trinorthlighting - 8:18 pm on Jun 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

As far as auction numbers being down, that was due to a huge increase last year in selling fees. Year after year they raise their pricing up. We were a power seller and I personally know of 10-15 more power sellers who stopped selling because of their rate hikes!

If you have an auction, get payment via pay pal, pay the listing fees you could be paying 10-20% in fees! I know we pulled off from ebay last year because of that reason alone. Simply put, they are charging way to much to sell on their service. We took those savings and advertised in other places and have an overall better return with increased business.

So, if Ebay is saving money, will it lower its selling fees? Umm, I doubt that. Watch, later this year they will add a few more % to their fees.