I doubt it. Customers are beginning to realize that their information and navigation patterns and buying preferences are valuable assets. To date, Net merchants will not allow you to take your information with you. The result is that each time a consumer wants customization, he or she must teach the merchant by indicating each individual preference. Some sites have begun to pay people for their participation, but customers must continually reenter the data and demonstrate their preferences through interaction with each site, rather than simply being able to box up that information once and ship it to different sites when needed.
Reputation is obviously very important in that online community.
However, there is no way to take your good reputation with you to other auction sites. Laying the Groundwork New entrants to the market are just beginning to solve this problem. Startup company PrivaSeek Inc. of Broomfield, Colo., lets you register once and then determine how much of your data you want to share with the different Web sites that have signed up to participate in the program. Then, when they visit a participating commerce site, they push one button to fill in the information needed by the site. This is the first step in giving control to customers.