Shoestring Theory

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Final day of the 2008 eBay boycott

February 25th, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. Put a fork in it, for it is done. Statistics are again from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their site anytime. Total listings increased 203,254 over the same time yesterday, or a 1.49 percent increase. […]

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The penultimate stats post on the 2008 eBay boycott

February 24th, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. Barring any shocking (or even interesting) news about this year’s eBay boycott, this should be the next to last post dealing with the numbers. As always, statistics are from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their […]

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Day 6 of the eBay boycott, listings pretty normal

February 23rd, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. eBay listings increased again today, putting them equal to (or even slightly above) where they were earlier this month. Statistics are again from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their site anytime. Total listings increased 204,069 […]

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eBay listings increase as boycott enters day 5

February 22nd, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. eBay listings increased today for the first time since the boycott started. As a commenter mentioned yesterday, the big drop was likely caused by the list fee sale from the previous day. Statistics are again from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same […]

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eBay boycott enters day 4

February 21st, 2008 2 Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. As we enter the fourth day of the boycott, we saw the biggest drop yet in auction traffic on eBay. Statistics are again from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their site anytime. Also, PowerSellers Unite […]

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eBay boycott continues, day 3

February 20th, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. The fee changes officially went live today and auction traffic is down again from yesterday. Statistics are again from PowerSellers Unite. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their site anytime. Today saw an even larger drop, almost 650,000 […]

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Boycott update/ Are more visitors bad for eBay competitors?

February 19th, 2008 No Comments

More stats from PowerSellers Unite. We’ve got today’s updated auction statistics from PowerSellers Unite You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day at their site anytime. So, total listings have dropped about 400,000 more, or a 2.78 percent decline from yesterday. A two day trend downward, […]

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Is the eBay boycott having an impact?

February 18th, 2008 Comments Off on Is the eBay boycott having an impact?

Listing stats from PowerSellers Unite. PowerSellers Unite tracks listings volume across a bunch of different sites. You can visit them to see the current volume versus the same time on the previous day. Normally that page is embedded in the site, but is currently a standalone page due to the high volume. As of right […]

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