eBay showing other Sponsored Listings inside your Listing before your description!?

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When did this start? Click on your listing and now, BEFORE your item specifics or description is a gallery of other seller's similar Sponsored listings!!?? This is in addition to even more below your description. A sea of other people's listings within your own listing!!???
It is so crowded it is tough to distinguish what stuff belongs to your own listing you are trying to view and what is not. It isn't clear to the buyer. It causes confusion to the buyer. They may click off your listing because they think what they are seeing it is part of it or are other listings you have (but are not)?
I am NOT happy with this.
eBay please stop pushing other peoples stuff within MY listing, especially up front and in your face before you can even get to my listing details.

mandicrafts

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Posted 3 years ago·Last reply 2 years ago

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kh-stanley1

·2 years ago

3 View listings

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.

dj56

·2 years ago

2507 View listings

I can block on my end of viewing but will the Sponsored listings be viewed on someone else end. Im using an ad blocker but leaves a big white space makes the page look funny with blank spaces.

Is there a better way to get rid of this crazy crap?

Ebay is nickle and dime sellers and many are saying by.

If someone had a brain is to startup a newer type ebay without all this crap.

Everytime ebay makes a move or change it cost the sellers more money.

Now i just adjust my price up to stay ahead of ebays fees, taxes and shipping.

ckimodog

·2 years ago

9204 View listings

@dj56

This thread is close to being a year old and the OP chose the best answer, so I doubt they'll be replying.

Always a good idea to start your own thread, that way you can get the help and advice you need for your specific questions or issues.

@sasm241531

stop spamming this forum with you malicious links. You've been reported.

shopperking1

·3 years ago

3484 View listings

I called eBay and also entered into a chat discussion about this when I discovered this a few nights ago (9-14-23). IT IS INSANE!!!!! Before a prospective buyer can even look at your description, they are offered other people's goods, row after row of pictures. I thought it was a computer error, but no, eBay says they make more money on promoted listings so they are inserting them in YOUR listing, even if YOUR listing IS ALSO PROMOTED!!! Before you have a chance to sell, they see OTHER PEOPLE'S GOODS!! That is like an employee of Home Depot standing just inside the doorway, saying "Why don't you go down the block to Loews before you come in and check out what they have?"!!! What can we do about this???

stainlessenginecovers

·3 years ago

5572 View listings

Just as a sample (or reality) and to put this thread to bed;

I clicked my 'google chrome' which does NOT know me; and opened 'ebay.com'.

Then, I input my 'search words' and guess what?

My items were SHOWING in 'other peoples' listings as well as

80% of MY ITEMS were also showing in the 'similar 'sponsored' listings.

So; the analogy is this:

Those that do 'sponsored' listings will ALSO show on most 'other competitors' listings (as well as our own)

buyer_team@ebay

3 years ago

0 View listings

Hi All - this thread was recently bought to my attention. Sorry, it took a while for us to respond.

Please allow me to share an update.

Our plans have not changed - we are still working on improving the overall experience for View Item on Desktop. These changes are under development and we are testing with small percentage of audiences. You will observe that we don't necessarily test all the changes at once - these are usually done in steps and take some time. As we do these tests, we have start and end the test at times as we understand the results.

Our overall goal remains the same as follows:

Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.

Please expect more tests over the next couple of months.

Hope this helps and thanks for your patience.

new_spin_boutique

·3 years ago

3259 View listings

What you just said is contradictory to the language in the new 'promoted display ads' description which states "ads will appear on the listing pages". The new behavior coincided with the rollout of this, yet another, paid promotion program.

With all of this testing you're doing, and I do notice features and bugs coming and going on a near daily basis, us sellers are having the lights switched off in our stores. 11am EST, lights go out. No activity. No sales, no messages, no offers.. very abnormal. In fact, impossibly abnormal. Then, when the lights come on, there is a new feature such as being able to scroll through photos using arrows along the thumbnail image. Then, the lights go off in the store at 11am EST, and when the come back on that feature is gone but now we have a bug that is forcing people to do a captcha to load my listings or store. Next day, that bug is gone at 11am when the lights go off, again.... on and on and on for months.

