03-26-2008, 09:44 AM
Quote:eBay is rolling out a new policy that requires all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically to be listed using the Classified Ads format, effective March 31, 2008. Using the Classified Ads format, sellers receive a 30-day ad at a fixed price.
eBay said it is instituting the new policy to preserve the integrity of the Feedback system. "Digital goods are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller. On eBay, this creates the potential for Feedback Manipulation (both real and perceived)."
Classified Ad listings are a lead generation tool and do not result in transactions that go through eBay, so buyers and sellers do not exchange feedback...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m03/i25/s04
Quote:eBay is banning sales of digital downloads from its site, restricting them instead to the Classified Ad format, which costs $9.95 for a 30-day listing. Letters are starting to come in from sellers who make some or all of their income from sales of auction templates, ecards, music animations, ebook guides, etc.
Said one seller, "I cannot afford $9.95 to list each template...
full article: http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blo...50743.html
Quote:One eBay seller, Smwoody in Pennsylvania has a small, family-owned business that sells custom-designed crochet patterns on eBay. When completing the sale, Smwoody provides buyers an e-mailed PDF file, a format that is used by many sellers who offer digital goods on eBay. After learning that policy changes would require her to list the crochet patterns in a classified ad format, Smwoody posted the following in a public forum: "I am just sick this morning. I have spent four years and hundreds of hours to make my brand of crochet patterns into a good business. I design them all myself and they will NOT sell as a classified ad. I just don't see it happening. As of this morning, three-quarters of my sales are gone."...
full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/essential...hp/3736441