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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/.
I remember when they introduced this as I was still selling there then. I fit the qualifications and so I entered. Then I saw the winner in my category and realized what a farce the whole ‘contest’ was! The winner didn’t qualify in any of the things that would make him qualify to even enter the contest much less win it! One of the many things in my last years that caused me to want to jump ship. I had the same thing happen at a quilt contest I was in. It was judged by someone that had no knowledge of quilts and the item that won also didn’t fit the qualifications to win. I then took my quilt to the local fair where it was judged by judges who knew what to look for and I won a Blue ribbon (First prize)!
eBay has no sense of fairness or what is right. Yearly it gets worse. Soon they will have you list your stuff and all the money comes to them, not you. Stop while you can!