Individual private sellers here means those who are not selling on eBay as a business as stipulated by law which says that those who resell items that they have bought for a profit or those who make items to sell for a profit have to register their activities as "business".

So I am taking it to mean that the people who would benefit from this are those who search their house for second hand items to sell.

This is not the only change though because eBay UK and eBay IE are increasing commission (Final Value Fees) to 10% across the board for these sellers. At the end of the day, one can't help but wonder if the old terms are better.