2008 eBay boycott

The eBay Boycott of 2008 was a strike against eBay commenced on February 18, 2008 by users in objection to eBay's updated fee structure and feedback policy. [ cite web | url=http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/07/smbusiness/ebay_boycott.fsb/ | title=Outraged eBay sellers plot strike week | date=February 10, 2008: 9:15 AM EST | publisher=CNNMoney.com ] The strike lasted until February 25th, 2008, with some calling for an extension or second strike.cite web | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_8365616 | title=EBay says sellers boycott had no effect on listings | date=2008-02-26 | publisher=San Jose Mercury News ]

When eBay announced increased final value fees with the pretext of lowered insertion fees, [ cite web | url=http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080221/NEWS/802210356/1033/NEWS01 | title=eBay's unhappy sellers fight back | date=February 21, 2008 | publisher=Santa Rosa Press Democrat ] it was found that after calculations, the costs to sell on eBay turned out to be more than before, after averaging out the revised fees. Moreover, it was announced that sellers could no longer leave negative nor neutral feedback. [ cite web | url=http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/15/smbusiness/ebay_strike_update.fsb/?postversion=2008021612 | title=EBay seller boycott set to start Monday | date=February 18, 2008: 10:19 AM EST | publisher=CNNMoney.com ] A poll eBay sellers participated in showed that 90% of the participants were unhappy with the feedback policy change. [ cite web | url=http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/73457 | title=eBay Boycott Begins Tomorrow: Will It Work? | date=Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:58PM EST | publisher=Yahoo! Tech ]

eBay reported no discernible impact on listing numbers from the strike.

References

External links

* [http://businessshrink.biz/psychologyofbusiness/2008/02/19/ebay-sellers-boycott-gains-traction-competing-sites-grow/ eBay Sellers' Boycott Gains Traction; Competing Sites Grow. - Business Shrink]
* [http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d4bd97b9-5bc1-477b-9eef-06ff7d6aaee2 Boycotting e-Bay and using YouTube to get the word out - WPTV]
* [http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4756 eBay Boycott Begins Today - Cleveland Leader]
* [http://www.powersellersunite.com/ Power Sellers Unite]