Don’t Count eBay and Yahoo out
By stlplace on Jan 7, 2007 in Business, Technology
Google is doing everything to become the king of the Internet. The holiday promotion of Google Check out is targeted towards eBay’s Paypal; in the search market it’s continuing gaining market share from Yahoo, although I still like Yahoo Mail better than GMail 
eBay is not standing still, it’s raising the listing fees. As a seller on eBay I certainlly don’t like them raising fees. But if I am eBay share holder, I will love it Seriously, in today’s world, raising fees without losing customer is always a good sign of competitive edge. Not many companies, online or offline, can do that easily because customers are expecting more while paying less. Remember the Oracle’s 50% off Linux support (vs. Redhat)?
Yahoo is a different animal. I noticed when I logged into my Flickr (a Yahoo subsidiary) account, I received a note saying it will only show last 200 photos I uploaded if I don’t upgrade to the Pro account (a Pro account cost $2.99 per month). I have not upgraded yet, figured I could use Yupoo, the Chinese version of flickr. But I will continue to use Yahoo Mail. Maybe one day when I log into my mail, they will say if I don’t upgrade, they will only show 200 last messages
