Ebay charges for everything!

summie · #1 (**permalink**) 04-08-2006, 09:56 PM

I've just recently joined ebay in order to sell my ebook on there and I just noticed why the owner of ebay is a billionaire, they charge for everything if you're looking to sell! Unbelievable! Plus, there's also a time limit for which your product can be listed. After that, you have to pay again. No wonder it's such a successful site, they know how squeeze money out of you, though it bits of money at a time...

hhope1 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006, 01:25 AM

Well,

I can easily see how the owner of ebay is a billionaire. I mean before ebay was created there wasn't really anything like it on the market. An online auction house for the average consumer. Before ebay people had to pay lots of cash just to sell something through an auction house.

Now a days I have a hard time imagining how anyone ever got along without the internet.

summie · #3 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006, 01:46 PM

I still say your'e better off creating your own site where you can sell and promote your own stuff for free!

hhope1 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-11-2006, 01:30 AM

That's true,

But you do have to learn how to put together your own website and hook up with paypal, visa, discover, mastercard,etc so that people will be able to pay now for their products. Plus you've got to advertise your site on a bunch of search engines and you've got to keep up your site.