Dutch Auctions are being discontinued; Single-quantity auctions not affected
eBay is discontinuing Dutch Auctions on May 6, 2009, because we've found that most of our sellers are now listing multiple items with Fixed Price or Store Inventory formats. These formats are easier and more cost-effective for sellers and less confusing for buyers.
This change only affects auction-style listings with a quantity of 2 or more products. You can still list multi-quantity products in Fixed Price or Store Inventory formats.
Your single-quantity auction-style listings will be business as usual - this change will not affect them in any way.
Any Dutch Auction listings that are already live on May 6 will not be cancelled, but you will not be able to list any new online auctions with a multiple quantity (2 or more) in any category. After May 6, 2009, if you relist an online auction with a multiple quantity, you'll see the quantity reset to 1.
posted on March 4, 2009 02:26:34 PM new
I read this and am pretty surprised. I've used Dutch auctions successfully for years - not too frequently, but frequently enough that I am going to miss that. I wonder why they are doing this?
posted on March 4, 2009 07:02:52 PM new
??Maybe eBay doesn't get as much in listing fees through those Dutch auctions?
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posted on March 4, 2009 07:16:36 PM new
Fees were based on the total listing amount - so if I had 5 items and started them at $5 each, I would be a $25 based listing fee. However, running 5 auctions a $5 each will bring in more revenue, but how many people are going to do that? Overall, I think they will get less. I think the problem with Dutch auctions is a lack of understanding by bidders how they worked. Some items definitely got bid up by those who didn't know what they were doing.
posted on March 4, 2009 07:33:49 PM new
I think that Pepsis response is a perfect example of why they are getting rid of it. There were as many sellers as buyers that were confused by the process. It did not matter how much the person was "willing" to pay, they were still only supposed to be charged the lowest qualifying price. The problem with dutch auctions was that they publicized the bidders proxy bid and confused the hell out of everyone.
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