"Amazonation of eBay" Will eBay Successfully Morph Into an Amazon Clone?
I think eBay is also attracted to the way Amazon reigns supreme over their sellers and has a "at our pleasure" attitude about if you sell there or not. This is a reversal of the last 5 or 6 years of eBay's campaign tactic of driving sellers to the platform, they took the buyer for granted and focused their marketing on "you to can make a living on eBay, everyone is welcome come sell here".
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eBay has announced that they are improving the search capability of the site to include eBay stores results...sorta...
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