AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD

Big business has been muscling the small business out for years. When a new super store moves into an area, several of the smaller mom and pop stores cease to exist and the same thing is happening on the internet. The large auction sites are making it difficult for the smaller seller to compete. For example, big sellers on the large auction sites (powersellers) receive priority customer service, fee discounts, and expanded seller protection. Small sellers, the mom and pops of the internet, receive lower priority customer support, don't get the discounts on their listings, and have a 45 day window that the buyer can file a dispute with Pay-pal. Most small volume sellers that have experienced a buyer dispute, knows that the outcome is not usually in their favor. The majority of the lower volume sellers are the antique, collectible and used merchandise sellers. The mom and pops that hit the yard sales on the weekend looking for the elusive treasure that they can sell and make a little on. Where as most of the power sellers are the new merchandise dealers, who buy in volume and sell in volume. The big auction sites are big today because of the used merchandise seller who originally started the internet auction business, yet they show preferential treatment to the new merchandise seller. This country was built on the backs of small businesses and America needs small businesses to excel in these bad economic times. The mom and pops should not be penalized and forced to operate under a different set of rules just because they are a small business. Small businesses need an even playing field and new selling sites like iamaVendor.com are providing it with flat rate listing fees. Whether they sell 20 or 100 items a month the subscription fee is the same. As the internet evolves with sites like iamavendor.com, the big auction sites will soon becoming known as the "made in china stores." And the mom and pops will excel on the new sites that offer an even playing field.