Can you elaborate a bit on that ? It seems from afar that both Amazon and Ebay are crashing into eachother.

Amazon, for it's side, is opening up to sellers. From secondhand sellers to etsy type products getting listed on Amazon. It's focus is different: getting many producers/middlemen to list the same products.

Ebay is working to get part of the logistics, payment, etc. in house. Ebay used to be just a listing site. But then payment came into ebay (with a hefty fee raise I might add), and now we see the focus on ebay to classify things the way Amazon does. You're seeing that when you sell something on ebay. Ebay will ask "is it like this ?" and then ask a few questions to determine the exact product.

Seems like both companies are evolving toward the same middle ground.