kdgloves
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:59 am Post subject: Article - Ebay home cooked rivals |
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http://www.thestreet.com/tech/kevinkelleher/10209302.html
THIS IS FROM THE ARTICLE
The upshot: Talk of a mass exodus is proving hollow, as is a threatened boycott among sellers. eBay has made small steps at alleviating some of the pain from higher fees. Competitors will see a sliver of listings move from eBay to their sites. But angry sellers have hardly delivered a body blow to the e-commerce giant
American Technology Research, which performs no underwriting for companies, held a conference call with several eBay PowerSellers on Monday to gauge their feelings. "There appears to be no PowerSeller interest in leaving eBay, but there is interest in allocating incremental investment dollars to other channels, specifically sellers' own Websites," Mark Mahaney, an Amtech analyst, wrote in a report after the call.
Should eBay be worried? The company says the trend is nothing new. Hani Durzy, an eBay spokesman, says having its customers selling simultaneously on eBay and their own sites "is something that has gone on forever. We've always encouraged sellers on eBay to experiment. We're not seeing a pattern of seller churn or departure from our site." |
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