Suggestion for ebay to increase video adoption
@elizabeth@ebay
I primarily use videos in my listings to show things like a music box actually playing, or a battery operated toy working. I have considered using them for more stuff, but it is a little extra work AND ebay STILL does nothing to highlight the existence of a video in search results or other placements.
In the past, I've suggested ebay at least include a little icon or other indication in search results, to show buyers that the listing contains a video.
Now I just noticed that a competing sight (I won't mention any names)---which also places videos in the second slot of gallery---actually uses the video instead of the first gallery photo in search results. A listing with a video is easily spotted because it contains the little play arrow on the video and if you hover over it in search results, it does start to play (with no sound, which makes sense for search results page).
I think this is a great feature, and it is disappointing that ebay, which claims to be leading a "tech led reimagination of ecommerce", has not seen fit to implement this.
It is 2023. Q4 is almost here. Now would be a good time to add this feature, in time for the Holidays.
Please pass this on to whatever team handles this stuff. Thanks!
my-cottage-books-and-antiques
OP3 years ago@elizabeth@ebay By the way, I have also noticed that if I do a Google search using the "video" button beneath the main search bar, Google shows videos from this competing site, but I didn't see any from ebay. (I admit I did not do an exhaustive search, but....can you explain that?
It would seem a good way to attract buyers to my item (and ebay generally)