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eBay Boycott Aftermath

by Jim Gordon on February 29th, 2008

If you didn’t know, eBay sellers held a boycott a little while ago. See my eBait article to find out more.

During the first three days of the boycott, Medved.net, a third-party Web site that tracks eBay’s listings totals, reported a decline of about 17% in the number of listed items available for sale on eBay. The number of live items jumped a few times during the remaining days of the strike but currently sits at around 13 million, 10% lower than when the boycott began Feb. 18.

Says CNN Money’s article regarding the end of the recent boycott. According to Alexa, eBay hasn’t seen a huge decline over the past month.

Well there you have it. Not much of a decline.

eBay will not be losing much business in the long-run because people will eventually get over it. More people will join eBay because they may see it as being more accessible. This situation mimics Facebook’s transition from private to public… then from public to crowded with applications and advertisements. As much of an opportunity as it adds for other businesses, it opens up a new area for eBay to grow.

What do you think will be the result of this?

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