I’ve learned this morning that as of March 31st, 2008 (Next Monday), that EBay is ending ALL sales of digital products…that is to say, any EBay auction that provides the buyer with the ability to DOWNLOAD the item after payment.

This is a sad day. This affects MILLIONS of EBayers, many of whom were making a living selling their digital goods from home. As a creator of many digital products (ebooks, scripts, templates, etc), I am truly offended with EBay and how they handled this announcement.

As of today, you can NOT list an item as a digital good. The alternative they provide for now is ONLY that digital product sellers must use CLASSIFIED AD format, at $10 PER AD. Supposedly, these ads will show up when people search for digital goods.

If it’s not obvious, I’m not a happy camper about this. I created an EBay store last year, and have been paying $16 a month for the privilege of selling items at a slightly lower listing fee. Needless to say, it has been a losing proposition, and ever so much more now.

Here are some links to learn more about this horrible decision by EBay management…

From EBay’s forums…

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000671814&start=0

Other Links…

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200803.shtml#2008-03-24125416

http://planetsmsblog.com/digital-items-banned-on-ebay/