eBay will be the first big, successful Web 1.0 company to die

Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 9:18 AM
Thoughts by John

eBay has lost its bearings, with deals to move larger retailers onto the site with fix-priced auctions. eBay's entire reason for being is the small seller. And if they can't make that work anymore, then they have no reason to exist.

eBay's brand is about getting stuff dirt cheap at auction.

And don't get me wrong: there are huge problems with that business model. But a lot of the problems stem from unregulated auction tactics. People don't feel they're getting fair shake as buyers, and many are flocking to fixed price stores because if they're going to get screwed anyhow, they might as well get the item without having to wait through some dumb auction.

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John Crawford
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