So, what we can deduce is that eBay is caching searches for categories and the subsequent sorting options. Mirroring the cache, onlining the mirror with backend updates, then offlining, modifying and caching, then onlining again. Over and over. That's the only logical explanation as the alternative explanation is that eBay is intentionally wrecking sales to encourage promoted listings.

I'm not sure if eBay realizes the mass exodus that's taking place as people transition off of eBay and onto other platforms, partially due to this erratic traffic behavior and unscrupulous milking of sellers. None of this promoted stuff improves the experience for the buyer or the seller. In fact, it worsens everyone's experience. How many customers and sellers is eBay going to drive away in the name of squeezing a little bit more revenue out of the community before eBay realizes this is a backwards policy?

A lack of patience is not the problem we have, here. While we do appreciate being able to upload 24 photos, a MASSIVE upgrade, we'd much prefer to have 12 photos while having the store we pay for not be cluttered with adverts to other stores, have customers be able to see our listings and find what they're looking for in the search, customers able to send offers & buy items, and have the site function enough to where we can continue to rely on eBay, which is a waning sentiment amongst the community at this point.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@buyer_team@ebay wrote:
Hi All - this thread was recently bought to my attention. Sorry, it took a while for us to respond.

Please allow me to share an update.

Our plans have not changed - we are still working on improving the overall experience for View Item on Desktop. These changes are under development and we are testing with small percentage of audiences. You will observe that we don't necessarily test all the changes at once - these are usually done in steps and take some time. As we do these tests, we have start and end the test at times as we understand the results.

Our overall goal remains the same as follows:
Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.
Please expect more tests over the next couple of months.

Hope this helps and thanks for your patience.

Thanks for the update @buyer_team@ebay !

Can you confirm when you say "bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads" do you mean just the rows of Promoted Listings Standard ads that currently appear above the IS and description or does that also include the Promoted Display ads that are currently in beta testing that also appear above the IS and description?

Just to be clear what I'm talking about -

Promoted Listings Standard ads above description in red, Promoted Display beta ad in green.

jeepsells2

·3 years ago

622 View listings

ITS TERRIBLE! Can confirm.

Now Pls1 We are losing sales to no end!

stevemartin60

·3 years ago

1124 View listings

Just another in a plethora of new challenges and disgusting improvements for the viewing pleasure and frustration of sellers, thanks to our friendly neighborhood FleeceBay.

pls-consignments

·3 years ago

11039 View listings

So, let me get this straight... if I'm a Seller paying for Promoted Listings, my single item listing will show up on other Seller's listing page for the same or similar item. At the same time, "other" Seller(s) using Promoted Listings are paying to have their same or similar items show up on my listing page?

So, in exchange for showing my one item on other Seller's listing page, I get to pay for the privilege of showcasing similar items from multiple competing Sellers on my single item listing? It's clear that this strategy is designed to pit Sellers against each other so they have no choice but to pay for PL. It's one things to pay for more visibility on eBay and external search, but this is unfair for Sellers who chose not to pay for PL.

Regardless of "when" this went into affect, it's just morally and ethically wrong.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@pls-consignments wrote:
So, let me get this straight... if I'm a Seller paying for Promoted Listings, my single item listing will show up on other Seller's listing page for the same or similar item. At the same time, "other" Seller(s) using Promoted Listings are paying to have their same or similar items show up on my listing page?

So, in exchange for showing my one item on other Seller's listing page, I get to pay for the privilege of showcasing similar items from multiple competing Sellers on my single item listing? It's clear that this strategy is designed to pit Sellers against each other so they have no choice but to pay for PL. It's one things to pay for more visibility on eBay and external search, but this is unfair for Sellers who chose not to pay for PL.

Regardless of "when" this went into affect, it's just morally and ethically wrong.

@pls-consignments - it's interesting to look at the history of PL on eBay.

Originally it was presented as "cross-promotion" and was a completely voluntary quid pro quo system - you could opt in to have your listings promoted on other sellers' listings that had opted in, but in return you would have other sellers' listings promoted on yours as well.

Or you could choose not to opt in, and forgo the possible "bump" from being cross promoted, but also then not have any other sellers' items shown on your listings.

