EBay goes after Amazon with fee changes for sellers

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc said on Tuesday it will overhaul fees for sellers on its online marketplace, stepping up competition with Amazon.com Inc. EBay is scrapping its complex, tiered set of "final value fees," calculated as a percentage of an item's sale price, and introducing flat-rate fees based on product categories. Many of eBay's listing fees, a bone of contention among sellers, are also going away. Most of the changes kick in April 16, with others taking effect May 1. ...

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