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@dazzledayz wrote:

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@zanadoo_56 wrote:

There are already sellers who have their own websites and probably use eBay to get a new client base.  As a buyer I found this very handy.  Sometimes that initial eBay bargain has led to regular purchases via a seller's website.  Between the new fees and the GSP I expect this sales method can only increase...and perhaps become the norm.

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This is already happening: I've had regular emails from sellers I've bought from on eBay offering goods on their own sites.

All ebay are doing is making the choice for sellers to set up on their own more attractive.

A very shortsighted attitude on their part - why would they want to encourage opposition?

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That is the real question though isn't it ? And that it is why eBay can (for the moment at least) continue to screw sellers into the ground.

What other platform (opposition) - honestly - has the coverage and traffic that eBay has.

Hopefully that won't always be the case, but the sellers who are here to make a living, can't afford to stop trying and 'boycott' eBay or start again on a less popular site.

The old story - you hold the monopoly when you are the only one in the game.