If you didn’t know, eBay sellers held a boycott a little while ago. See my eBait article to find out more.
During the first three days of the boycott, Medved.net, a third-party Web site that tracks eBay’s listings totals, reported a decline of about 17% in the number of listed items available for sale on eBay. The number of live items jumped a few times during the remaining days of the strike but currently sits at around 13 million, 10% lower than when the boycott began Feb. 18.
Says CNN Money’s article regarding the end of the recent boycott. According to …read more

ATTENTION ENTREPRENEURS
eBay pissed people off.  Buyers and sellers are now boycotting eBay because of the following major points:

Increased rates for casual sellers
No more negative/neutral feedback rating
Limited search algorithm

You can find out more in this article posted by Fortune.  This is a business opportunity.  eBay wants to “test the elasticity” of their buyers and sellers – but how far can you push the envelope when you have a fading audience?  Anyone see where I am going with this?

 Over the past few years, eBay has lost its audience in a pretty big way, according to Alexa.  I think these new changes will …read more