eBay

oldskoolmadskilz · ‎01-05-2023

They are small, but there are sponsored ads that appear in the body of listings. What if one of those ads was for a competitive product. I'd hope they'd filter for that, but I bet not.

slippinjimmy · ‎01-05-2023

@oldskoolmadskilz wrote:
They are small, but there are sponsored ads that appear in the body of listings. What if one of those ads was for a competitive product. I'd hope they'd filter for that, but I bet not.

As long as I'm the one with the competitive listings I'm happy!

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep

oldskoolmadskilz · ‎01-05-2023

Lol

ms.rodriguez* · ‎01-05-2023

I don't like it. I find it wrong to show the same item that a buyer bought from other sellers. Sometimes, the item is more and sometimes it's less money. At the very least, the buyer should not be shown cheaper listings for the same item that they already committed to buying. This might explain why sometimes a deadbeat does not pay. It's because he found it cheaper by another seller after he/she committed to buy it. That is wrong.

tdrake · ‎01-05-2023

Doesn't bother me. I'm paying to promote some of my stuff and I hope I'm getting my money's worth by having eBay place ads for my stuff on lots of platforms on the internet, including other eBay listings.

Next time you use Amaz on and you click on an item, count how many competitors are on that page. When I get search results there, even if the item I search for is "A.. Top Choice" and their best seller, it's likely to be several to a dozen slots down the list.

pburn · ‎01-05-2023

Rightly or wrongly, eBay is a buyer-centric platform. It's ultimately designed to help buyers find things to buy. Arguably, those ads also help sellers sell their listings, as well.

As far as the ads being on "your listings," it's a misconception that the entire page belongs to the seller. It belongs to eBay.

dnasilver · ‎01-05-2023

The issue we take is how they break up the listing. Leading some to never read the description since people feel your listing is complete with just the pics, heading, and price. They do not scroll past your competitor's listings which is in the middle of your listing. Leaving the buyer only partly informed of what they are buying. They never get to see the description.

coolections · ‎01-05-2023

Nope, no bother at all. The good news for you is if I search something you sell your ad will show up under someone else's listing. I may buy yours assuming it is a better deal.

coolections · ‎01-05-2023

@dnasilver wrote:
They never get to see the description.

@dnasilver All they have to do is click the listing. They will get to see everything on that listing including the description.

carolynnq · ‎01-05-2023

As a buyer, I hate seeing listings of stuff I didn't search for. I don't think I've ever clicked on a link for a sponsored listing (either here or on amazon). I want to see what I searched for, not a bunch of semi-related products.

tools* · ‎01-05-2023

I don't like it, even though I never see ads on eBay or Amazon or any other commercial website.

dnasilver · ‎01-05-2023

When we go into a listing we see the header, pics, price, payment terms then the adds before seeing the detailed description. Those adds break the listing in half. How many returns are caused by people never realizing they did not read or even get to the details of the listing? It ultimately hurts the sellers with unnecessary returns. A listing should be fluid from start to finish and not cut in half.

pburn · ‎01-05-2023

@carolynnq wrote:
As a buyer, I hate seeing listings of stuff I didn't search for. I don't think I've ever clicked on a link for a sponsored listing (either here or on amazon). I want to see what I searched for, not a bunch of semi-related products.

You know, I was going to post that very same thing, but then I remembered that I actually do look at those other members' ads if it's the exact same item or another item happens to catch my eye.

As a buyer, I actually think those ads on the listing pages are better suited to my interests than the search results I get from using the search page.

It's all messed up all the way around, as far as I'm concerned. I rarely bother to shop on eBay anymore because of the way they've redesigned the search. It's bad.