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Bad News For Ebay?

August 12, 2008 - Filed under: Information

When I first read about the users complaining about the new fee structure on Ebay back in February I thought that this could be something to watch.Most of the complaints seemed to be about the new fee structure which seemed to favor the big volume sellers over the smaller ones. Of course it’s their decision on how to run their business and it’s also their responsibility to maximize their profits for the shareholders. It seems to me that when you turn your back on the users who built your business in the first place you might just do more harm than good.

It seemed to quite down a bit and Ebay’s profits also seem to still be OK, but I’m hearing more and more about users abandoning them. I read something today about it in the Wall Street Journal and you know when the mainstream media starts to talk about it just about everyone knows. This kind of thing can also turn into a feeding frenzy and encourage more people to leave by pointing out the other options of smaller alternative sites. The more people who move to these sites the more they will sell and the more will move

Read – Irked by eBay, Some Sellers Trade Elsewhere

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