It is possible that ebay is worried about the new crop of companies that are slowly nipping away at its core business model. Specifically people are discovering things to buy through other means and not necessarily searching for them directly on ebay.
That said I like the design a lot. The old design was showing some age. I see they kept most of the layout so it should be semi familiar to all the power users.
Ebay isn't ignoring innovations in eccomerce. I'd point you to their x.com (xcommerce) platform - it's pretty impressive what they're doing.
check out: https://www.x.com/products
That said I like the design a lot. The old design was showing some age. I see they kept most of the layout so it should be semi familiar to all the power users.