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sneakymagenta · 03-30-2007, 03:39 PM,

article by TT member scotrover

http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_str..._stor.html

Quote:PREDICTION: Store Fee Increase is coming...

Quote:Evidence 3: Wall St.
In a number of presentations to Wall St., eBay has hinted this is coming this by saying things like the controversial "unproductive listings".

So the only question I have is when is it coming? They announced the last hike July 20th. I'm going to say they announce this with the Q1 results in April. The trick is we have eBay Live in June so they can't do it in June or May (30 day window for fees to start). If they want to act fast they need to do it a good bit before then for the wind to blow over (so May/June is out). That leaves either April with the Q1 results or post eBay live like they did last year - July timeframe.

I'm going to vote April because I don't think they can afford to wait till July, they need to slow those stores and grow the core.

***mandy*** · 03-31-2007, 10:55 AM,

Update:

Quote:eBay is not raising fees for eBay Stores, spokesperson Brad Williams told me today...

"We don't have any plans to raise Store fees today. Scot is just wrong," Brad said. "As always, when we have major changes, we'll communicate with our community in a timely and comprehensive way."...

full article: http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blo...76969.html

**amy** · 03-31-2007, 05:19 PM,

Quote:"We don't have any plans to raise Store fees today.

He said today but didn't mention tomorrow. ;D

DecorativeDishes · 03-31-2007, 06:04 PM,

Wow. TODAY. He didn't even go so far as to say near future... I'm so reassured Tongue

Kim

P.S. I use eBay totally differently now so it doesn't matter to me.

accentnepal · 03-31-2007, 10:44 PM,

Gosh, for a moment there I thought I wasn't wanted :'( .

Brad-is-the-Boss Wrote:"As always, when we have major changes, we'll communicate with our community in a timely and comprehensive way."...

I feel so much better now :-* .
Ebay would never, ever make changes without communicating with us in a timely and comprehensive way, and they always test everything thoroughly before they enhance the site ;D .