eBay Germany on the march
eBay continued its global “Reinvigorate Tour 2007″ (eBay should have cool t-shirts with this on it) with several initiatives designed to make buying and selling easier (and more attractive).
Front and center is the announcement that listings starting at 1 Euro now cost 49 Cents and include the free Gallery option (as a native German I have taken the liberty to translate this). And while head of eBay Germany Stefan Groß-Selbeck stated that this new price is effective “at a minimum” through the end of the year, I would not be surprised if Germany will follow eBay France’s lead to always include Gallery in the listing fee (starting August 28th).
Other enhancements include a new eBay.de home page, new My eBay, updated community forums and a reduced eBay Premium Store price (299.95 Euro down from 499.95 Euro), many of the same changes we have been seeing on eBay.com (Chris at TameBay has additional details) — except the compulsory Gallery of course …