Power Sellers Unite

GIGI · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 30

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Wow Membership Grew on Bidville.com! Members got together and figured out how to do the head count, the results are:

From May 1st, 2007 until the Last person to sign up on June 1st, 2007

New Member Count: 1,154 !!!!

WOW!

:shock:

CuFF

Perhaps they should have read this thread first, because nothing's changed. In fact, things have gotten worse. There is a security issue at BV, the BV banner is long gone from uBid, and BV management has not made an announcement of any kind since Aug 2006...

http://www.powersellersunite.com/viewtopic.php?t=7456&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0

I wish the new Sellers luck, but suspect that not many will stay there long. That's the way it always is at BV. BV has never had a good owner and it's a shame because it's a great little site with many nice features and many nice Sellers. If you bother to read the thread above you'll even see a few enthusiastic posts from me. UBid dropped the ball bigtime, and all that's left is the huge sucking sound of money being diverted from BV to uBid to keep their main site alive.

Good Luck... Like the many before you, you're going to need it ;)

GIGI · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 30

Thanks for wishing Bidville.com and it's sellers luck I'm sure we can use it as well as All of the other alternative auction sites and stores.

I tend to look forward rather than back.

So, there has been some changes at bidville for the better. Not from the bidville/ubid owners but from within. It's sellers.

With the onset of more members, will come more promotion, the more sellers who promote, the more exposure bidville will get.

If bidville gets enough exposure, then the owners won't have a choice but to tend to what needs to be done yet.

Bidville is not a perfect auction house, but, then neither is any of the alternative sites. right?

Not everyone wants to promote their auctions or store on Bidville, I can understand that.

But I will. I will continue to promote my auctions and my bidville store for a while longer~ I'm not going to give up just because I have no sales right now.

I know that bidville does not have many customers. But for me, I'm working hard to change that, and if the Bidville Sellers Hang On, and continue promoting~Eventiually We Will See Results.

So I'm looking forward~not backwards.

If I see no changes within a year's time, I will move on.

In the mean time, I'm going to continue to promote and list. Non-Stop.

Good luck to you and Your Chosen Alternative Site.

:)

Texas-treasure · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 511

Out of curiosity, how many of the new members are sellers, and how many just buyers? Sellers come and go regularly, but that many new buyers would be nice!

And I know that sellers also buy-but not enough to support each other.

lightning_lash · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 367

I am a Yahoo seller and based upon polling information, there will be an attempt for Yahoo sellers to move their listings in aggregate to both Bidville and eCrater. I have listed on Bidville before and found the site to have very little traffic. As a show of support for my fellow Yahoo sellers, I will bulk upload several hundred items, when time permits. Perhaps with an influx of new sellers from Yahoo, this will be a shot in the arm for Bidville, but I remain skeptical.
You may find Yahoo sellers reluctant to promote their auctions on Bidville. Yahoo sellers are used to a certain amount of traffic and sales on Yahoo Auctions and this without any promotion of their listings. I won’t be spending my time promoting Bidville, this is Bidville’s job. My job is selling my inventory, and I focus my time on areas which are generating the most revenue.
I do wish Bidville success. I like the software functions, and the general layout of the site.
There does seem to be a lot of potential there.

CuFF

Hi GIGI,

So, there has been some changes at bidville for the better. Not from the bidville/ubid owners but from within. It's sellers.

It is as it has always been. That's why BV is still alive. My issue with BV Sellers who only accentuate the positive is that the reality is often neglected. New members come aboard and are disappointed to the degree that they leave. Isn't it better, not to mention more fair, to present a true picture of BV so as to avoid having good Sellers leave?

With the onset of more members, will come more promotion, the more sellers who promote, the more exposure bidville will get.

There have many rushes to BV, several from ebay and as stated above they were led to believe that BV was The Alternative to ebay. I think we can agree BV is far from perfect, but the fact of the matter is the squeaky wheel gets the grease.. They have shown that they can be persuaded to act in ways to promote BV. I can guarantee you that if there had not been an uprising of Sellers regarding the lack of Google feeds, there would be no Google feeds to this day.

It's a fact that more than $4K is earned per month at BV. That's just the Featured Stores, not FSF's, Gallery fee's or the occasional sale of credits. It's a fact that uBid is ignoring BV other than the money they take away from it each month. Considering your hard work and the fact that BV is a great auction site, aside from the management, wouldn't it be beneficial to "expect" more from uBid? If more Sellers were to expect a BV banner at uBid, they'd probably get it just like they got Google back. Complacency and acceptance of uBids neglect is causing more damage to BV than uBid ever really could. They KNOW BV is a good site, but why would they do anything more than what's expected of them?

The longer the cycle continues the more damage is done. No more do ebay Sellers rush to BV. The truth got out... There are no Buyers there. The Buyers have never heard of BV because the grass roots campaign that's been going on for 6 or more years has been undermined by poor management, and a few board runners that don't like new members. Their reign is pretty much over, but uBid isn't going to step up to the plate until they absolutely have to... Not very wise, but if you take a look at uBid stock, it's obvious something went wrong somewhere.

