Last summer, there was a seismic shift in the online-auction industry when eBay significantly increased fees for Store inventory and urged sellers to move items from Stores to the core auction platform. These moves came after eBay had heavily promoted Stores and had given Store listings more exposure on core early in the year, leaving many sellers confused and angry. There was a massive outcry with seller protests and strikes, and mainstream media picked up the story.
Anecdotally, we had been hearing that the fee increases came too close to the all-important fourth-quarter shopping season for sellers to adjust their sales strategies, but that they were considering developing a multi-channel strategy and opening their own storefronts, and perhaps even leaving eBay altogether - in the first quarter of 2007.
AuctionBytes Follow Up On eBays Shift
March 19, 2007 by Ty | 0 Comments
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