They killed that opt out option in 2019 and we've seen where PL has gone since then....now over 100 competitor ads stuffed on every listing page, increasingly more taking over the top spots in search, being shoved into buyer watch lists etc. with even more new and different ad products "coming soon".

lotzofuniquegoodies

·3 years ago

2620 View listings

@valueaddedresource wrote:
@pls-consignments wrote:
So, let me get this straight... if I'm a Seller paying for Promoted Listings, my single item listing will show up on other Seller's listing page for the same or similar item. At the same time, "other" Seller(s) using Promoted Listings are paying to have their same or similar items show up on my listing page?

So, in exchange for showing my one item on other Seller's listing page, I get to pay for the privilege of showcasing similar items from multiple competing Sellers on my single item listing? It's clear that this strategy is designed to pit Sellers against each other so they have no choice but to pay for PL. It's one things to pay for more visibility on eBay and external search, but this is unfair for Sellers who chose not to pay for PL.

Regardless of "when" this went into affect, it's just morally and ethically wrong.
@pls-consignments - it's interesting to look at the history of PL on eBay.

Originally it was presented as "cross-promotion" and was a completely voluntary quid pro quo system - you could opt in to have your listings promoted on other sellers' listings that had opted in, but in return you would have other sellers' listings promoted on yours as well.

Or you could choose not to opt in, and forgo the possible "bump" from being cross promoted, but also then not have any other sellers' items shown on your listings.

They killed that opt out option in 2019 and we've seen where PL has gone since then....now over 100 competitor ads stuffed on every listing page, increasingly more taking over the top spots in search, being shoved into buyer watch lists etc. with even more new and different ad products "coming soon".

Over my time as a seller on eBay I have routinely watched my traffic numbers when they became available. From past experience my items were "mostly" found/sold via eBay vs some kind of mysterious other search. As standard practice finding what you were looking for on eBay was usually a straight forward process. Put in the appropriate search words, search by shipping cost/distance and you were good to go. For sales my numbers were consistently 5 to 2 for eBay vs external. (30 to 45 sales per month).

Spring forward to approx. Aug 2022 it did a flip flop with most searches being done in eBay. 3 to 2. Sales dropped off the cliff at that point. Now June 2023 its almost 1 to 1. Sales now? A good month 15 total. During that period of time I've gone from 500 to 1500 listings. Really missing the benefits of buyers not being able to "easily" find items within eBay. It definitely has not improved my sales numbers. We won't even talk about the dollar numbers.

-Lotz

my-cottage-books-and-antiques

·3 years ago

3657 View listings

@valueaddedresource ebay has said that the majority (over 90%?) of PLS sales come from "other pages" rather than the search results page. In other words, the main reason to use PLS in the first place is exactly what I said when it first came out: It isn't about getting to the top of the Search Results page, it's about being seen elsewhere.

Now, since ebay can track exactly where the sales come from, I think it is safe to assume that no matter what ebay has said previously about the new View Item Page design, IF ebay testing is showing that the majority of the sales from the View Item Page are coming from the 2 modules ("rows") between Item Specifics and Description, it is unlikely that ebay will remove them....UNLESS ebay can find a way to ensure similar sale numbers from elsewhere on the page. If this is true, ebay should provide transparency and tell us.

It's also worth noting that at least one module they are testing is for ORGANIC listings, not PLS....And I would also add that ebay has said just which modules show up on a View Item Page varies, and I'm guessing that also means you and I could look at the same view item page at the same time but see a different assortment of modules.

All in all, we know PLS on the View Item page isn't going to go away. I think they are still experimenting with how it will be displayed going forward. We can expect the View item page will also soon have a Display module to advertise stores, and possibly a module for PLA listings.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:

Now, since ebay can track exactly where the sales come from, I think it is safe to assume that no matter what ebay has said previously about the new View Item Page design, IF ebay testing is showing that the majority of the sales from the View Item Page are coming from the 2 modules ("rows") between Item Specifics and Description, it is unlikely that ebay will remove them....UNLESS ebay can find a way to ensure similar sale numbers from elsewhere on the page. If this is true, ebay should provide transparency and tell us.