If you want to lead, lead wisely. Do it for BV and its Sellers, but in doing so don't fudge the truth. It's too disappointing.

One other thing... A side benefit to being honest about BV is that others, me included, won't feel the need to set the record straight. The truth is much better coming from the Sellers there. For instance, if the security certificate is in violation, rather than countering the truth do something to change the fact.

Best wishes from me to you ;)

PICKANDPEY · Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 13

My personal experience with bidville is turning out to be a bad one.. I have posted at different sites and by far bidville is the one with the least buyers.. I was selling on ebay and between ebay and payapl they were making more money than I was.. I started selling on yahoo and got a couple of sales out of there.. I promoted my bidvilee store (pickandpey) at yahoo and i took over a week for the first viewer to appear. but i have not made a sale there yet.. around two weeks ago I started listing at ecraters.. (pickandpey) and to my surprise i have made two sales there already.. viewer(hits) started within minutes.. I`m not being negative on bidville ,but if ubid dont step up to the plate soon the game is going to be over..

my store ; http://pickandpey.ecrater.com/

Texas-treasure · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 511

Unfortunately, you are right. As I pointed out before, there may be a lot of yahoo sellers try it out, just because the number of listings make it look good. But when they realize how slow sales are, they will leave, just like so many before them. Yahoo may not have been the busiest place in town, but compared to BV, it was booming.
The truth is that there are so many listings, because nothing ever sells. They just keep building up, as sellers list more and more in hopes that something will sell.
There are some successful sellers there, but they promote themselves heavily. The rest just sit and wait for advertising that it is obvious now, will never materialize.
I''m not being sour grapes here, this is just a fact. Sellers buying from sellers will not support a site for long.
If BV is serious about changes coming, they need to be now. I don't know how many more chances they will get to become a viable alternative to any other site. Online auctions are becoming a thing of the past, and BV may have run out of 'chances'.

GIGI · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 30

I just now noticed that a lot of responces have been from sellers from eCrater

I have a lot more to say, but ya know what, I'm just gonna keep it to myself.

Time will tell, good or bad, how bidville fairs.

Good Day All & Fair Well Wherever You Sell

CuFF

eCrater has nothing to do with BV. It's a totally different kind of site. They are Stores only. Personally, I think Buyers like an auction format. Everyone keeps saying that auctions are dying... Not so at eBay. It is very unfortunate that BV won't rise to the occasion and run with the ball, but they will only do what is expected of them. Sellers and Buyers would flock to it if they knew it was there. The past 6 years have proven that word of mouth is not enough. You are not the first promoter of BV, GIGI. Many good, productive members left BV due to things that took place on the boards and poor management is what allowed that. With any luck uBid won't drag BV down with it, but they have already stated that "the company" exists only because of the fee's they collect, and that BV will not continue if it fails to produce an income. BV is NOT "the company" and they are not benefitting from the fee's they collect or the effort you're putting forth. With any luck someone who gives a damn about a good site with good people will buy it before it's too late. However, uBid would have to offer to sell it and that isn't about to happen while they've got people willing to do everything for nothing.

Texas-treasure · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 511

Gigi, I was one of the original BV cheerleaders...but after 7 years with no results, even us hard headed people give up.
This is not an Ecrater seller talking, this is the voice of experience with BV.

gawooley

GIGI wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")
If bidville gets enough exposure, then the owners won't have a choice but to tend to what needs to be done yet.

Now if THAT were only true! :lol: I seem to remember someone saying the exact same thing about Yahoo! a while back! :cry:

Well, I'm contributing to the Yahoo! move to Bidville - no listings there yet, but I bid on 4 listings there yesterday. Still winning!

I fgured that I needed to get off my "zero" feedback, even though I registered at Bidville back in January 2001.

Like others I had absolutely no luck listing there back then and I have tried it again a couple of times since with the same results.

I will throw up a few listings soon, in support of the yauctionsellers group's decision to move listings to Bidville. I'm waiting to get back home, so I can receive the phone call and become verified.

George

elpereles · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1477 Location: Puerto Rico

So Bidville is like a Ghost Town?

angelsolutions

Quote: › docWrite("quote")I have a lot more to say, but ya know what, I'm just gonna keep it to myself.

Sorry, Gigi...that's what happens when bashers are allowed to run rampant. All they want to do is discourage with their "version" of the "truth." No one else *can* be right but them. No one is allowed to hope or try things out for themselves. Have a little success and be criticized and ridiculed!

Take heart, I have a plan or two or ten up my sleeve and I'll be tellin' soon. Hang in there! I've got some surprises!

:angel:

CuFF

:roll:

GIGI, the fact of the matter is we were engaged in a respectful discussion. You chose to disregard everything stated (no matter by whom) because it's easier to believe you found a common denominator. Are people who sell elsewhere, but have or still sell at BV to have their opinions casually dismissed because they don't sacrifice their souls to BV, or because someone with no credibility decides you've been bashed? Do you personally feel bashed? Honestly, do you?

This is how threads like this turn into something ugly. Someone shoots off their mouth, then later fails to be accountable for their own words.