06-01-2006, 08:36 AM
Observation from the Channel Advisor auction management services' CEO who sees an eBay.com Stores listing fee increase in the near future-with an announcement as early as the June eBay Live convention.
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Quote:At Goldman Sachs based on what Meg said, I got the inkling that she was foreshadowing a listing fee increase for what eBay coins SIF (Store Inventory Format) with analysts (ironically sellers wouldnt know the SIF acronym).
So heres my case:
* In the .com, the store listings are growing crazily
* In Jan, eBay implemented Stores in Search (SIS) globally putting store listings in with core.
* In the .com, this apparently caused buyer confusion (because of the abundance of store listings)
* Therefore in March, eBay reversed SIS for the .com ONLY.
* At the Goldman Sachs conference last week, Meg gave several series of talks: Wednesday she had small meetings with 10-15 investors at a time that were webcast (voice only). Thursday she gave more of these as well as the main all hands Noto fireside chat.
o The buzz Wednesday was that in an earlier small meeting she had said they would lower core pricing to bridge the value gap between core/store.
o In fact, Justin Post at Merrill Lynch was listening and issued a report in the wee hours of Wed evening. In his report, Justin theorizes we could see a lower core or higher store to adjust the fees.
* During her main speech which I recorded in parts V and IV on the blog, she said:
o As we manage via pricing and other techniques we will bring more balance to the marketplace.
o In the .com/US, the pricing difference is largest between SIF/core of 8 markets.
o Finally during Q+A, Justin Bauldorf asked specifically: In an earlier session you were quoted as saying you would lower store/core listings? Meg replied: I didnt say that, were looking at things.
Quote:In any case, my prediction is well see a listing fee increase in stores maybe as high as .10 or it could be like some countries, where its .04 for 30 days and a .06 surcharge for additional timeframes.
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