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eBay bans digital goodsPosted May-17-08 11:49:59 PDT Updated May-17-08 12:22:21 PDT
What I've been reading and hearing is eBay has recently banned the sale of digital goods on their service. Except for in the classified listings. The reason they gave was really lame: In that some sellers were using it to boost their feedback levels quickly. And what I think is the case, others were charging so low a price, literally in the $1 or so range. Where was the profit for eBay? There wasn't much, and they can't have that. By doing this, they have caused legitimate sellers of digital goods to go out of business. Or at the very least had a huge impact in that seller community. How can eBay say a digital seller is not as legit as a regular seller? Or that in essense a digital good is not a product? In this day and age a digital good is just as legitimate as a physical product. If anything, it's good for the buyer because they don't have to be charged a shipping fee. The item is sent over the internet. An item that can be read, printed out, heard or seen in video. All from a download. If the buyer can read or print the product. Or hear it in audio or see it in video. Is it in essense not a product? And if anything: They should bring back digital goods but just set a price limit on how low it could be sold for if it is digital. Such as charging a $5 minimum on all digital products. That use of setting a minimum sales level would have been a better solution then an outright ban. And it's not that I sold digital products. But I know others who did and was going to. With good legit products of value and they wouldn't be sold like those $1 type cheap items which is probably what caused the ban we have now. This was a case of a small percent causing trouble and so everyone else in the group had to pay the price. It's just not right to punish everyone just because of the actions of others. |
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