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques sorry but I'm not inclined to let them off that easy and please understand everything I'm about to say (and the frustration it contains) is directed at eBay not at you. ðŸ˜‚

As you correctly pointed out early on in this thread - eBay has had those lines of ads above the description for years.

The time to do their research to determine if that placement is a major driver of Promoted sales and thus a non-negotiable, make or break thing for their precious ad revenue would have been before making a public announcement explicitly stating the new design will move the IS and description above any ad modules.

The way the announcement was worded is very clear - they didn't say they were going to test a variety of ad placements and make a determination based on performance and feedback, nor did they say it was merely a possibility they might consider moving the description or any other wiggle words they might desire to use to get out of it...that point was presented as an already made, done deal decision saying this is what you can (and I believe therefore should) expect to happen.

"Here are some of the key highlights of what you can expect...Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads."

That is a very clear and definitive statement setting an explicit expectation. If that clear and definitive statement was made in error and wasn't what eBay actually meant or if they have since changed their minds and do not intend to abide by it, then the very bare minimum they owe sellers is an equally clear and definitive statement to that effect.

As you saw in the other thread, any attempts to get even that have so far failed - instead we get this:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/NEW-Listing-page-layout-Thumbs-UP/m-p/33794288/highlight/true#M2223540

At this time we do not have anymore specific details to share on the testing of the page layout. If we get more information that we can share we will be sure to let you know.

If they can't even do the community the courtesy of simply confirming whether what was stated in the announcement is still the intended plan or not, I must assume in the face of current available evidence they do not intend to proceed in good faith on that point....until they prove otherwise.

And if that is the case, they absolutely deserve very pointed and public criticism for the bad faith dealings, in my opinion.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

Ran out of time to edit but just one more thing to add here - it's unconscionable for eBay to have dangled this particular carrot in front of sellers if they don't intend to follow through on it.

If that statement was made in error or was a rush decision eBay now regrets after thinking it through...perhaps this would be a good time to truly show how much they want to be the "seller partner of choice" and do the right thing by sticking to their commitment and sucking it up as a "cost of doing business."

my-cottage-books-and-antiques

·3 years ago

3657 View listings

@valueaddedresource Oh, I agree 100%---they deserve the criticism, absolutely. My point is not to absolve them, or to say they should not be criticized.

nilis13

·3 years ago

4382 View listings

As my sales continue to tank..

vintage-camerastuff

·3 years ago

15099 View listings

This is very annoying and not fair to the seller! Ebay needs to change this practice.

yoonix1

·3 years ago

2203 View listings

I agree with you. EBay made it worse. The sponsored stuff was at the bottom of the page, and now EBay moved it to the top. Somebody got paid for doing that, and Buyers and Sellers should deal with that....

rugerskick

·3 years ago

2439 View listings

Buyers are also not happy being inundated on every page with so much other advertising, just to order something, or search for something. Its so much unwanted info bombarding you. But ebay just wants to push buyers away with their overselling, aggressive behavior.

zanmart

·3 years ago

14573 View listings

I use my laptop 99% of the time and use Ad Blocker so those "sponsored ads" never show up. If you use a mobile phone and don't use Ad Blockers on your laptop/desktop, the ads will appear.

stainlessenginecovers

·3 years ago

5572 View listings

These listings have been shown since Promotions Started (2+ yrs ago).

In fact, I do promotions so my items will show on OTHER sellers listings and have since 2020?

Why the 'surprise' now??

mandicrafts

OP3 years ago

13668 View listings

The "surprise now" is that these OTHER sponsored listings are suddenly appearing BEFORE my Item Specifics and description, not just at the end. So the buyer has to dig/scroll to FIND my description. And we all know it is hard enough to get a buyer to actually read a description.

stainlessenginecovers

·3 years ago

5572 View listings

@mandicrafts wrote:
The "surprise now" is that these OTHER sponsored listings are suddenly appearing BEFORE my Item Specifics and description, not just at the end. So the buyer has to dig/scroll to FIND my description. And we all know it is hard enough to get a buyer to actually read a description.

and again; what is the surprise? It's been this way for over 2 years.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@mandicrafts wrote:
The "surprise now" is that these OTHER sponsored listings are suddenly appearing BEFORE my Item Specifics and description, not just at the end. So the buyer has to dig/scroll to FIND my description. And we all know it is hard enough to get a buyer to actually read a description.

