Last week I wrote a couple pieces on the current seller strike by at e-commerce giant eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). The strike was supposed to final until nowadays, but now it has been extended another week. Initial details is showing that the current eBay strike has lowered the items listed for sale on the site by an impressive 13%, so you can be certain that eBay is paying attention.

As most of you are already aware, the current strike is the outcome of frustrations by eBay users by a couple new changes that the site has introduced. While the site lowered its initial listing fees for items, it raised its completion fees. that has been seen by capability sellers as a direct attack on the more successful eBay sellers. In addition, eBay has decided to keep sellers from leaving negative feedback on buyers, a move that

has infuriated sellers who claim that feedback is their best defense in avoiding dead-beat bidders. The final straw came in the decision to hold positive PayPal payments for up to 21 days.

The strike, which started final week, has had a couple of impacts on the e-commerce world. One outcome that I examined final week, was the increase in traffic and users to some smaller e-commerce sites that historically have had a tough date breaking into some of eBay coveted traffic. Now we are starting to see just how tough the strike has been hitting eBay itself. According to reports, the site has seen a 13% drop in its auction listings.

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Original post by Michael Fowlkes

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