Comments on: Newspapers, YP Publishers Watch in Envy as eBay Ups Fees

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Yep. The general feeling is that they're angering small biz sellers. Before there was little or no competition. Now there is. Free classified sites such as Craigslist, LiveDeal, Zixxo and sites such as Overstock.com mentioned here.

They won't lose tons of folks in the short term, but over time–depending on what happens with the other sites–they might need to be careful. And eBay slightly missed its profit targets according to today's announcement.

By: Neal

Neal — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

I would think that eBay did a fairly significant amount of research to make the decision to increase their fees. I doubt it was a simple "hey let's make some more net income" but rather a opportunity, given their traffic and brand that they could not pass up. Raising a price umbrella does certainly open the door a bit wider for others.

By: andersky

andersky — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Neal, saw an article today (1/19) that indicated that some of the other selling sites might reap some business from e-bay's decision. It'll be interesting to see if any real defections occur and if they really stick over time. As I recall e-bay was already doing good from the net income perspective…they need more? Fred