@mandicrafts You may not have seen the ads when looking at your own listings before, but eBay has definitely been displaying ads above the description for years.

Just an example - here's a post I made in a community chat in December 2021 asking if eBay ever did any UX testing on the listing page because the intrusive ads push the description further down the page.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Monthly-Chat-with-eBay-Staff/Community-Chat-December-29-1-00-pm-PT-General-Topics/m-p/32578122/highlight/true#M28551

Here's the screenshot I included back then....you can see there were ads above the description at that time.

Also, the announcement about the new View Item page design basically proves there have been ads above the description all along - otherwise why would moving the description above the ads be noted as a change?

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/We-are-testing-a-new-View-Item-experience-on-desktop/m-p/33652116#M442006

Here are some of the key highlights of what you can expect:

Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.

There would be no need to bring IS and description higher up on the page before any ad modules as an expected change in the new design if the description was already higher up on the page before any ad modules in the old design, right?

It may seem like splitting hairs but it could be important when leaving feedback on the new design or communicating your opinion about it to eBay.....if we say we want them to "go back" that could confuse the issue because "back" (old design) had ads above the descriptions too.

If we don't want ads above the description, we need to make sure we are communicating to eBay that we want and fully expect them to honor the changes they promised for the new design - specifically that they will move IS and description above any ad modules on the page.

mandicrafts

OP3 years ago

13668 View listings

Thanks for the info.
I guess another request of eBay is to NOT hide what they are doing in this manner. They are finally revealing to us that these ads/sponsored listings have been above the description for ages? And then promise to CHANGE that in their update/testing, which we have YET to see?
I no longer do much BUYING on eBay, although I do a lot research, so I should have seen this phenom before, but maybe it depends on how we view/which platform it is viewed on? I do know that this view applies to .ca listings too (I list on both .ca and .com). But I am not sure about other eBay country platforms.

PS: Just as a statement. I no longer do much buying on eBay because I am Canadian and no longer have access to my USD$ earned on eBay .com like I used to with using PayPal. eBay converts it to CAD$ with a 3% fee to pay me out. So for me to buy from a USD$ seller, I would then lose yet another 3% in exchange. And with so many US sellers using GSP/EIS so the tax/customs added up front, is more than what would be added at "real" customs clearance (it is entirely random with regular mail, and it is lower $ when it is assessed) and takes a lot longer to arrive since it has to be sent to a US depot first. So I stopped buying from eBay.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@mandicrafts wrote:
Thanks for the info.
I guess another request of eBay is to NOT hide what they are doing in this manner. They are finally revealing to us that these ads/sponsored listings have been above the description for ages? And then promise to CHANGE that in their update/testing, which we have YET to see?
I no longer do much BUYING on eBay, although I do a lot research, so I should have seen this phenom before, but maybe it depends on how we view/which platform it is viewed on? I do know that this view applies to .ca listings too (I list on both .ca and .com). But I am not sure about other eBay country platforms.

PS: Just as a statement. I no longer do much buying on eBay because I am Canadian and no longer have access to my USD$ earned on eBay .com like I used to with using PayPal. eBay converts it to CAD$ with a 3% fee to pay me out. So for me to buy from a USD$ seller, I would then lose yet another 3% in exchange. And with so many US sellers using GSP/EIS so the tax/customs added up front, is more than what would be added at "real" customs clearance (it is entirely random with regular mail, and it is lower $ when it is assessed) and takes a lot longer to arrive since it has to be sent to a US depot first. So I stopped buying from eBay.

@mandicrafts it definitely can depend on what platform it's viewed on as well as whether you are logged in, which account you are logged in to, what browser you are using, ad blocking or privacy apps and add ons you might be running, and more.

Like this current test with the new design I only see when logged in to one account, but don't see it logged in to a different account or when viewing it in an incognito browser.

