Darryl Lyon's writes a very interesting post about eBay's fee increases and it's even a bit personal because his wife is an eBay seller. I like to read these types of posts because they offer a different view than the sometimes jaded Powerseller or the starry eyed eBay employee:
Recently, eBay announced an increase in fees and other measures specifically targeting eBay store owners. Now, you would only expect fees to increase once in a while – we all realise that eBay is a business after all.
There are three things that I want to address:
- eBay’s justification of the fee increases
- eBay’s removal of store listings from search results
- eBay’s one month notice of the fee and visibility changes
I would also like to state outright that I am writing this with some bias. My wife runs an eBay store called Discount Craft Supplies, and sells exclusively via the Store Inventory format. It should be noted that most items in the store are priced well below $5.
Continue reading at Darryl's blog.
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