The golden era of the small seller on eBay, hawking gewgaws and knickknacks from the basement or carport, is coming to a noisy and ignominious end.

Consumers seem to be tiring of online auctions, and rivals like Amazon.com are attracting more shoppers with fixed-price listings, while eBay has been struggling for growth. To shift toward that model, eBay has struck a deal with the Web retailer Buy.com that allows the company to sell millions of books, DVDs, electronics and

other items on eBay without paying the full complement of eBay fees.

The recent change is one of several under eBay’s new chief, John Donahoe, that is stirring rancor among the faithful who depend on the site for their livelihood. The deal with Buy.com has added more than five million fixed-price listings to eBay.com since the beginning of the year — for items from Xbox 360 video game consoles to Weber […]

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