay Boycotts
Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay...
Online Seller's Resources
Learn Buying And Selling Online
eBay Alternative Site Seller Stores

Answer: To eBay alternative auction sites

Well, dear readers, they moved away from eBay. Some went on to other auction sites called "eBay alternative auction sites." Some sellers built their own stores either on marketplace sites like Blujay, eCrater or a fully hosted ecommerce site.

This lens invites former eBay sellers who have moved to such other places to add their links below. I am happy to help promote your new selling home.

I urge eBay shoppers to check out these sellers and support them in their efforts to support themselves. If you love to shop like I do, please visit these fine sellers at their new venues and buy from them there.

EBAY SUCKS T-shirt

Popular eBay Alternatives By Listing Count

Listing count means how many unique listings for items an auction site has. If I list one auction for 10 items, it is (and should be) only counted once. If I list 10 auctions for 1 item, the listing count is 10. Most online auction sites do not allow duplicate listings of the same item. This is a good thing.

According to the Auction Site Count chart at the Powersellers Unite site, ecrater, Bonanzle and eBid led the pack of eBay alternatives by listing count on 05-21-10. Today, 05-19-11, the same sites are still at the top, just in a different order - eBid, ecrater and Bonanzle.

High listing counts mean the sites are very popular among sellers. Following that, sellers must like these particular sites for the seller features available and more than likely the sales they get as well.

Free Online Marketplace & Free Ecommerce Store Builder - get a Free Online Store at eCRATER: free web store, free online marketplace, free ecommerce website builder, free online store
Bonanzle - Find Everything But The Ordinary: While everybody is welcome to sell on Bonanzle, our most successful sellers are those that have items that aren't new, shiny, and mass-produced. Why? Because we believe Amazon already does a darned good job at helping people find new DVDs, CDs, electronics, computers, and books. We specialize in helping you buy and sell everything else.
eBid Online Auctions: Visit eBid, the Online Auction House without the Fees - buy and sell today.

Popular eBay Alternatives By Unique Visitors

Interestingly, while doing a quick comparison of unique visitors at each of the three sites via Compete.com, the popularity seems the same!

eCRATER.com showed 1,351,047 unique visitors for the period of March 2009 to March 2010. This site does show a 9.19% yearly decrease in visitors.

Bonanzle.com showed 733,593 unique visitors for the period of March 2009 to March 2010. This site does show a 48.42% yearly increase in visitors.

eBid.net showed 193,644 unique visitors for the period of March 2009 to March 2010. This site does show a 41.20% yearly increase in visitors.

Compete Site Analytics Comparison: Compete Site Analytics Comparison of eBid, Bonanzle and ecrater by Unique Visitors

The Latest News About eBay Boycotts

What are the headlines about eBay boycotts?

Twitter users threaten boycott over censorship accusation: The company was accused of censorship by many users and threatened with a one-day boycott on Saturday after announcing that it could remove tweets in certain countries which have "different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression".
eBay and Amazon Abstain from SOPA Protest Blackout: However, eBay does oppose SOPA, as do most Internet companies. (GoDaddy was an exception and, after a boycott by users, was forced to change its position.) In November, eBay joined AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga in ...
A startling tech trajectory: EBay. Twitter. In some ways it feels like it has surpassed them in terms of its cultural dominance. One can feel it in the way Google, which long dominated the Web, seems to be scrambling to reinvent itself to look more like Facebook.
Middle-class women: the 'hidden homeless': It's a moment that, according to Kay Boycott, the director of policy at the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, is happening to people increasingly frequently. 'The threat of homelessness happens to someone every two minutes.

Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website

Online Seller's Resources

Find help for setting up on alternative auction sites or your own fully hosted ecommerce store.

If you know of more resources, feel free to use the contact link to send it to me. I'll be happy to check it out for inclusion!

Power Sellers Unite: Online Auction Industry Discussion Forum And Ecommerce Store Web Hosting
Creative Shop Talk: Creative Shop Talk is a resource and community forum for small business online owners. We share our experiences, hope and strength with each other to improve and enhance our websites.
Auction Sellers Motivators: ASM is a cooperative community of online sellers working to improve their businesses. Whether you sell on eBay, Amazon, Etsy, your own web site or any number of other venues, we're your source for top quality advice! We welcome everyone from those just starting out to seasoned, online professionals.
AuctionBytes: Free news and resources for online auction users.
Repatoo - you know what they say - online auction reputation manager: We believe that your reputation is your most important asset when transacting online. Be it auctions, classifieds or any other kind of peer to peer exchange, you should be able to bring it with you wherever you go. Repatoo makes your reputation portable across any site on which you wish to transact.

Learn Buying And Selling Online

Be an informed buyer and seller!

eBay Alternative Site Seller Stores

For your shopping pleasure!

Sellers, add your store links for eBay ALTERNATIVE AUCTION SITES here. NO EBAY STORES! Feel free to grab this list and put it on your lens or blog! This section is for sellers who are listing on auction sites other than eBay.

Shoppers, please visit these sellers and see what they have to offer!

Where have all the eBay Sellers gone?