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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/.
If I wanted a brand name luxury the last place I would buy it from is Ebay. I would rather spend my hard earned dollars at the brands store. Better selection, no worries about getting it, better warranty and most likely a lot cheaper.
eBay ONCE again hurting its own sellers
Oh wait – some will say “but eBay DOESNT compete with its sellers ….” give me a break.
@Geta- chuckle chuckle- along with my needed household things i can buy on ebay, now i can buy luxury items… lol theyve got it all thunk out
(filed under ‘Branding’)
so, lets see, if you can jump this 4′ hurdle, we’ll give you 4’1″ bonus
just another big F U to most sellers
the walmart dopes keep getting dopier
What happens to the listings from sellers who are not the makers or “authorized” by them ? (by law you dont need to be (first sale doctrine and lanham act) …
does this mean someone woke up the sleeping VERO tiger (by yanking its tail) and we are going to go through a few rounds of “since we dont recognize you as a seller, everything you have must be fake aka kill those listings?
Does it mean that the “beloveds” listings will always come first (first page top of the fold) ?
What special privileges are these brands going to get?
How much cash will be sloshing around certain eBay employees bank accounts?
Soon eBay will be gating sellers just like the big Amazoo.