Question
Hello all! Once again, our sellers' group is providing a forum for sellers to tell the Yahoo! Auctions staff what THEY could do to attract more sellers to Yahoo! Auctions and increase their success selling there. Many of the suggestions provided in our effort last year have been implemented by Yahoo! This year we hope to make more progress.
My own "Short List" follows:
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(1.) First and foremost - provide a stable auction site that functions all the time!
(2.) Make Yahoo! Auctions easier for sellers to try and have early success by:
(A.) Providing a way to import their feedback from eBay and other selling venues.
(B.) Providing a way to easily import their auctions from eBay and other venues.
(C.) Expanding the Category List.
(D.) Continue to improve the Auction Search feature.
(E.) Providing an easy to use and functioning "Auction Booths" set-up.
(3.) Make Yahoo! Auctions more attractive for buyers by:
(A.) Providing an option to see MORE than 15 items at a time when browsing.
(B.) Make it easier for buyers to view information about the sellers.
(C.) More aggressively fight fraud, particularly in the electronics area.
(D.) Again, continue to improve the Auction Search feature.
(E.) And, again, expand the Category List.
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Please add YOUR wish list, or YOUR comments about mine, to the discussion.
Also, please send your own "wish list" to the Yahoo! Auctions feedback box as well.
That is located here:
Yahoo! Auctions Feedback Box
Strength in numbers of replies help! To quote a reply from a Yahoo! tech: "And keep using that feedback box! It helps us to convince
management, especially when a lot of people send the same suggestion! :-)"
George Wooley
Group Moderator/Owner
Yahoo! Auctions Sellers Group
Answer
AUCTION SEARCH for sure! I just learned about research tools a couple weeks ago and I am a CONVERT! (What can I say? I'm a slow learner LOL!)
I tried Andale, Hammertap, eBay's Marketplace Research, and Mpire Researcher, I liked Mpire's best (free is a good price). If Yahoo could integrate a research tool like that, directly into their auction platform, I would be HOOKED!!! (And preferably NOT CHARGE EXTRA for it - I'm lookin' at you, eBay!)
Importing data is a big one, too. If they want me to come over from eBay, they'd better make it easy for me to do it!