Anyone else seeing this? Video Thumbnail instead of Gallery Photo showing in Sponsored Section

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I'm guessing this is a test (so maybe not everyone is seeing this), and apologize for the long URL, but that's the URL I'm seeing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356366485017?_skw=rotating+santa+claus+music+box&itmmeta=01JF8AVJ2VDEY9R7R2...

If I scroll down below the description, to the sponsored listing section, the thumbnails include the regular gallery photo thumbnail BUT if the listing has a video, ebay is showing the video instead of the gallery photo. (I've been begging for this since they first gave us videos, although I was primarily thinking about showing this in search results....still, this is on the right track...)

devon@ebay  Can you provide any info on this? Is it a test? Or a change? Will it eventually appear on the search results page as well?

[devon@ebay]

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:

I'm guessing this is a test (so maybe not everyone is seeing this), and apologize for the long URL, but that's the URL I'm seeing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356366485017?_skw=rotating+santa+claus+music+box&itmmeta=01JF8AVJ2VDEY9R7R2...

If I scroll down below the description, to the sponsored listing section, the thumbnails include the regular gallery photo thumbnail BUT if the listing has a video, ebay is showing the video instead of the gallery photo. (I've been begging for this since they first gave us videos, although I was primarily thinking about showing this in search results....still, this is on the right track...)

devon@ebay  Can you provide any info on this? Is it a test? Or a change? Will it eventually appear on the search results page as well?

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Hey @my-cottage-books-and-antiques! Do you mind sharing a screenshot of what you are seeing? When I click on the link I am not seeing any videos when I scroll through.  

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

Spoke too soon....apparently at least some are showing up in regular Search?

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Vintage+Mr.+%26+Mrs.+Santa+Claus+Plastic+Revolving+Mu...

This item shows up at #1 in Best Match as a normal sponsored listing, but shows up further down as a real standout with video:

Anyone else seeing this?

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

devon@ebay  This is a still screen shot, but as you can see the very first item in the first tow is two parallel lines showing (for "pause") But if this were a video clip, you'd see the video there is auto playing (although without sound)

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

devon@ebay  Just a guess, but I'm thinking the team you will want to contact is the Ads Team....

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

Just to be clear, the one on the left is the video actually playing (the sound is turned off, but the video plays automatcally), the one on the right is the standard gallery photo, and the images are slightly larger than the standard search results thumbnail. This is a sponsored listing, which makes me think this is the Ads Team doing this test, but I could be wrong.

[fbusoni]

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques 

Not seeing videos, but I am seeing only 4 sponsored listings, as opposed to the usual 35 or 40.

There is a "see all" link which opens a page with nothing but sponsored listings.

Is this new??

 

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@fbusoni No, that's not new. And I'm talking about below the description box (and the about this seller box). You aren't seeing dozens of sponsored listings down there? Sometimes it takes a little time for them to load...

[fbusoni]

No, the only sponsored listings I am seeing are the four above.  And there is nothing in the description box other than text.

The ads further down are unrelated to the listing -- they are all items I have looked at on eBay over the last couple of days and have nothing to do with Santa.

[mcdougle4248]

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques 

Yes, I have seen videos on the search results page recently when looking at vintage kaleidoscope. I have not noticed the videos on the listing pages sponsored modules, but I will go and have a look.

I returned to the search page just a few minutes ago and captured this video from the search results page for vintage kaleidoscope:

https://youtu.be/7fyRJ8Z0JFA 

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I should add to the post about regular search: for some reason my search is defaulting to newly listed, and the video thing does NOT show in that search order. It DOES show when I switch to Best Match, which had been my default. So the Search Order seems to matter here.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@mcdougle4248  Thanks! I just took a video and was getting ready to upload it to youTube...you just saved me some time. Yes, that's exactly what I'm seeing in search.

[mcdougle4248]

@my-cottage-books-and-antiques 

Here is a video capture from a listing's page in one of the sponsored modules:

https://youtu.be/5SaAVWf9cBs 

ETA: After watching the upload, I am not sure the video is  from sponsored listing. It appears in a "You may also like" module. Are the listings in this type of module sponsored?

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@mcdougle4248  Thanks again. yes! That is what I'm seeing. 

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I am guessing this is only a test and might or might not actually launch. And I fear it might only be applied to sponsored listings (which would NOT be what I had in mind). But....as this is something I've been begging ebay to do since they made videos available, I confess, it feels like a Christmas Miracle to me LOL