eBay Kills Dutch Auctions
eBay announced they will be killing the Dutch Auction format effective in May.Since eBay expanded and reduced fees on Fixed Price Listings, the Dutch auction format has been used less and less by sellers where it was once the favored format for listing multiple items.
Sellers have until May to change their Dutch auction listings over to auction style or fixed price.
There may be something bigger about to happen. It is no secret that many small and occasional sellers have been unhappy with eBay moves that promote large sellers.
eBay has been concerned about small sellers leaving for quite a while but has yet to really address the issue. Well, it may be now. eBay often tests out ideas overseas before bringing them to the US.
eBay UK has announced a new fee schedule for Private Sellers (non full-time business sellers) effective March 12th. Items listed in the auction format at 99-Pence (about $1.40) are free – no listing fee. And the Final Value fee schedule has been simplified to a flat 10%.
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Jaclyn on March 9th, 2009 8:33 am
They should be concerned with small sellers and buyers leaving, and they should most definitely do something about it to rectify the situation. a ton of small sellers add’s up to quite a lot of traffic and revenue after a while. I don’t think they can really afford to start having their small sellers and buyers dropping left and right like flies.
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