Next year eBay will stop underpinning third-party checkout solutions

Tuesday, eBay unveiled its intention to stop supporting third-party checkout solutions on June 30th of next year.

Such a company’s move seems to be wise for several reasons. 

First of all, it will grant eBay more complete control over its site, and search boxes and Facebook widgets aside, it's usually wise for companies not to rely on others.

The other important reason is consists in that the change shouldn't affect many sellers. 

Todd Lutwak, Vice President of Seller Experience, explained in an announcement that fewer than 10% of all eBay sales involve third-party solutions, and "[f]or those sellers who do use third-party solutions, eBay checkout is being enhanced with key functionality including advanced tax reporting, more credit card integration, and advanced shipping solutions."

And finally, it'll be hard for anyone to complain that eBay has sprung this change on them, considering the company's given both sellers and buyers a little more than ten months to get used to the idea.