eBay has instituted a fee schedule that allows sellers of fixed-price items to list a product for 30 days - in many cases, multiple quantities of that product - for just 35 US cents.
In the past, sellers had to pay up to $4 per item per week. As of mid-September, sellers able to maintain large inventories of a product will find it easier and cheaper to offer their wares at eBay. They will also find the site more competitive with Amazon.
Smaller retailers who stick to the auction format will not be aided by these changes, a development that is bound to heighten the tension that has been building between eBay and this constituency.
Increasingly - and especially since CEO John Donahoe took the helm in March - eBay has been accelerating its evolution from an online flea market to an online retail community dominated by larger sellers offering goods at fixed prices.
eBay could not accommodate the E-Commerce Times' request for comments on Wednesday, said spokesperson Melissa Chanslor.
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