eBay Australia: The minnows revolt and close up shop

[mandy]

A pair of articles on eBay Australia shop sellers:

EBAY has been hit by mass desertions, with almost 800 Australian store owners walking out on the internet auction giant in the wake of a large fee hike...

EBay's Australian operations have been affected.

Figures from website ListMy Store show the number of stores fell from more than 14,000 days after the fee hike was first announced to 13,244 this week. EBay does not release store data.

EBay promotes itself as a supporter of small business...

What really has store owners steamed up is a sharp reduction in the visibility of their stores.

The fee hike has killed off Kelly Schipp's dream of working from home selling childrens' clothes and accessories. The young mother's income was slashed by the changes...

full article: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles...06,00.html

INTERNET auction giant eBay faces a sellers' revolt, with thousands of people who use the website as an online store dumping it after eBay ramped up fees and reduced product promotion...

The changes are designed to funnel more eBay sellers into listing their products for auction, making the company a bigger margin.

The cost to list an item for sale has risen from 10c to 50c for goods sold for more than $50, while commission on sales up to $75 rose from 5.25per cent to 10 per cent...

full article: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles...16,00.html