Absolutely agree with your request to eBay to not hide what they are doing - I think a whole lot of headaches and heartache for buyers, sellers and eBay could be avoided with much more proactive and transparent communication about pretty much everything on the site, but eBay apparently doesn't agree.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

Having the description BEFORE THE BOMBARDMENT OF ADS, seems like the BEST THING TO DO FOR THE SELLER AND THE BUYER. Why put a buyer through having to gloss over all those ads before they can even get to the item they want to look into. JUST PLAIN STUPID.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@vintagecraze50 wrote:
Having the description BEFORE THE BOMBARDMENT OF ADS, seems like the BEST THING TO DO FOR THE SELLER AND THE BUYER. Why put a buyer through having to gloss over all those ads before they can even get to the item they want to look into. JUST PLAIN STUPID.

@vintagecraze50 totally agree and I was hopeful that maybe eBay finally did too when they made the announcement about the new design but it would seem someone in accounting may have overridden the product teams and overwhelming feedback from both buyers and sellers.

lotzofuniquegoodies

·3 years ago

2620 View listings

@valueaddedresource wrote:
@vintagecraze50 wrote:
Having the description BEFORE THE BOMBARDMENT OF ADS, seems like the BEST THING TO DO FOR THE SELLER AND THE BUYER. Why put a buyer through having to gloss over all those ads before they can even get to the item they want to look into. JUST PLAIN STUPID.
@vintagecraze50 totally agree and I was hopeful that maybe eBay finally did too when they made the announcement about the new design but it would seem someone in accounting may have overridden the product teams and overwhelming feedback from both buyers and sellers.

@valueaddedresource

@vintagecraze50

When you see the comments/critiques after something has been rolled out you get the feeling that whatever was shared they did a 180 and applied the total opposite.

-Lotz

pls-consignments

·3 years ago

11039 View listings

They know exactly what they're doing.

byrd69er

·3 years ago

2018 View listings

There should be zero promotion of anybody else's items on a seller's page. ZERO. Just my opinion.

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@mandicrafts wrote:
When did this start? Click on your listing and now, BEFORE your item specifics or description is a gallery of other seller's similar Sponsored listings!!?? This is in addition to even more below your description. A sea of other people's listings within your own listing!!???
It is so crowded it is tough to distinguish what stuff belongs to your own listing you are trying to view and what is not. It isn't clear to the buyer. It causes confusion to the buyer. They may click off your listing because they think what they are seeing it is part of it or are other listings you have (but are not)?
I am NOT happy with this.
eBay please stop pushing other peoples stuff within MY listing, especially up front and in your face before you can even get to my listing details.

@mandicrafts as others here have said, eBay has actually been displaying ads above descriptions for many years - they've just recently started showing it when you view your own listings while logged in as well.

eBay announced in March that they are redesigning the View Item page and explicitly said they were going to move the IS and description above any modules with other items or ads.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/We-are-testing-a-new-View-Item-experience-on-desktop/m-p/33652116#M442006

Here are some of the key highlights of what you can expect:

Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.

However, now that they are starting to roll it out, it's obvious that message either wasn't communicated to the product teams involved or that eBay has simply decided to renege on that particular point.

I've been trying to get clarification on that in this thread, but so far there has been no answer.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/NEW-Listing-page-layout-Thumbs-UP/m-p/33783021/highlight/true#M2220813

lotzofuniquegoodies

·3 years ago

2620 View listings

@valueaddedresource wrote:
@mandicrafts wrote:
When did this start? Click on your listing and now, BEFORE your item specifics or description is a gallery of other seller's similar Sponsored listings!!?? This is in addition to even more below your description. A sea of other people's listings within your own listing!!???
It is so crowded it is tough to distinguish what stuff belongs to your own listing you are trying to view and what is not. It isn't clear to the buyer. It causes confusion to the buyer. They may click off your listing because they think what they are seeing it is part of it or are other listings you have (but are not)?
I am NOT happy with this.
eBay please stop pushing other peoples stuff within MY listing, especially up front and in your face before you can even get to my listing details.
@mandicrafts as others here have said, eBay has actually been displaying ads above descriptions for many years - they've just recently started showing it when you view your own listings while logged in as well.

eBay announced in March that they are redesigning the View Item page and explicitly said they were going to move the IS and description above any modules with other items or ads.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/We-are-testing-a-new-View-Item-experience-on-desktop/m-p/33652116#M442006

Here are some of the key highlights of what you can expect:
Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.

