Yesterday Ebay terminated a lot of the affiliates working with the EPN
(Ebay Partner Network) giving them a standardized email (no specific
reason)  Considering the fact that a lot of the affiliates were
driving massive amounts of traffic to Ebay, its hard to understand why
they would do something like that.  Many of the affiliates were making
commissions of over $100000 yearly , but in the long term, Ebay would
certainty benefit from a larger consumer base.  Perhaps thier are
thinking short term and trying to boost their profits in an attempt to
recover their falling stock prices.  What they are really doing is
driving more customers/sellers away and creating a market for a new
auction based business.  I am an Ebay affiliate and have an Ebay store
and I would jump at the opportunity to leave Ebay altogether and I
know I'm not alone.
Wes