Open letter to eBay - please let businesses list for free & just pay commission
Summary: writesoon raises concerns about eBay's listing policies, highlighting that registered businesses face competitive disadvantages due to listing fees, unlike private sellers who benefit from free rollover listings. They argue this situation makes it hard for small businesses to compete, as private sellers' shops can expand significantly without incurring extra costs. The participant suggests that allowing free listings for businesses would increase eBay's commission revenue through higher sales.
Dear eBay,
Please let registered businesses list for free.
We will happily pay commission to use the site, but your current policy of allowing 'private' sellers lisings to roll over for free each month, while charging businesses fees to do the same, has resulted in many small businesses struggling to compete.
Many of us now find that , while we have to pay nearly £100 a month to have 1500 items our shops (and over £500 to have the next level shop) , there are thousands of private sellers whose 'shops' are now even bigger than ours, and when you look at what they are selling, there is often no perceivable difference between their 'stock' and ours.
We appreciate that this doesn't apply to every category, but in those categories where it does, it is putting your registered businesses at a huge competitive disadvantage, as not only do their 'shops' grow exponentially each month (some of them have many many thousands of lisings now), but they don't pay a penny commission on their sales.
So, please, give us the help we need and allow sellers who have been badly impacted to list our stock for free now.
...If you do, you are likely to find our increased sales will result in much more commission for you
