<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Auctions	O
is	O
a	O
service	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
online	O
search	O
giant	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
in	O
1998	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
eBay	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
only	O
two	O
localizations	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
active	O
in	O
and	O
;	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
Ireland	O
service	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
had	O
endorsed	O
its	O
main	O
auctions	O
rival	O
,	O
eBay	B-Application
,	O
as	O
their	O
'	O
preferred	O
 '	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Wednesday	O
,	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Auctions	I-Application
has	O
blocked	O
access	O
from	O
the	O
EEA	O
and	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Singaporean	O
users	O
chose	O
to	O
shy	O
away	O
from	O
eBay	B-Application
after	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2001	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
SOLD.com.au,	O
a	O
major	O
competitor	O
to	O
eBay	B-Application
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
new	O
address	O
within	O
the	O
yahoo.com	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2003	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
and	O
directed	O
users	O
to	O
eBay	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Wallet	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
at	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Music	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
