someone needs to explain to dinesh that the concept of “level playing field” is really quite simple… everyone pays the same fees, everyone gets the same exposure. no amount of “yes but” explantions supercede that basic fact.

i also found the explaination of why ebay has to charge a listing fee quite self serving. it really falls apart when you consider that the same “real estate” is being sold for different prices.

Personally, I think people being able to talk and advertise their wares across the Internet – regardless of platform – is a positive. A seller – an individual business owner – should not put their eggs in one basket. They must be willing to expand or adapt their business in order to be successful. The advent of social media, blogging and transparency across the Internet has made that even more possible. I am connected to those people every day and I am constantly amazed at their ability to achieve success through their independent, entrepreneurial spirit.

Cheers,
RBH

Thanks for the update. I’m still trying to wrap my head around this change.

At present I keep about 60 items in my basic store and run around 12-20 auctions a month. The auctions attract people to my store. My sales are about 1/2 from the auctions and 1/2 from my store. I also have a URL that directs traffic to my store.

Do I understand these changes correctly?

* My store listings will automatically become fixed price listings.
* Most of my auctions start at over $100 with a listing fee of $2. That will now be $1.
* Stores will still exist after the change.
* In general my fixed price listings on items around $125 will go up a few cents.

Question:

Will my URL still bring potential buyers to a listing of all my items?

Stores will still exist after the change or will they?

Will all of my listings will show up in best match?

Thanks for helping use understand the changes.