eBay Moves Towards Being More Trusted & Authoritative
It's good time to talk about eBay. Starting Sept. 16 eBay will be lowering fixed priced fee's. When Meg Whitman stepped down from eBay things started to change on the site again. Ms. Whitman took the site from 17 employee's to a world wide company. Then Ebay started to become a joke on late night TV shows like Jay Leno who has a weekly goof on eBay. When eBay first started it was the fact that we had this new cool tool called the Internet that propelled the site. Auctions where something to do to make buying on the Internet interesting and fun. These days users are done waiting for auctions to end and just want the item now.
Over the years eBay has grown into a world wide company. With the growth users have changed too. The day of the online auction for eBay are over it would appear. Ebay is changing it's price structure to reflect what buyers want to buy lowering the the upfront cost of listing item but increasing final value fee's for sellers. They have also said that they will be changing the search function to show the most trusted sellers and relevancy first. These simple changes should drive the get rich quick sellers off the site
eBay has been changing since Meg Whitman departed and is moving towards a true E-Commerce shopping site. By doing this the eBay name should gain authority and move away from the joke inspired auction site. Funny thing about eBay is they have done millions of transaction without problems and when issues do ac cour during a sale buyers in almost every instance get a refund or replacement. And now that eBay is changing the site buyers can feel more at ease than ever before. The search changes should insure that users are directed to the pages of the most trusted sellers first. There are no reasons not to use Ebay to buy your next smartphone. They are one of the most developed sites on the Net and are a publicly owned company that needs to make money. They will not tolerate shady sellers because it diminishes there authority which sites like Amazon have enjoyed sense day one. Because of the trust EBay has built over the years buying a new, SIM Free Blackberry Bold or unreleased Smartphone from the site isnt realy a issue these days. For now it looks like a Unlocked Blackberry Bold is the best option for US users.