Is Ebay really in a position to judge other businesses? I have entered them in their own competition following their own guidelines.
Here’s what we recommend to help your application stand out:
Share your origin story – What sparked your business journey?
...... Private sellers, selling unwanted goods to private buyers looking for a one off collectable or second hand bargain.
Highlight your achievements – Celebrate what you’ve accomplished on eBay
...... A market place full of cheap new tat from China, private sellers going elsewhere, business sellers trying to cope with promotion charges and unfair onerous relisting fees and buyers who are hacked off with the search function, buyers fees and unnecessarily high postage costs.
Show pivotal moments – Tell us about defining events that shaped your business.
.......terrible implementation of poorly though out ideas over and over again. We thought copying others was a great business strategy!
Overcome challenges – Let us know what hurdles you’ve faced and how you tackled them.
....... Terrible CS, tackled by employing more untrained, but highly imaginative new staff who can come up with an answer in seconds. Doesn't matter if it's the right one. Even a broken clock is right twice a day!
Articulate your vision – Explain how winning £10,000 would help you reach your goals.
....... We envisage our shareholders will be well pleased!
Include a short video – It doesn’t need to be fancy.
....... We did the worst advert on TV. It wasn't fancy, just desperate and didn't mention our biggest sellers, the Chinese. Who would use the platform if we showed them what it's really like.
Award Categories
Above & Beyond Award – For standout customer service
....... Our CS do stand out and out AI bot is the only one in the world trained by fish.
Business Growth Award – For strong, strategic growth on eBay
.......Growth has proved difficult this year but only because no one else likes our strategy. Our strategy is to tell people that our strategy is great and to never recognize a dud strategy.
eBay Pioneer Award – For sellers with 10+ years of success
......... Ebay should win this hands down because we have been sabotaging the competition.
Community Contribution Award – For those making an impact in the seller community
....... We have ensured that charity shops have been well stocked by disgruntled sellers. Generous of us.
Social Impact Award – For driving social or environmental change
........ Buy local. Well we always did that, but we've tweaked it to make it harder
........ Send less parcels, uses less packaging.
Start-Up Award – For exciting, purpose-driven new businesses
........ We were one of those once. See first answer.
