The Silicon Valley/ San Jose Journal reports a deal has been made between Microsoft and eBay. Shoppers using the Microsoft Live search engine to find products on eBay and elsewhere will be offered cash rebates after making qualifying purchases
Real business is attracted to eBay for only one reason – traffic.
In a nutshell eBay is a traffic machine, a fire hose of consumers. All of the other stuff is considered as a barrier to entry, the feedback system, the complicated fee structure, fraud etc…