Auctionbytes Article on Ethical Tool: Only 100 Users Benefit From Tool

[bargainbloodhound]

From an article in today's Auctionbytes on the Ethical Sell Through (Extender) Tool::

http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m08/i17/s02

According to Samuel, Ethical Technologies currently has 100 users of the extender tool.

also

AuctionBytes asked for confirmation from a 12-percent membership owner in the company, who said the fees did vary but said the average fee was closer to 5 percent than 10 percent and depended on a lot of variables. He confirmed that when he left Ethical 2 months ago, there were 100 users signed up,

eBay has told Ethical Technologies to stop marketing its Extender tool, but has yet to stop Ethical from providing the service to sellers.

soooo...to summarize:

100 users of the Ethical Sell Through Extender Tool

hundreds of thousands  of ebay sellers (400,000-700,000 depending on survey) who rely on ebay for all or part of their income who do not benefit from the tool being on the marketplace...only 100 elite users who do benefit

[thentavius]

Oh, but BBH! That "limit" is just a "marketing ploy."

Yep--it sure worked. Got LOTS Of bad publicity.