As eBay announced major fee and policy changes to its eBay.com site on Tuesday, it also made changes to international sites, including the UK and Australia. In the UK, eBay lowered insertion fees and raised Final Value Fees but left Store (Shop) fees the same.

SAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. said Tuesday it will cut by up to 50 percent the fees it charges sellers to list their goods online, in an effort to boost listings and keep pace with other burgeoning e-commerce sites.

EBay Inc. says it’s changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they’ll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers. Buyers and sellers have been able to rate each other at the online auctioneer since its birth in 1995, when eBay founder Pierre Omidyar envisioned a virtual marketplace built on trust among buyers and sellers. Come Feb. …

SAN FRANCISCO — eBay Inc. said Wednesday it’s changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they’ll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers.

A seller has listed a 600ml bottle of “history making flood water” from Rockhampton on eBay.

EBay Inc. says it’s changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they’ll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers. Buyers and sellers have been able to rate each other at the online…

EBay Inc. says it’s changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they’ll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers.

EBay isn’t winning a whole lot of fans with its controversial new fee structure. Sellers say the new system equates to a rate hike. The company, by contrast, estimates that 60 percent of sellers will pay less in fees, so long as they provide quality customer service.

EBAY says it’s changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they’ll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers.

Vendors who sell their goods on eBay are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago. While eBay says more than 60 percent of its sellers will save money with the new plan, several sellers have crunched their numbers and consider the rejigging a fee hike.