Ebay Fee Hike making merchants angry
Thursday, January 31st, 2008I’ve been telling my friends for quite a while that EBay is a good short idea. As the owner of a company that sells both on ebay (about 6% of sales) and off Ebay (the rest), the Ebay experience isn’t very good, except for selling very high-volume, just released electronics. Anything nich-y usually doesn’t sell. I think it’s because the navigation is rather difficult compared to amazon or googling to find an online shop. Hiking fees will be great for profitability in the short-term but doesn’t bode well for their long term prospects (craigslist and froogle are free).
