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Specificity purchases b / y of goods on eBay: statistics, force majeure, the security
It is no secret that in addition to new products on eBay you can buy more goods and already visited in use. They are realized on the sale of two conditions: a fixed price (buy now) and auction. What b / y goods on eBay bought by people in Russia and the CIS, and why do they do it? It is not excluded that the will of fortune at the post office they will take a piece of worthless is not something that I wanted and look forward to from the other side of the Atlantic. And if so, how to be in such cases and how to protect their investments in the purchase?
Read more about all of this under the cut.
What are the b / u buy goods on eBay? B> h4> Yielding fashion trend to collect statistics on all that is possible, we decided to explore the length and breadth of its base "b / y -Ordering ". Not to say that the data presented below were collected specifically for this post, quite the contrary - this post - a consequence of the collection thereof. In any case, the proportion of charts should not be seen as a mirror image of the present situation on the market, because it is suspected that category, not to mention the figures will be different for different time intervals. But a certain tendency, nevertheless, one can discern. However, this is a topic for a separate post-comparison.
Category "Musical Instruments» h5>
Category "Collecting» h5>
Category "Mobile phones and PDA» h5>
Category 'Toys and Hobbies » h5>
Category "Cameras & Camcorders» h5>
Category "Consumer Electronics» h5>
Category "Music» h5>
Feedback Time! B> h4> In addition to the collection of statistics, it has become very interesting to obtain new knowledge about the b / y-products and possible phenomena associated with the purchase of the add to, firstly, to present Me possible scenarios and, secondly, to influence them. Therefore, in the second quarter of 2014, we decided to explore the opinions of our customers bought / used-products on eBay through a telephone survey. For this, we used a simple script, the contents of which sought to find out just 2 points in:
You bought / used-goods on eBay, are you satisfied with the quality, and whether it fully coincides with the expected / described in item card? The second point - situational. "Yes, everything is OK" - thank you. "No, it's not OK" - to ascertain the reasons for the discrepancies obtained with the desired. Sample size: 100
Total happened:
We examine in some segments:
- Segment « Who are you? I did not call you! I> »: for whatever reason could not answer the question.
- Segment « Everything is somehow not very i>»: smartphone standard CDMA; external defects that do not match the description of the goods; dissatisfaction rates USPS for international transportation; some damage in transit.
How not to get in the last segment, and protect yourself in the process of shopping as b / a, and new products - tell paragraph below.
Passion on GTX 780 h4> Yes, there are such moments, when the ordered goods do not conform to the desired. This is true for new products, b / y-goods items on eBay or Taobao. Fortunately, we did not find any in the history of appeals, or in memory of any "interesting" case to give the b / y items on eBay lately. Therefore deploy narrative as an example the case with the purchase of a new product on Taobao, happened recently with one of our clients.
UFO forbid you h4> 4 Consider the case of the example of the same eBay:
Bonus h4> It is hoped that the reader will not face with all sorts of problems when ordering goods from abroad who were and were not included in this post. But just in case leave here a promo code for $ 10 dollars for the first 50 users (new or old) Shopozz.RU. Promo code can be used to pay for such services, "Checking and photo goods", parcel delivery or redemption of the product itself.
Read more about all of this under the cut.
What are the b / u buy goods on eBay? B> h4> Yielding fashion trend to collect statistics on all that is possible, we decided to explore the length and breadth of its base "b / y -Ordering ". Not to say that the data presented below were collected specifically for this post, quite the contrary - this post - a consequence of the collection thereof. In any case, the proportion of charts should not be seen as a mirror image of the present situation on the market, because it is suspected that category, not to mention the figures will be different for different time intervals. But a certain tendency, nevertheless, one can discern. However, this is a topic for a separate post-comparison.
So, we'll start with the most popular categories of statistics b / y goods from eBay.com version customer service Shopozz.ru (service services assist in buying) that has been collected by us for the first quarter 2014. Inexpressibly glad that it did not appear the category "Clothing, footwear and accessories", from which, perhaps, we can conclude that "we have become better dress» ©.
Now a little deeper into each leadership category.
Category "Musical Instruments» h5>
Musical Instruments in Russia - a profitable and high-margin business. The cost of similar products abroad (and in the US in particular) may differ at times, and not in favor of local stores. It regards new equipment. Our paper is devoted to goods and statistics b / y. Therefore, the choice of a certain segment of our customers is obvious. In addition to guitars and wind instruments, demand category "Audio Accessories" - this samplers, drum machines, sound cards, microphones, keyboards, monitors and more.
Category "Collecting» h5>
Here the choice of buyers is largely due to the number of proposals. And, as we know now, the proposal gives rise to demand. Separately mention about goods «Militaria» - items of military subjects - from this category is subject to all sending international mail . Therefore we recommend to clarify this possibility with our tech support.
Category "Mobile phones and PDA» h5>
Certainly, many of our customers, akin to Jean Baudrillard, is not considered an act of consumption to achieve. That's why choosing a more affordable price, but all the same high b / y smart phones and other objects of pride and marketing of the entire world of digital technologies.
Category 'Toys and Hobbies » h5>
Like the "Collecting", category "Toys and Hobbies" is popular because of the large number of proposals. Many collectible items are in used a priori, and that is why this category is the place to be in our statistics.
Category "Cameras & Camcorders» h5>
Do not open the big mysteries of writing about what a good camera or camcorder - not the cheapest pleasure. So choose "b / y." I remember in one of the reviews to receive the parcel young man shared his impressions of the display family privat-pictures that abound based on a forgotten memory card digicam.
Category "Consumer Electronics» h5>
Products from this category very often buy a "makeweight" to the parcel. Though there are some departures, consisting entirely of items from consumer electronics.
Category "Music» h5>
Demand here are the original editions of albums, LP, EP (no repression) and testpressing original editions.
With the above categories of goods (and not only), you can take a closer look at our Russian-language catalog eBay .
Feedback Time! B> h4> In addition to the collection of statistics, it has become very interesting to obtain new knowledge about the b / y-products and possible phenomena associated with the purchase of the add to, firstly, to present Me possible scenarios and, secondly, to influence them. Therefore, in the second quarter of 2014, we decided to explore the opinions of our customers bought / used-products on eBay through a telephone survey. For this, we used a simple script, the contents of which sought to find out just 2 points in:
You bought / used-goods on eBay, are you satisfied with the quality, and whether it fully coincides with the expected / described in item card? The second point - situational. "Yes, everything is OK" - thank you. "No, it's not OK" - to ascertain the reasons for the discrepancies obtained with the desired. Sample size: 100 Total happened:
We examine in some segments:
- Segment « Who are you? I did not call you! I> »: for whatever reason could not answer the question.
- Segment « Everything is somehow not very i>»: smartphone standard CDMA; external defects that do not match the description of the goods; dissatisfaction rates USPS for international transportation; some damage in transit.
How not to get in the last segment, and protect yourself in the process of shopping as b / a, and new products - tell paragraph below.