I've checked out the site you are moving/have moved to. I am not at all familiar with it. I didn't even know it existed until a few days ago. It states on their site: "Buying and Selling Online Since 1999." That's been a while. Hmmm.
I had a browse around and I'm so used to eBay that ebid feels quite foreign and confusing. I presume there must be a way to filter where one can buy from but I didn't figure it out. Perhaps one has to sign up in order to get access to filters. I clicked on a couple of items and one was in Canada and another in US. Also, there were a lot of items with ridiculous prices on them! £ 100+ for a book for instance that is really about £5-£10.
It seems to be a real bargain for a Platnium LIFETIME membership of only £69.99. This is a one-off fee for however much you sell, so there will be no further fees for you or the buyer. Well at least for you, for now. I haven't read any FAQs yet, so I don't know what it's like with regard to returns or sellers/buyers getting ripped off by sellers/buyers and how these issues get resolved.
On the surface it seems like a fair-enough playing field. The buyer pays nothing to "shop" there. In your case with your particular membership, you pay a one-off fee and that's it, forever. (Unless there is some fine, fine print in the contract.) They even have a "transfer from eBay" app or something, so one could port over their listings.
Is there a catch? Why isn't everybody over there? Why sell here? I haven't figured it out yet. Ebay has a way bigger market perhaps?
As for the Hatfields vs The McCoys, uh, I mean Business vs Private sellers, yes, there is some bitterness for sure. Just recently I read about some BUSINESS seller who was apparently asleep when they made a listing and sold an item for "10X LESS" than what it was worth. So they came in here and vented their anger/jealously at the PRIVATE seller who bought it and supposedly is now trying to flog it for its actual value. The business wants to stick it to the private buyer/seller who probably has no idea that what they are doing is "against the rules". There are a lot of them. I really don't think they know the difference.
But there's a little REPORT button where one can sound the alarm!!! They do the work for the company. Ebay could very easily employ methods to catch all the rascals and the real criminals. IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO.
eBay pits the Business against the Private via the fees they charge and how they resolve disputes.