However, now that they are starting to roll it out, it's obvious that message either wasn't communicated to the product teams involved or that eBay has simply decided to renege on that particular point.

I've been trying to get clarification on that in this thread, but so far there has been no answer.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/NEW-Listing-page-layout-Thumbs-UP/m-p/33783021/highlight/true#M2220813

@valueaddedresource

@mandicrafts

On many sites you can turn ads off. For the any that think they(eBay ads) are offensive, wonder how soon that option will be coming to eBay? I'm guessing it would be very popular!!! Sorry. Official tongue in cheek post for the day!!!

-Lotz

valueaddedresource

·3 years ago

5 View listings

@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@valueaddedresource wrote:
@mandicrafts wrote:
When did this start? Click on your listing and now, BEFORE your item specifics or description is a gallery of other seller's similar Sponsored listings!!?? This is in addition to even more below your description. A sea of other people's listings within your own listing!!???
It is so crowded it is tough to distinguish what stuff belongs to your own listing you are trying to view and what is not. It isn't clear to the buyer. It causes confusion to the buyer. They may click off your listing because they think what they are seeing it is part of it or are other listings you have (but are not)?
I am NOT happy with this.
eBay please stop pushing other peoples stuff within MY listing, especially up front and in your face before you can even get to my listing details.
@mandicrafts as others here have said, eBay has actually been displaying ads above descriptions for many years - they've just recently started showing it when you view your own listings while logged in as well.

eBay announced in March that they are redesigning the View Item page and explicitly said they were going to move the IS and description above any modules with other items or ads.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/We-are-testing-a-new-View-Item-experience-on-desktop/m-p/33652116#M442006

Here are some of the key highlights of what you can expect:
Larger images
Increased prominence of the seller information.
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Improve the hierarchy of the page, so we show the most important information in the right order.

However, now that they are starting to roll it out, it's obvious that message either wasn't communicated to the product teams involved or that eBay has simply decided to renege on that particular point.

I've been trying to get clarification on that in this thread, but so far there has been no answer.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/NEW-Listing-page-layout-Thumbs-UP/m-p/33783021/highlight/true#M2220813
@valueaddedresource
@mandicrafts

On many sites you can turn ads off. For the any that think they(eBay ads) are offensive, wonder how soon that option will be coming to eBay? I'm guessing it would be very popular!!! Sorry. Official tongue in cheek post for the day!!!

-Lotz

@lotzofuniquegoodies I actually sort of tongue in cheek asked that in a monthly chat a while back...basically suggested maybe another revenue stream for eBay could be to offer sellers the ability to remove all competitor ads from their listings as part of an "ad-free" subscription product.

I believe the official answer was it wasn't something they were considering at that time. ðŸ˜‚

huntfishdie45

·3 years ago

1338 View listings

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there is nothing any of us can do except complain. The Corporate bean counters will squeeze every penny out of this platform for their shareholders without regards to what anyone thinks. Right now, their tweak's have increased revenues for the Company so expect more of the same.

winterpalace25

·3 years ago

467 View listings

When I'm buying, I always read sellers' descriptions. It is often really hard to find them. When I am doing a basic ebay search, I skip right over the promoted or sponsored listings and never go to their pages. So it really bugs me to find them cluttering up the page I actually choose to look at. Also, I usually search for obscure items rather than commodity items, so there are few similar listings and they just show me completely unrelated items. Ebay is becoming such a time waster.

byrd69er

·3 years ago

2018 View listings

A big time waster for both sellers and buyers.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

No its information overload. I need a tranquilizer to shop online.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

I just looked at one of my listings with this stuff coming up. I am delighted to see that many of the other listings coming up on my listing are overpriced and in comparison mine would probably sell because of this.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

If you can see what others are trying to sell a similar product straight away you can adjust YOUR listing to be the WINNER.

ekmadonna

·3 years ago

4451 View listings

Yes, the strategy is called RACE TO THE BOTTOM!

theteamsetguy

·3 years ago

20836 View listings

Most buyers prefer to pay the lowest price for what they are buying. As a buyer the faster the prices get to the bottom the better.

