http://www.auctioninsights.info/best-match-geographic-proximity-of-bidder-to-seller.html Unique Tips and Tools for eBay Auction Users Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.auctioninsights.info/best-match-geographic-proximity-of-bidder-to-seller.html/comment-page-1#comment-214164 Ma Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:49:30 +0000 http://www.auctioninsights.info/?p=321#comment-214164 To TekGems just the Opposite is true. One week I had almost no buyers in USA. All from UK or France, australia, Hong Kong. actually I live in WA state and most of my buyers are as far as can be possible from me. I only sell about 4 things a year in the state on ebay. Only 8-10 in Oregon, maybe the same in CA ... For a long time I had 3 or 4 buyers a week in NYC, now w BM maybe one a month or every two months. So it can work against sellers. All of my shipping with 2-3 lb items now becomes highest price compared to others. Your comment assumes that BM will work better to find people closer to you to allow for cheapest shipping and travel time. It just aint so.. ma To TekGems just the Opposite is true. One week I had almost no buyers in USA. All from UK or France, australia, Hong Kong. actually I live in WA state and most of my buyers are as far as can be possible from me. I only sell about 4 things a year in the state on ebay. Only 8-10 in Oregon, maybe the same in CA … For a long time I had 3 or 4 buyers a week in NYC, now w BM maybe one a month or every two months. So it can work against sellers. All of my shipping with 2-3 lb items now becomes highest price compared to others. Your comment assumes that BM will work better to find people closer to you to allow for cheapest shipping and travel time. It just aint so.. ma

]]> http://www.auctioninsights.info/best-match-geographic-proximity-of-bidder-to-seller.html/comment-page-1#comment-209308 TekGems Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:43:16 +0000 http://www.auctioninsights.info/?p=321#comment-209308 Geographic distance from the buyer has a bit of nationalism built into search. It makes USA based sellers sell on eBay having to worry about Asia and Europe less. I think that domestic to domestic shipments tend to arrive to the customer sooner than international, so I think it is a sound algorithm factor to use. For my category though, someone from Hong Kong selling for $10 with free shipping is going rank better than myself who sells the same product for $10 plus $3 shipping. Geographic distance from the buyer has a bit of nationalism built into search. It makes USA based sellers sell on eBay having to worry about Asia and Europe less. I think that domestic to domestic shipments tend to arrive to the customer sooner than international, so I think it is a sound algorithm factor to use. For my category though, someone from Hong Kong selling for $10 with free shipping is going rank better than myself who sells the same product for $10 plus $3 shipping.

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