Good (or Bad) News for eBay Sellers

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I've heard they are also doing away with anything selling under a dollar--but it's much bigger than even that--with the complicated new best match search and the new rules for feedback most small sometime sellers like me will be left with no one being able to find our listings and if you check out the interview with the new Big Guy on Auction Bytes---it sounds like they are about to tell the sellers what they can charge for shipping and handling---it just seems like Ebay has opened a nasty can of worms especially for the little sellers that made Ebay what it is today

lee of TN 12:49AM February 06, 2008

When profit margins are already razor thing, those pennies sure add up. Not everyone has a $500 wedding dress to sell.

Lisa of UT 12:05AM February 06, 2008

Ebay also just announced that there will be no more listings for under 1.00... The sellers will have to go through their stores and re-list their items at a higher price...
I see a total collapse to this Ebay... They are a company that is driven by greed...
They have changed the feedback policy so that the buyer is the only one who can leave a negative comment to the seller... This gives the buyer the edge and gives him the ammunition they need to hold over a sellers head to get them to reduce shipping charges, or say they receive an item they don't care for and want a refund, they can request that the seller refund and if they refuse, then leave negative feedback...
When a sellers feedback score goes down (as Ebay is counting on) then the sellers FEES GO UP!! This will encourage all kinds of crooks to bid and then not pay, with no recourse what so ever for the Seller...
The fees were already too high from the hike they added last year, but this whole new system takes the cake...
It's unbelieveable... Then they tried to sell it to the ebayers as a "bonus for them" Ha... LOL... What a joke...
Many stores are already going out of business on there and there will be a strike by sellers from (Feb. 18-24)... As an ebay store owner and also a purchaser myself, I will join in the effort to have the "powers that be" listen to us... We are all searching for another venue to place our goods where everyone is treated fairly... I have been a registered ebay member since 1981 and have enjoyed both being a buyer and a seller... It's not a good experience anymore...

Debi of WA 11:31PM February 05, 2008

Thank you Russell, that is helpful. I wonder how many items on eBay go for less than a dollar.

Kimberly Palmer of DC 2:39PM January 31, 2008

I crunched some numbers on my blog -> http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/ebay-updates-fees-with-mixed-results/
It looks like if you sell items for less than a dollar then you will be saving money assuming you used to use the gallery feature. Still, eBay is woefully behind the times which is why Amazon is surpassing them in the User to user marketplace err... market.

Russell Heimlich of MD 2:57PM January 30, 2008