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June 07, 2005
free to fee you and me
i guess it is only fitting for yahoo to come full circle, and move to drop listing fees for y! auctions. it seems like yesterday that we had decided to clean up the site by adding fees, but i'm sure that given the minimal attention that yahoo has assigned the site in recent years, the inventory has surely declined. fairly smart idea to make it free again - essentially, take ebay seller money by forcing them to buy text ads instead of auction (which are just more complicated ads). the trick is to see if they can keep enough decent inventory flowing through the site to make it compelling and attract some audience. iideally, turn it into a text ad supported craig's list.
Posted by brianf at June 7, 2005 12:03 PM
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the decline of Y! auctions has been sad to see ... let me see if I can get Lloyd Brauns direct line and get him to focus on it.
Posted by: The Kid Playing D at June 7, 2005 01:05 PM