As a seller you have to be able to source your inventory to be able to swim with the bottom dwellers. Like they say you make money when you buy not when you sell.

stoney45

·3 years ago

16425 View listings

I fully agree...time consuming to look for the item descriptions. I find it insulting to the sellers who work hard to make their listing as good as possible. Not to mention the cost of each one.

toysaver

·3 years ago

7833 View listings

It may drive buyers away in confusion and disgust. Nobody likes to feel manipulated.

isaiah53-57

·3 years ago

961 View listings

@toysaver wrote:
It may drive buyers away in confusion and disgust. Nobody likes to feel manipulated.

@toysaver Look at you go!

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

When I go to Walmart I get exhausted trying to make choices of what deodorant, hairspray, candy bar, rice brand, blah blah blah. Shopping has become a terribly exhausting endevour these days.

toysaver

·3 years ago

7833 View listings

"Shopping has become a terribly exhausting endevour these days."

On the bright side, I consider Walmart shopping part of my exercise routine. It's usually a 45-minute walk to get everything I need.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

No kidding. Itâ€™s great exercise for sure. During the pandemic I gained 10 pound because I could not do my massive workout at Walmart. Also the heavy lifting of the items out of the store and into the car instead of pickup.

mybigsale

·3 years ago

1121 View listings

It's not like we pay eBay fees and commissions for our listing as well as extra fees for those with a store ðŸ™„.

Can't wait for the next eBay update, how much will it cost to not show Ads within our actual listing? ðŸ™„

eBay, why don't you insert a Picture AD in the middle and end of our listing pictures? Unfortunately, I will not be the least bit surprised when it happens... ðŸ™„

chapeau-noir

·3 years ago

Klaatu barada nikto6593 View listings

@mybigsale wrote:
It's not like we pay eBay fees and commissions for our listing as well as extra fees for those with a store ðŸ™„.

Can't wait for the next eBay update, how much will it cost to not show Ads within our actual listing? ðŸ™„

eBay, why don't you insert a Picture AD in the middle and end of our listing pictures? Unfortunately, I will not be the least bit surprised when it happens... ðŸ™„

Now hush! Don't give them any more ideas. ðŸ˜§

my-cottage-books-and-antiques

·3 years ago

3657 View listings

When did this start?

Quite a while ago. What has recently changed is you now see what buyers see. Before this, probably because eBay figured you weren't going to buy your own item, eBay did not show these rows to you. ...you saw them when looking at other people's items, but not your own.

Why the change? I'm guessing because eBay now figures what the heck, maybe you will buy something while looking at your own item.

chapeau-noir

·3 years ago

Klaatu barada nikto6593 View listings

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques I just started seeing this today in my own listings - one row of 'Related Sponsored Items' before my description, then after my description the many rows of other people's stuff. Here's the thing, it's not that way on every one of my listings - one has this new row, another doesn't.

toomuchstuffagain35

·3 years ago

176 View listings

My 2 cents? Annoying as h=ll.

When I click on my own listing I just want to see MY listing, not a bunch of other bleep I see when I'm looking not logged in.

vintagecraze50

·3 years ago

2326 View listings

Shove as many items into peoples faces as the page will allow. One of them might sell.

redmodelt

·3 years ago

1246 View listings

The flip side is, looking at the other same listings, they might see yours.

I have to agree, if I am looking at a listing, I want to see the one I am looking at. Not a bazillion others that might not even be the same thing I am looking at anyway.

If I want to do a search for lower prices, don't need eBay to show them to me, I can do that in the drop down menu.

12345jamesstamps

·3 years ago

8862 View listings

It might show someone with a lower price than your item listed that is the exact same thing. I see other people's listings with mine of the same item. I will use it to lower my price vs. the other seller's price. Some seller's prices are way too high vs. mine. It could also get buyer's to look at my other stuff as well. I actually like it.

klhmdg

·3 years ago

1533 View listings

Agree 100%

No one elses listing should be "in" your listing.

I found this when looking for an item.

I cant imagine looking at listings on a phone. No wonder buyers dont read the sellers descriptions, its after every others sellers photos.