eBay Denies the End of Auctions

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:20

eBay denied it was ending the auction format in October after a report surfaced on its Seller Central discussion board today. After being inundated with emails about the report, I checked in with eBay spokesperson Johnna Hoff, who said the rumor was absolutely untrue. "Auctions make up 40% of our business; we are not ending that format."

The allegation that eBay was ending auctions came from someone who posted using a newly created User ID who claimed to be an eBay employee by the name of John Delson working in "Seller Development." He wrote that on October 1st, 2011, eBay, Inc, on ALL eBay country locations (.co.uk, .jp, .com, etc) would be ending the auction listing format, and that on February 22nd, anyone selling on the eBay website would have to have at least 7,500 items in stock and ready for shipment and would have to submit proof of ownership.



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