News about eBay is coming in thick and fast at the moment. No sooner did I finish my last piece on the page view numbers when the AuctionBytes Survey results came in.
This is a very interesting report and I thoroughly recommend reading it, particularly if you are a member of eBay management.
Editor Ina Steiner at AuctionBytes managed to obtain 1,225 responses from online sellers over a 10 day period and I am grateful to her for letting me reference her work in this article. Obviously there’s no point in me duplicating too much of Ina’s report but I would like to make a few observations specifically related to eBay.
1,118 of the 1,225 survey respondents, or 92%, currently place all or part of their inventory on eBay. However, when asked if they intend to be selling on eBay in six months time, only 457 (38%) said they would. The shock in these numbers for me was that the question was specifically about the core listing format and not eBay stores. Well over half of the eBay seller respondents have effectively served notice that they intend to quit the site within six months.
Ebay: Over 50% of Sellers Questioned Intend to Quit Within 6 Months - Associated Content
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