Pre-approved bidder/buyer de-approved

In December we spotted notices on the Bidder/Buyer Management page stating that the pre-approved bidder feature would be phased out. This was eventually officially confirmed in an announcement by Gareth Griffith (GG) in January. The feature will remain in place only for high-profile charity auctions which eBay will enable on a case by case basis.

The feature has now disappeared from the Bidder/Buyer Management page leaving just the Buyer Requirement Preferences (Which ALL sellers should take a look at), Blocked Bidder/Buyer list and Buyer Requirements Exemption list.

2 Responses on "Pre-approved bidder/buyer de-approved"

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   Fruity says:

   February 22, 2007 at 10:10 pm

   Ebay USA didn’t think we deserved hearing about it. They submitted no formal announcement. Auctionbytes communicated the change. AND THEY SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE CHARITY AUCTION EXCEMPTION
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   TameBay : eBay’s Formula One for advertising sales says:

   April 6, 2007 at 10:27 pm

   [...] eBay’s operations manager in The Netherlands, Egbert van Keulen, said that this was “a first for eBay and a first for motor racing. It’s a highly unique auction and we’re delighted to facilitate.” And faciliate they have: sellers might like to notice that Spyker’s high-profile auctions are preapproved bidders only, a feature that was removed from general availability in January. [...]