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Ebay Fee Hike making merchants angry

I’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).

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One Response to “Ebay Fee Hike making merchants angry”

  1. Tim Says:
    February 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    I have been an ebay member for several years as many ebayers I was not doing it for a living just more of a hobby. After the new fee
    hikes I decided to start my own auction site (http://www.bidviper.com)
    It may never be a big site like ebay but the buyers and sellers can leave
    feedback. Sellers can start listing items now and only pay a fee if they sell their stuff. Like I said for me its more of a hobby than anything.

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