Store Subscriber VS Follower

[acfmotorsports]

Hello, what is the difference between a subscriber to my store VS a "Follower?"  I found that a follower is someone who hearts your store but I can't find where or how a customer can subscribe to my store. Any info on how customers subscribe will be helpful. Thanks!

[lacemaker3]

@acfmotorsports,

A follower is the same thing as a saved seller. So they are users who are shown in your Saved Sellers.

https://www.ebay.com/mye/myebay/savedsellers

Buyers can subscribe to your newsletters from their saved sellers list as shown below. IIRC, by default, they are subscribed when they save a new seller, but they can turn it off. I think a lot of buyers do turn this off, because they don't want to get spam.

I don't think there's a separate list of saved stores, and as I understand it, only stores can send newsletters, but the option to subscribe is there anyway.