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I wonder how it is possible that products are sold on Ebay via auctions for oftentimes half the price that they cost e.g. on Amazon?
EDIT: The product that I have in mind are headphones by a quality brand that cost ~120 on most sites (including Amazon and their official Teufel website) but on eBay you get them for around 80+ if one uses the "buy now" option and for 60-75 if you take part in an auction. Furthermore the price varies considerably between different sellers for the "buy now option" on ebay.
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I wonder how it is possible that products are sold on Ebay via auctions for oftentimes half the price that they cost e.g. on Amazon?
EDIT: The product that I have in mind are headphones by a quality brand that cost ~120 on most sites (including Amazon and their official Teufel website) but on eBay you get them for around 80+ if one uses the "buy now" option and for 60-75 if you take part in an auction. Furthermore the price varies considerably between different sellers for the "buy now option" on ebay.
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Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
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@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
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I wonder how it is possible that products are sold on Ebay via auctions for oftentimes half the price that they cost e.g. on Amazon?
EDIT: The product that I have in mind are headphones by a quality brand that cost ~120 on most sites (including Amazon and their official Teufel website) but on eBay you get them for around 80+ if one uses the "buy now" option and for 60-75 if you take part in an auction. Furthermore the price varies considerably between different sellers for the "buy now option" on ebay.
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I wonder how it is possible that products are sold on Ebay via auctions for oftentimes half the price that they cost e.g. on Amazon?
EDIT: The product that I have in mind are headphones by a quality brand that cost ~120 on most sites (including Amazon and their official Teufel website) but on eBay you get them for around 80+ if one uses the "buy now" option and for 60-75 if you take part in an auction. Furthermore the price varies considerably between different sellers for the "buy now option" on ebay.
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Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
– garth
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@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
– Trilarion
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Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
– garth
3 hours ago
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@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
– Trilarion
45 mins ago
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Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
– garth
3 hours ago
Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
– garth
3 hours ago
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@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
– Trilarion
45 mins ago
@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
– Trilarion
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Look carefully at shipping charges. When I've seen "prices" that were much lower than comparable products they've often been accompanied by sky-high shipping prices; a $20 item with a shipping cost of $80 adds up to the same $100 as a $90 item with a shipping cost of $10.
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Pete Becker
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Without providing a specific example, I can only give a generalised answer with some possible reasons:
While Ebay does have buy-it-now products, predominantly it is an auction with lower starting prices, and therefore items may often not reach the sale price or RRP. Ebay includes second-hand items, and people forward-selling unwanted brand new items that they have recently been given or purchased. Also, Ebay may have more competition in various industries especially electronics, and attracts OEM manufacturers.
Amazon sells brand new items, and attracts more brand names and authorised resellers of brand names. Also Amazon is a more onerous and lengthy process to be accepted, can be difficult for OEM products, and this is a barrier to some lower priced sellers.
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It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
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There are several Possibilites:
- The Amazon seller wants a bigger profit than the E-Bay seller.
- The Amazon seller has higher costs than the e-bay seller. This can be a more expensive source, or higher overhaed costs.
- The Items are not really the same, for example the E-Bay items could be old stock, damaged, used, grey imports without warranty or even fake.
- The E-Bay seller has reasons to sell at dumping prices. This could be to build his portfolio of good rating or that the odd low-selling item does not hurt his overall calculation (e-bay charges less for auction than fixed-price)
- E-Bay has a low entry-barrier for new vendors. So it may just be that a newcomer misjudges the real sales price he needs to cover all his costs.
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3 Answers
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up vote
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Look carefully at shipping charges. When I've seen "prices" that were much lower than comparable products they've often been accompanied by sky-high shipping prices; a $20 item with a shipping cost of $80 adds up to the same $100 as a $90 item with a shipping cost of $10.
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
12 mins ago
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Look carefully at shipping charges. When I've seen "prices" that were much lower than comparable products they've often been accompanied by sky-high shipping prices; a $20 item with a shipping cost of $80 adds up to the same $100 as a $90 item with a shipping cost of $10.
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
12 mins ago
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up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
Look carefully at shipping charges. When I've seen "prices" that were much lower than comparable products they've often been accompanied by sky-high shipping prices; a $20 item with a shipping cost of $80 adds up to the same $100 as a $90 item with a shipping cost of $10.
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
Look carefully at shipping charges. When I've seen "prices" that were much lower than comparable products they've often been accompanied by sky-high shipping prices; a $20 item with a shipping cost of $80 adds up to the same $100 as a $90 item with a shipping cost of $10.
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
answered 2 hours ago
Pete Becker
3,04911115
3,04911115
This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
12 mins ago
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This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
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This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
12 mins ago
This is not the problem
– 0rangetree
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Without providing a specific example, I can only give a generalised answer with some possible reasons:
While Ebay does have buy-it-now products, predominantly it is an auction with lower starting prices, and therefore items may often not reach the sale price or RRP. Ebay includes second-hand items, and people forward-selling unwanted brand new items that they have recently been given or purchased. Also, Ebay may have more competition in various industries especially electronics, and attracts OEM manufacturers.
Amazon sells brand new items, and attracts more brand names and authorised resellers of brand names. Also Amazon is a more onerous and lengthy process to be accepted, can be difficult for OEM products, and this is a barrier to some lower priced sellers.
