Seeds and All 35 Posted May 18, 2019 In May 2011 Bid or Buy had global rank of #7 and had just overtaken Twitter in rankings! A little over a year after Bid or Buy introduced the new fee structure, more than doubling the commission they receive, and imposing a final order value fee the site might as well close down. Sales have dropped to an all-time low. Spending thousands on advertising through the Bid or Buy website brings little reward. In April of 2018 Bid or Buy was ranked #49 in South Africa but has since slipped to #71. Globally it has done much worse... In April 2018 they were ranked at around #7000 but have since plummeted to #11168. That is a drop of 2777 places in just the last three months alone. Just in the last month the site lost more than 1100 rank places! https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bidorbuy.co.za This weekend BoB placed a new banner on the My bidorbuy page to entice sellers to advertise on the website, with some advertising packages costing an astronomical R 15000 per month for a total of only 8 advertising spots over 3 months! https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/content/106/bidorbuy_Advertising.html Is it still worthwhile enhancing listings and advertising on Bid or Buy when it seems the platform continuously fails to grow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellemodel 15 Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/18/2019 at 8:32 AM, Seeds and All said: https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bidorbuy.co.za I am also concerned. Alexa rank has been dropping linearly for (at least) the last 3 months. 2015-02-11 AR= 3546 ZA= 24 L=45316 M=+ 802 2018-04-29 AR= 8632 ZA= 41 L= 1943 M=+ 1105 2018-12-27 AR= 8610 ZA= 43 L= 1653 M=+ 267 2019-05-19 AR=11177 ZA= 71 L= 1548 M=+ 2770 ZA=86% My sales for the last 6 months were down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seeds and All 35 Posted August 5, 2019 I'm afraid to say that things are not looking good for BoB and its full time sellers. Sadly it seems more and more like a sinking ship. What I find frightening is that after more than doubling their income some 16 months ago they have done little to stop the exodus of quality sellers and buyers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rafmal2164 0 Posted October 17, 2019 Very true!! ive noticed that BOB is not interested in the buyer or seller, all they want is a few bucks extra into theu account. and if you contact them with a query, they dismiss the fact, and claim that all is Legit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
