Over a week away and it looks like the media has picked up on it. Will we be seeing more?

Unhappy eBay Members Plan Global Boycott

eBay boycott planned

Global eBay boycott planned for May 1

Ebay faces major sellers rebellion on the 1st of May

Anyone participating? How long does this boycott last? Will this be bigger the the Feb. 18th - 25th boycott?

I sell about the same amount of stuff that I used to sell when I was on ebay. Only now, I get to keep substantially more of the income, and it's much less work.

Thank you, ebay, for pissing me off enough to leave!

http://www.bonanzle.com/forums/1/topics/22891

as ebay gets buried we at the BONZ have risen to new heights a seller named Wally put this together and expect the Bonz Boyz will be in Times Square soon enough take a peek!

Boycott.. Interesting.. I just joined up today and saw this posting. I agree it is so hard to post on ebay knowing you will be suckered with their fees. Their fees are the advertising all rolled up in to one big huge fee. I pay for google adwords for my ecrater site and that does cost me, but it still does not amount to what ebay charges. I can also control my costs.

Why doesn't ebay let us choose how we want to advertise instead of it controlling us?

I boycotted Ebay several months ago. Since I only take checks/mo's (worked just fine for 11 years), I will not be able to list as of Jan 15. That's when they state they will enforce the payment policy.

I could've listed for those months I've boycotted. It hurts a little, seeing others list vintage stuff like mine, in the same manner I did. I wish I was in the game, having fun. But it wouldn't feel right.

As a small sporadic and niche seller, I just won't risk my excellent feedback based on the changes Ebay has made over the last year.

It feels like Ebay has directly targeted sellers like me, like we're rif-raf or something. Of course all sellers are affected, but the small sellers are really affected. The way dsr's are tabulated, we don't have an average to keep us in the clear. You can provide stellar service to your buyers, but all it takes is one psyco to get me suspended if I only have 12 or 15 auctions in a year. I'll be damned if I'm going to negate 11 years of positive feedback and win-win auctions with other like-minded ebayers with one bad auction which is out of my control.

So I'm in it until they change, or I get going on another site, currently Ebid.

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news - but until you move your business off eBay, you are going to continue to be irritated, ticked off, and screwed over.

If you want to make a statement to eBay, irregardless if you are a powerseller or not you need to vote with your purse and hit other venues and make them just as successful.

It should have been learned by now that it matters not to eBay if you do a one day or a one month boycott. They need powersellers to boycott them for entire quarters. It hurts your business as well.

Move it off eBay - you won't kill yourself - but you will eventually move eBay to other platforms.

handmade is really good Thanks all for the useful infos

I haven't gone there yet, but I understand that there is a "handmade/handcrafted" site called Etsy. And it's true, those who love handmade are GOOD PEOPLE.

the follower wrote (View Post): › Because we crafters are all nice people.

I agree

Thanks Cathy

Well said.