Power Seller Criteria - Vote it Out

[indconcepts]

Hello Everybody,

There are changes in the Power Seller Criteria which raises the minimum average Sales required from Rs.5,000 to Rs.20,000.

Is it justified ?

ebay-India is trying to match it with ebay-USA where the criteria for Bronze Power Seller is $1000.

Taking into account that 1$ = Rs.40 .... Power Seller status should have been at Rs.40,000 worth of Sales per month. But Indians are being offered at a Sales figure of Rs.20,000. (50% discount)

But what ebay-India is not looking into is the amount of Sales an average Seller is having.

On ebay-USA there are more than 1.5 crores Live Listings as compared to ebay-India where there are just 1.25 lakhs Live Listings. There are massive Sales on ebay-USA and $1000 criteria is quite justified.

Upholding Community Values, maintaining 98% Feedback, clean ebay account and complying with all Policies .... All these have taken a back seat and Sales figure of Rs.20,000 have overnight become the Main criteria.

Apart from status PS Logo ... ebay was distributing packing material to all Power Sellers. This was the only recurring expense which ebay India was shelling out of their pocket. Now it seems that it has started pinching ebay-India and wants to reduce the Power Sellers in India.

So rather than denying the Packing material they seems to have come up with an immediate solution .... 🙂

Many New Sellers I know where just working hard to achieve this status PS logo .... would definitely be discouraged now as the target has been increased 4 folds.

I feel the increase from Rs.5000 to Rs.20000 should have been over a period of 1 year. This would have given reasonable time to serious sellers to work hard and push their sales. Un-realistic goals cannot encourage anybody to attain the targets.

This ebay step is not to encourage Seller's to achieve higher Sales but it's a specifically created Criteria to knock down the number of growing Power Sellers.

I am sure that the existing Power Sellers with much higher Sales would support this ebay move.

I am also sure that serious Sellers with lower Sales would not favour this at all.

It's just a debate to see how many are in favour and how many against it.

So guys ..... just VOTE it out.

Are you in FAVOUR ..... or ..... are you AGAINST it ? .


best regards

Umang Midha

[adit999]

Dear Posting ID,
Considering your argument here and considering you would not like to keep company with bronze or silver powersellers I think you should be asking eBay-India to increase your (TITANIUM PLATINUM SELLER) benefits instead of critisizing and being worried about BRONZE POWERSELLERS being offered similar advantages. Even is eBay increases the criterea from 5K to 20K you will still be in the same league. 500K or a 5000K in company with a 20K small time, casual seller ha ha ha !! What kind of a cause is that ?? Fight for your own rights man...... if you've got them.

Ask eBay to give your so-called TITANIUM AND PLATINUM PS STATUS a boost by asking them to give you free listings for your turnover of 500K or probably 5000K etc etc etc. We will hope to acheive the same someday and will ask you for advice for sure ....... at least I will if no one does. I just hope both you will be here till the day I grow up. 😉

Critics are people who have to vote against.... no matter what argument, no matter what the cause, they just have to go against it.

You should start a new discussion where you ask eBay about giving you free listings and free promotions for titanium and platinum powersellers and we WILL SUPPORT YOUR CAUSE. We are not critics LOL 😉

Cheers & take care of your health,
Adit.

[indconcepts]

Dear Posting.id.in

You seems to be a quite dedicated Power Seller.

You are so involved in your Online business that you cannot see some of the devoted Community Sellers who are just not Aayaram Gayaram.

The One example I can give you is of amitava123gems

I know him through Community Boards since he started selling on ebay.

He is an Architect and around 60 years of age .... sells Stamps, Coins and Gemstones.

In a short period of time he has attained experience of selling all over the world.

He has many Friends around the Globe.

He loves his Power Seller status.

Kindly refer to his Post no.18 on this thread.

On another thread on this issue he says ....

I tried to sell my last thread for a month.3 days left and I did only 12k and that includes my best ruby at less than half price.
And what do I sell?Mostly stamps and collectables.
I give up.I cant.I am sorry.Forgive me please::a sick old man.


How hurting it would be for him if he is unable to maintain a PS status.

You may not ever realise this ..... and neither would ebay.

Some people work for Money .... some for fame .... some for FUN .... some for status .... some with ethics .... some for Community ......

I don't know about you .... hope you will rethink and support the Community. .


best regards

Umang Midha

[posting.id.in]

Hello,

See I need to come back again 🙂

Umang,

I know Amitava and he too know me from the boards. He is one of the few persons who understand my point of view. The point is that due to his failing health he was not able to devote sufficient time to grow / manage his ebay business. He has had fantastic sales earlier much more than the new criteria. I read one of his posts where he talks about making FD of 5 lakhs from his ebay business 🙂

ebaY is primararily a business and PS is more of a ego booster than anything else. I know for sure some as humble as Amitava does not need this ego booster. In business you need not be emotional.

Yes, a couple of ppl may loose their PS status, but that is life. See the ad of bidadda.com : Money goes, Youth goes, etc. but friends stay.

PS status may go, but Amitava will never loose his friends on the boards or customers across the globe.

Umang, simply because I am for this change, does not mean I do not support the community. You are not the lone champion of the community. View may differ but we all work for the betterment of the community.

