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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN.
Close as in the Detroit Lions winning the super bowl in my lifetime.
I sympathize with the sellers who rely on components from China to make their jewelry or other items who will now be forced to raise their prices. However, this move will be beneficial for a huge segment of U.S. sellers who are unable to offer competitive shipping rates versus the Chinese sellers. As has been mentioned many times before, it’s more expensive to mail an item across the street in the U.S. than it is for Chinese sellers to mail their items 11,000+ km away.
I’ll take it seriously when I actually see something change significantly. If they raise it a cent or something, it’s not news.