Comments on: Ebay to become price comparison site? http://www.robweatherhead.co.uk/digital-marketing/ebay-to-become-price-comparison-site/ The adventures of a digital mind Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:39:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ian Khttp://www.robweatherhead.co.uk/digital-marketing/ebay-to-become-price-comparison-site/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Ian K Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:18:41 +0000 http://www.robweatherhead.co.uk/ebay-to-become-price-comparison-site#comment-100 Rob - from what I understand, the changes are being made in an attempt to help the long term, large scale sellers; many of whom make their living on ebay.Whilst these types of sales may account for a large percentage of revenue for eBay, surely the majority of users are operating on a much smaller and less frequent scale - be it buyer or seller. I can't believe they would risk effectively alienating the majority of their audience?Having said that, they have shown that they aren't afraid to make controversial decisions with the radical changes recently made to the feedback rating system.Your guess is as good as mine... Rob – from what I understand, the changes are being made in an attempt to help the long term, large scale sellers; many of whom make their living on ebay.

Whilst these types of sales may account for a large percentage of revenue for eBay, surely the majority of users are operating on a much smaller and less frequent scale – be it buyer or seller. I can’t believe they would risk effectively alienating the majority of their audience?

Having said that, they have shown that they aren’t afraid to make controversial decisions with the radical changes recently made to the feedback rating system.

Your guess is as good as mine…

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