luisorellana

Seven Reasons Why Amazon and eBay Should Merge

You have some very interesting points here. What you fail to address is that most PowersSellers that are the bread and butter of eBay are flying the coop and going off to alternative sites like Amazon among others. eBay seems to have reached a growing saturation point at least in the USA. The only reason eBay is showing profit is because of all their price hikes on eBay and Paypal leaving PowerSellers profitless and virtually powerless. Also USPS international shipping price hikes, have virtually killed the international market ( a substantial market ) for US sellers due to the under value of the US Dollar. Ebay has been publicly chastised for committing major errors, i.e. the acquisition of Skype, the misunderstanding of cultures in China. They seem to be loosing touch with their sellers too (THE BACK BONE OF THE COMPANY) Is there a major reason for eBay and Amazon to merge? NO, as far as sellers are concerned.

Luis Orellana
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