Comments on: Could Facebook replace eBay as a channel & venue? http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2009/02/28/could-facebook-replace-ebay-as-a-channel-venue/ Advice, Hints, Ideas, & Tips for trying something new, or making some extra money. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2009/02/28/could-facebook-replace-ebay-as-a-channel-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 Ed Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:23:22 +0000 http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/?p=2517#comment-1668 Hi Aurora Many thanks for the pointer - an interesting read. I can't help wondering though if the situation with advertising has changed with the shift in user demographics in the year since it was written. Must get Gaz onto it ;) Ed Hi Aurora

Many thanks for the pointer – an interesting read.

I can’t help wondering though if the situation with advertising has changed with the shift in user demographics in the year since it was written.

Must get Gaz onto it ;)

Ed

]]> By: AuroraGG http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2009/02/28/could-facebook-replace-ebay-as-a-channel-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 AuroraGG Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:18:25 +0000 http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/?p=2517#comment-1667 While I see Facebook and social media sites as an excellent place to have a business profile for business advertising, can you REALLY sell any amount through these sites? There is a huge difference between selling and advertising on FB. This article is a bit older (April '08) and also by Vangie Beal at EcommerceGuide.com. Facebook-for-Profit Apps Echo with Sound of Silence http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/resources/market_research/article.php/3738196 By Vangie Beal, April 2, 2008 While I see Facebook and social media sites as an excellent place to have a business profile for business advertising, can you REALLY sell any amount through these sites? There is a huge difference between selling and advertising on FB.

This article is a bit older (April ‘08) and also by Vangie Beal at EcommerceGuide.com.

Facebook-for-Profit Apps Echo with Sound of Silence
http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/resources/market_research/article.php/3738196
By Vangie Beal, April 2, 2008

]]> By: Kiwi http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2009/02/28/could-facebook-replace-ebay-as-a-channel-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Kiwi Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:33:07 +0000 http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/?p=2517#comment-1658 It seems Facebook might be a good alternative that many people haven't thought of to eBay, you're right! Facebook has a classified/shopping section that many people are listing items on right now for free. It's been setback after setback and bad decision making ever since Donahoe took charge. It seems Facebook might be a good alternative that many people haven’t thought of to eBay, you’re right! Facebook has a classified/shopping section that many people are listing items on right now for free. It’s been setback after setback and bad decision making ever since Donahoe took charge.

]]> By: jeremyH http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/2009/02/28/could-facebook-replace-ebay-as-a-channel-venue/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 jeremyH Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:23:38 +0000 http://www.buildaskill.com/blog/?p=2517#comment-1657 Excellent article! Love the comparisons of ebay's manipulated numbers to the more accurate numbers of the sites which value honesty. If the readers want to learn even more about Meg Whitman & John Donahoe's "Disrptive Innovation" of ebay, they can search the internet for ""eBay's Disruptive Innovation, How's that workin' for ya? — GenuineSeller" or they can go to http://genuineseller.com/ebays-disruptive-innovation-hows-that-workin-for-ya/ To read what ebayers and shareholders are really saying about ebay these days, google "Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO Petition" or simply go to: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?jdonohoe For ebay employees' views of ebay's poor upper management, go to: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/eBay-Reviews-E7853.htm For a list of alternative selling and buying venues, go to: http://www.everyplaceisell.com/cgi-bin/ep/ep.pl?sites Excellent article! Love the comparisons of ebay’s manipulated numbers to the more accurate numbers of the sites which value honesty.

If the readers want to learn even more about Meg Whitman & John Donahoe’s “Disrptive Innovation” of ebay, they can search the internet for “”eBay’s Disruptive Innovation, How’s that workin’ for ya? — GenuineSeller” or they can go to
http://genuineseller.com/ebays-disruptive-innovation-hows-that-workin-for-ya/

To read what ebayers and shareholders are really saying about ebay these days, google “Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO Petition” or simply go to:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?jdonohoe

For ebay employees’ views of ebay’s poor upper management, go to:
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/eBay-Reviews-E7853.htm

For a list of alternative selling and buying venues, go to:
http://www.everyplaceisell.com/cgi-bin/ep/ep.pl?sites

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