It is all about the money. Yeah, it is... We all know that... But this is a review that I think it is good to know about and only reflects my experiences and opinions.
If you'd known more and perhaps you could take decisions that are effective too and not just time and money consuming, wouldn't that be better?
So here you go, let me start with the story of my e-commerce love experiences on these two sites:
We all (almost all) know what both sites do. E- commerce platforms for sellers and buyers, which intend to be there if you really need something but just don't have the time to pop down the store, supermarket or go to the outlet to get it or better, simply sell your stuffs quick and efficiently.
You can get everything on all sites, from brand new to old, literally every item you can think of. Now if I compare the two sites, eBay gets the glory. I've been a fan of online shopping and selling for over 5 years now when I realized that even with my rubbish English I can still sell my unwanted items on both sites and get anything new I needed for the fraction of the high street store prices anytime ;). How cool is that!
You can get everything on all sites, from brand new to old, literally every item you can think of. Now if I compare the two sites, eBay gets the glory. I've been a fan of online shopping and selling for over 5 years now when I realized that even with my rubbish English I can still sell my unwanted items on both sites and get anything new I needed for the fraction of the high street store prices anytime ;). How cool is that!
Some people think that buying things online is awful and I've also heard people telling me: "It's like buying something from a rubbish store that is cheap and comes with cheap quality too", basically bad... But the point isn't this, but rather that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it isn't actually that bad, on the contrary. And after my last purchase on Amazon I've realized how difficult that website actually is to deal with and yet my habit of shopping online stays on place numero uno.
Why I dear to say that Amazon is a difficult website to deal with? Because if you compare the sites you realize that actually whilst eBay focuses more on practicality in case of search optimisation, Amazon focuses more on brands and stores. Here I also dare to mention that second is slightly expensiver (in general with 10%) as well. In case of product description where the system could easily filter your search results with certain settings it just won't happen in case of Amazon as product descriptions are most of the time messed up (I know... mainly sellers fault.. but come on...). There is so so much text on the site of Amazon, and pictures, descriptions so badly proportioned that by the time you'd spot out some info you are looking for, your eyes and brain are fuzzing from all the details on the page in front of you.
Comparing the design of two platforms at first sight eBay seems too simple, and brighter as well, while Amazon is dark and serious (some people like that). An other proof that it isn't always the look that counts. Selling on eBay if you are a newbie or small company is cheaper as well.
Though couple of things that piss me of and in both cases is nuts are the facts that: 1. They charge you for your postage prices as well (basically they take off money from the postage fee you charge the buyer). 2. None of them has a system/ policy in place yet where they would set limits to certain P+P charges to sellers, so some sellers just go way beyond the limits with their charges...
Though couple of things that piss me of and in both cases is nuts are the facts that: 1. They charge you for your postage prices as well (basically they take off money from the postage fee you charge the buyer). 2. None of them has a system/ policy in place yet where they would set limits to certain P+P charges to sellers, so some sellers just go way beyond the limits with their charges...
If these sites are trustworthy? Well till now it seemed that yes and if any issues arose all seemed to deal with it asap, though eBay seems to be more spot on, while Amazon takes its time, but both side have good customer support (except when you are dealing from abroad with your account, eBay policy is just so so messed up). The point is whenever you want to buy something ensure you get to know as much as possible about the product and if a seller doesn't describe it on their "online store" properly then either don't deal with that person or just ask questions, and worst case don't deal with that seller at all if they seem to be too doggy.
Happy shopping, selling and bidding (which is so much fun, and if there is a reserve price for an auction item on eBay, and you haven't met that limit whilst bidding, you won't get that product "sooo cheap", I mean at all... so just get it :D)
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