Comments on: Insights Into eBay’s Classifieds Strategy via eBay vs. Craigslist

By: Daniel - TimeCenter Appointment Scheduler

Daniel - TimeCenter Appointment Scheduler — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:56:42 +0000

Craigslist has very different thoughts on how to run a business than Ebay. Ebay is big, but that does not mean that they will succeed in every market. Their entry into the Swedish market was pretty much a disaster. Nobody visited the site, even if they would put gold lining on their Swedish website. So they buried their brand and bought http://www.Tradera.com, the biggest auction site in Sweden instead.

By: S. Schroeder

S. Schroeder — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:53:19 +0000

Here’s another tidbit. Amazon who had held a 10% stake in Bill Me Later dropped the service from their site as soon as Ebay got their fingers into Bill Me Later. They are simply bad news these days and nobody wants to be involved with them.

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2008/12/Amazon_drops_Bill_Me_Later_payment_service36916139.html

By: S. Schroeder

S. Schroeder — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:41:25 +0000

Ebay has been bankrupt of ethics for quite a few years.
I can only hope the judge sees through their courtroom spin and puts them in their place.

This article below might give you some more insight into what types of secret deals they try to pull off regardless of if they’re legal. After reading this, ask yourself if you still believe ebay to be the upstanding company they want the public and their shareholders to believe they are.

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y09/m08/i11/s01

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:46:24 +0000

I think craigslist is in trouble. eBay is very aggressive when it attempts to gain more of the market share.