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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[eBay (EBAY) sellers' strike plays into the hands of smaller competitors]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ebay/" rel="tag">eBay (EBAY)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketing-and-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing and Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/small-business/" rel="tag">Small Business</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/02/ebay-ebay-logo.jpg" alt="" />For the past several years, <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ebay-inc/ebay/nas">eBay</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ebay-inc/ebay/nas">EBAY</a>) has pretty much cornered the market for online auctions. It has created such large barriers of entry, that smaller sites have difficulty breaking into the market. But this week's seller boycott on eBay has opened the door for some <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/352069_onlineauctions21.html">smaller companies</a>.<br /><br />We took a look earlier this week at the <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/19/overstock-ostk-looks-to-capitalize-on-ebay-ebay-sellers-str/">reasons behind the current eBay strike</a>. We made note at that time, that some of your bigger name competitors, such as <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/overstock-com-inc-del/ostk/nas">Overstock.com</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/overstock-com-inc-del/ostk/nas">OSTK</a>) were going to be capitalizing on the sellers' strike, but now we are also starting to hear about gains made in some smaller companies that you may have never heard of before.<br /><br />In a recent article from <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a>, two Washington-based companies said they have been loving all the negative attention that eBay has been receiving as of late.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>eBay (EBAY) sellers' strike plays into the hands of smaller competitors</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/">eBay (EBAY) sellers' strike plays into the hands of smaller competitors</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/352069_onlineauctions21.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1121088/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/02/21/ebay-ebay-sellers-strike-plays-into-the-hands-of-smaller-compe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>auctions</category><category>cozybug.com</category><category>e-commerce</category><category>ebay</category><category>ebay boycott</category><category>ebay strike</category><category>EbayBoycott</category><category>EbayStrike</category><category>featured</category><category>internet</category><category>MommyAuctions.com</category><category>OSTK</category><category>overstock.com</category><category>Seattle</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