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adit999,

This discussion is surely making you grow up. Sure I will be there to congratulate you on your 1000th rating and your Gold PS staus 😉

The simple

[adit999]

Thank you for the kind reply... Posting 😉

I would like to ask eBay one simple question .... IS IT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY... HONEY ??? 😉

This was found on the powerseller link created by eBay. I am sure we all have seen it and those looking to achieve that status would have too.

PowerSellers are eBay top sellers who have consistently given great customer service and maintained high sales volume on the site. They provide very high levels of buyer satisfaction as indicated by the 98% positive feedback that they have to maintain.

We are proud to recognize their contributions to the success of the eBay Community.

What does the PowerSeller Icon mean?

The icon next to a member's user ID means that the seller meets all the criteria for being a PowerSeller and is one of the most trusted sellers.

In the clarification & description provided by eBay here there is only a mention ONCE about achieving high sales and the rest is about consistently giving great service, trust, feedback, buyer satisfaction. Probably eBay should be editing this too because it holds no moral value after this strange change by 4 folds(5000 x 4).

Many thanks to Mr. Umang who has made this thread an absolute success!!! clap clap

Warmest Regards,
Adit.

[indconcepts]

Yes Posting.id.in ........ You need to come back again and again.

That's because I love to have a good debate.

ebay Community has always played an important role and would continue to do so.

Without there being people against the Topic there cannot be a quality debate.

We all are playing our best roles in developing the ebay's Market Place.

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Refering about amitava123gems .... this is what he has to say .....

Once you grant something and then take it away,is not good.I am agaist this.

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I am quite sure that this ongoing debate would force ebay to rethink on this PS Criteria ...... definitely if they care a bit about the Voice of the Community. .


best regards

Umang Midha

[snrama]

Thanks Umang for creating this thread and hope eBay team will rethink on PS Criteria.

We are with you to support. :-D ---------------
With Regards,
Navaneeth (snrama) 😉

[posting.id.in]

Umang,

By defination this is a discussion forum and not a debate forum.

Your need to respond to each and every post makes this more of a boxing ring.

I think we should all make our points in one post and maybe one rejoinder and than be done with it.

This is definately going to be my last post in this thread.

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Amitava also said in the earlier discussion the following:

"I am going to lose my PS status.In fact I was going to ask eBay to do this for me.
That announcement has come to me as a relief.I have my reasons including ecological and legal reasons."

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We all have to acknowledge that nothing is permanent in this world, neither the PS status nor the PS criteria.

It better if we accept the change and move on. There is no point in saying hey, even though I am a totally unsucessfull at selling on ebaY, please give me goodies in the form of the PS status and all associated benefits.

ebaY runs the program on a criteria and since they have decided to enhance the entry limit, lets all accept it.

Acutally when they had first given this criteria of 5 K, I had asked the logic behind it. The reason given was that we to give some time to the market to grow. Its seems the market has grown a wee bit.

I actually would love the market to reach the stage where PS can boost of minimum sales of 100 K.

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[indconcepts]

Hello Friends,

It seems Posting.id.in didn't liked the Idea of debate .... and may not return back to this thread.

Let's not stop this discussion and carry on to raise our Voice against this Criteria.

Hope more and more Sellers would put forth their views. .


best regards

Umang Midha

[creative_pursuits]

Well, I simply dont understand the logic behind anonymous Id's..I am really not impressed with the answer of Posting.id.in that he hides his id so that his reputation is not hindered by malicious threats,feedbacks etc etc....A Titanium PS will get all the help from ebay if such a thing ever happens....And We as a community are here discussing what according to us is correct and nothing else.I dont think anybody out here has that much of time to waste in spoiling another's reputation.neways,the serious point here is that ebay shud not make this drastic change in the policy.

Well...i will always be against this move of Ebay because Everytime ebay comes up with a drastic change in its policies...They shud remember that the seller shud be given reasonable time to prepare himself and plan his business before introducing such changes.

I really am thankful to Umangji for starting this thread and i hope Ebay will listen to the voice of the seller community....and provide adequate relaxations in the proposed change.

Please realise that everyone here holding the current powerseller status have not done it overnight..it has taken hours of dedication and hard work and it cannot be snatched off so easily.

Again as one community pal has rightly pointed out,Its ok with the sellers selling high value items...even one sale in the month wud make him a PS but what about a seller who deals in items of small value???he may generate more sales(in number) but might not actually reach the 20000 mark...now who is a successful seller/who is a real powerseller???

For Ebay probably the one with high value item wud be the powerseller because it means more revenue to ebay..but the fact is the one with more sales shud be crowned the powerseller because he has the power to attract more buyers and effect more sales...definitely because his sevice and products are good.

And about the 2 or 3 ppl who are in favour,all of them seem to be new comers and its strange that they are in favour...because they are the ppl who will be hit first because of this change.Or If i am not wrong, yes it cud be Powersellers in disguise like posting.id.in who are coming up with their views.

Hope the outcome of this thread is positive

Regards
Mala

[indconcepts]

Hello Mala,

You have very rightly said .....

Please realise that everyone here holding the current powerseller status have not done it overnight..it has taken hours of dedication and hard work and it cannot be snatched off so easily.


Yes .... for few it's the hardwork of almost a year or so.

It would be the cruelest think ebay could do to snatch away the PS status at such a short notice. .


best regards

Umang Midha