What we learned from eBay Live!
For those who couldn’t make it to eBay Live this year, fear not. We have the scoop.
We walked, and walked and walked and we still didn’t feel that we were that close to anything until we saw those goldenpalace casino guys handing out tickets. What’s this? Do they actually have a booth? No, but who cares. All is well that ends well.
Bill Cobb is really one of my favorites. He’s a gentle man, has integrity, stands tall, is friendly and I really like him. So why was he booed at the keynote address? Well that was the pesky little fiasco called search in stores. Everyone loved it and they took it away. Why? Well because of buyer confusion. Buyers were apparently confused when too many choices were offered. I guess that means that buyers on eBay don’t like choices. What?! Are you serious! That is the joy of eBay and something that kills every seller there. A bone was thrown out with that one and then it was taken back like candy from a baby, like a piece of meat from a pit bull. There will be no search in stores, it was just too much fun for sellers to reap profits off of that at the expense of eBay’s bottom line, or so it is said. Since eBay said one thing and lots of people guessed another thing, no one knows for sure, but that is the joy of eBay. We shall never know what really happened to search in stores. But what we do know is that eBay sellers want it back and eBay isn’t giving.
Well that’s a story for another day.
Now back to eBay Live. We walked and walked – oh right, I already said that. Walking was fun. The exhibitor hall was good. Many vendors there selling their eBay related wares. Sellathon did a hell of a business I hear. Marsha Collier was grand with her friend accompanying her, signing her autographed books at Buysafe’s booth. Buysafe is good. We recommend it to any seller needing a boost in integrity.
Now eBay has gone wiki, and eBay has gone with blogs and that is a good thing. It’s more of the Google authoritative thing. I guess I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s worth repeating. If you have an authoritative site, you’ll do well with natural search. eBay is on the right track here with many sellers touting the eBay Guides as a good way to SEO (search engine optimization) for those newbies out there. In fact from what I gather, doing a guide will give you almost instant gratification as an authority from eBay coupled with Google search results. Wallah! Note to self: Start writing those guides and do it now.
… well until next time… we’re off to write a guide, or .. um.. okay, gotta go do some web pages for customers that are waiting.
See you next year at Live!