eBay UK sellers threaten strike
Published August 15th, 2006
Angry eBay sellers are threatening to boycott the UK auction site next week in protest at changes introduced to attract more buyers.
eBay has made the changes to its Shops service, which lets sellers have all their eBay listings in one place, because it was “impairing” the buyer experience.
On 2 August, eBay reduced the visibility of Shops Listings in the main search results on eBay.co.uk. Shop Items are displayed in main search results but only when the main site has returned a small number of relevant items. From 21 August, eBay will also change the fees for Shops Listings.
Some eBay Shop sellers are furious at the changes and have set up a forum that is devoted to holding a “listings strike” on 15 August in an attempt to “get eBay to consider the damage they do with these ill-considered changes they keep dreaming up and pushing through”.
