A group of eBay sellers have been on strike since Feb. 18. Since then, third-party tracking sites dealscart.com and medved.net show auction listings on eBay have dropped 13%. The drop is auctions cannot be directly attributed to the seller strike due to the seasonal swings and normal fluctuations in eBay’s listings. For instance, a one-day promotion run by ebay on Feb. 13 offering discounts of fees increased listings by more than 20%. The striking sellers were looking to drive eBay’s total listings below 12 million, but so far have only succeeded in bringing the number to 13 million.

eBay declined to comment on third-party statistics and does not publically release its listing totals. Jim Griffith, dean of eBay Education, said the boycott “has had no impact on our listings.”

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