One more step backwards for eBay but that is the only direction they go. Each year they make it harder to do business there and harder for a small business to be profitable. Cutting the Top Rated Plus discount from 20% to 10% while increasing the final value fee is significant. That eBay characterizes this as a measure to help seller's grow their business, is truly laughable.
I think this will be very beneficial to the smaller auction houses, like Sterling, who run monthly auctions because the above changes pretty much nullify any edge that eBay had from a seller's point of view.
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