Comments on: eBay: The Global Economic Democracy? http://www.genuineseller.com/ebay-the-global-economic-democracy How to sell and what is selling online. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:55:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Suttora http://www.genuineseller.com/ebay-the-global-economic-democracy/comment-page-1#comment-960 Lisa Suttora Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:46:44 +0000 http://www.genuineseller.com/?p=1378#comment-960 Fascinating piece of eBay memorabilia. It was an awesome mission statement. Pierre created something the likes of which had never seen before... Where a seller in Yakima, Washington could sell something to a buyer in Sydney, Australia. It's pretty amazing when you think about it. I think the problem is that eBay has always said it's only a "venue" for people to sell in. But I don't think it is or has ever been possible to be just a venue. If you provide a platform for people to trade on - you will always be in some way, responsible for what happens there. I think if eBay had come out strong with rules in the beginning, eBay would have been a known entity (much like Amazon is). You may not have liked the rules, but you always know where you stand - and as a seller you could have made an informed business decision as to whether or not to do business on eBay from there. Fascinating piece of eBay memorabilia. It was an awesome mission statement. Pierre created something the likes of which had never seen before… Where a seller in Yakima, Washington could sell something to a buyer in Sydney, Australia. It’s pretty amazing when you think about it.

I think the problem is that eBay has always said it’s only a “venue” for people to sell in. But I don’t think it is or has ever been possible to be just a venue.

If you provide a platform for people to trade on – you will always be in some way, responsible for what happens there.

I think if eBay had come out strong with rules in the beginning, eBay would have been a known entity (much like Amazon is). You may not have liked the rules, but you always know where you stand – and as a seller you could have made an informed business decision as to whether or not to do business on eBay from there.

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