Today eBay power sellers are hoping to make an impression on the auction giant by boycotting due to recent fee increases and changes to the feedback system. Solidarity is usually what makes a strike or boycott work but with so many sellers divided over whether or not to participate in the boycott, the whole ordeal could be problematic.

According to Suzanne Wells, eBay powerseller and author of PowerSellerKing the ones hurt the most by the fee changes will be hobby sellers; or those selling in there spare time. She also noted in another article that despite ranting and raving with complaints about how horrible the recent changes were, one seller had no desire to sell elsewhere but wanted eBay to go back to what it used to be.

In life, the only constant is change. Sometimes the change works in your favor, sometimes it doesn't but it is ultimately useless being nostalgic for the way things were. Businesses must always have their finger on the pulse of the market and be able to adapt as it changes and grows. For many people, selling on eBay has become their business but they are not all willing to adapt to the changes made by those in charge of the site as a whole.

Besides the adaption factor, there is also the question of who produces the profits. Like so many other businesses, there is always the genious who had a vision and made it happen but in the end it is the people who put in the work and/or are employed by the company who are ultimately producing the product that yields the profit. If in fact the policy changes affect eBay sellers negatively, and they want to protest those changes, the sellers would have to band together and present a united front, much like a union.

However, since there are some who are willing to take it on the chin and adapt, while others pull out and look for alternatives to selling on eBay, this strike could be potentially useless. Just a note from Christopher Null at Yahoo!:

eBay boycotts are nearly as old as eBay itself, and none of those has been effective at getting the company to change its policies. But things may be different now, as sellers appear to be weighing whether to even bother selling merchandise online at all, turning instead to flea markets and enthusiast fairs instead of wading through what many now see as a bureaucratic and expensive nightmare.

Perhaps if they all stuck together regardless of individual risk, the eBay sellers could demonstrate just how much power they actually have. If they don't show solidarity the strike my just be a bust.