Personally, I think you’re going to be fine. The hard-to-find, unique, out of print items will be seen…because ebay will flat out plummet if they block the things that don’t fit in the catalog, these items sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars. The fee from one sale of a vase can equal the fees of a hundred sales of a $20 widgit.
So, putting aside that concern, I can see ebay’s logic in their 4-box strategy. Push the cheapest items at the buyers and rake in the sale fees. How will this impact me? Here’s how, using a hypothetical: let’s say some months ago I went to goodwill and bought a ‘new’ Lifeproof waterproof case for $10, figuring I can sell it for $25 and make a few bucks. Well, I’m not going to make it into the promotional box at that price, so I’ll have to list it for $20 or lower, and poof, there goes my profit, since I offer free expedited shipping. I’ll break even if I’m lucky. However, the pain of buying that Lifeproof case will be a distant memory by then, and I’ll at least get something back for it.
But hell will freeze over before I buy another ‘new’ Lifeproof case from goodwill.
So I see sellers falling into 2 big niches: the big box sellers and oem manufacturers all fighting themselves to race to the bottom, and the hard-to-find, unique, out of print sellers.
Ebay may see their revenues increase in the short term, but not in the long, because racing to the bottom is not a good selling strategy for the big boxers and oems (great for ebay, though, oh, and china lol)
Welp, that’s my thought on this. I figure I’ll be racing to the bottom to unload my ‘new’ stuff, and getting what I can for the out-of-print and unique items. I figure I’ve got a couple of years because I’m gone when Adyen becomes mandatory…I got a slinking feeling that ebay will be wanting my ssn, and they are not going to get it.
