Is eBay Competing with It’s Self?

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Imagine that someone leased space for a small sandwich shop.  Then the landlord plastered signs for Jimmy John’s, Subway, and Schlotzsky’s all around the area.  Not good, eh?  And some eBay sellers feel that they’ve been put in a similar position.

eBay Ads May Deflect Buyers

eBay’s ads are provided by Yahoo and Google, and as we all know, these two companies are pretty much the best in the business.  This is fine for eBay - according to Juan Carlos Perez, “[i]n 2007’s second quarter . . . eBay’s advertising revenue almost doubled compared with the same period in 2006.”

But would-be buyers may be getting drawn away as ads send them to other sites.