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
Without providing a specific example, I can only give a generalised answer with some possible reasons:
While Ebay does have buy-it-now products, predominantly it is an auction with lower starting prices, and therefore items may often not reach the sale price or RRP. Ebay includes second-hand items, and people forward-selling unwanted brand new items that they have recently been given or purchased. Also, Ebay may have more competition in various industries especially electronics, and attracts OEM manufacturers.
Amazon sells brand new items, and attracts more brand names and authorised resellers of brand names. Also Amazon is a more onerous and lengthy process to be accepted, can be difficult for OEM products, and this is a barrier to some lower priced sellers.
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
Without providing a specific example, I can only give a generalised answer with some possible reasons:
While Ebay does have buy-it-now products, predominantly it is an auction with lower starting prices, and therefore items may often not reach the sale price or RRP. Ebay includes second-hand items, and people forward-selling unwanted brand new items that they have recently been given or purchased. Also, Ebay may have more competition in various industries especially electronics, and attracts OEM manufacturers.
Amazon sells brand new items, and attracts more brand names and authorised resellers of brand names. Also Amazon is a more onerous and lengthy process to be accepted, can be difficult for OEM products, and this is a barrier to some lower priced sellers.
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
Without providing a specific example, I can only give a generalised answer with some possible reasons:
While Ebay does have buy-it-now products, predominantly it is an auction with lower starting prices, and therefore items may often not reach the sale price or RRP. Ebay includes second-hand items, and people forward-selling unwanted brand new items that they have recently been given or purchased. Also, Ebay may have more competition in various industries especially electronics, and attracts OEM manufacturers.
Amazon sells brand new items, and attracts more brand names and authorised resellers of brand names. Also Amazon is a more onerous and lengthy process to be accepted, can be difficult for OEM products, and this is a barrier to some lower priced sellers.
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
edited 1 hour ago
Ben Miller
73.7k19199263
73.7k19199263
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
answered 4 hours ago
garth
27115
27115
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
add a comment |Â
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
It might also be that additionally Amazon takes a larger cut than Ebay as man in the middle.
– Trilarion
48 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
eBay BIN items are often very similar in price to Amazon (comparing new items that are unlikely to be fake). The auction aspect makes for a very tempting hook
– Chris H
20 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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0
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There are several Possibilites:
- The Amazon seller wants a bigger profit than the E-Bay seller.
- The Amazon seller has higher costs than the e-bay seller. This can be a more expensive source, or higher overhaed costs.
- The Items are not really the same, for example the E-Bay items could be old stock, damaged, used, grey imports without warranty or even fake.
- The E-Bay seller has reasons to sell at dumping prices. This could be to build his portfolio of good rating or that the odd low-selling item does not hurt his overall calculation (e-bay charges less for auction than fixed-price)
- E-Bay has a low entry-barrier for new vendors. So it may just be that a newcomer misjudges the real sales price he needs to cover all his costs.
answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
2,5881713
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
There are several Possibilites:
- The Amazon seller wants a bigger profit than the E-Bay seller.
- The Amazon seller has higher costs than the e-bay seller. This can be a more expensive source, or higher overhaed costs.
- The Items are not really the same, for example the E-Bay items could be old stock, damaged, used, grey imports without warranty or even fake.
- The E-Bay seller has reasons to sell at dumping prices. This could be to build his portfolio of good rating or that the odd low-selling item does not hurt his overall calculation (e-bay charges less for auction than fixed-price)
- E-Bay has a low entry-barrier for new vendors. So it may just be that a newcomer misjudges the real sales price he needs to cover all his costs.
answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
2,5881713
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
There are several Possibilites:
- The Amazon seller wants a bigger profit than the E-Bay seller.
- The Amazon seller has higher costs than the e-bay seller. This can be a more expensive source, or higher overhaed costs.
- The Items are not really the same, for example the E-Bay items could be old stock, damaged, used, grey imports without warranty or even fake.
- The E-Bay seller has reasons to sell at dumping prices. This could be to build his portfolio of good rating or that the odd low-selling item does not hurt his overall calculation (e-bay charges less for auction than fixed-price)
- E-Bay has a low entry-barrier for new vendors. So it may just be that a newcomer misjudges the real sales price he needs to cover all his costs.
answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
2,5881713
There are several Possibilites:
- The Amazon seller wants a bigger profit than the E-Bay seller.
- The Amazon seller has higher costs than the e-bay seller. This can be a more expensive source, or higher overhaed costs.
- The Items are not really the same, for example the E-Bay items could be old stock, damaged, used, grey imports without warranty or even fake.
- The E-Bay seller has reasons to sell at dumping prices. This could be to build his portfolio of good rating or that the odd low-selling item does not hurt his overall calculation (e-bay charges less for auction than fixed-price)
- E-Bay has a low entry-barrier for new vendors. So it may just be that a newcomer misjudges the real sales price he needs to cover all his costs.
answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
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answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
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answered 20 mins ago
Daniel
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answered 20 mins ago
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Maybe next time, provide more specifics with the question. Also select the answer that you accept as solving your issue so that others see it is answered.
– garth
3 hours ago
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@garth Not sure one should mark an answer as solution already now. The question is just three hours old. The question would surely profit from some examples.
– Trilarion
45 mins ago