Competitors' Sponsored Items Appearing in the Middle of My Listings

[elfreeman]

Why is eBay now putting one to three rows (of 12 items each) in the middle of my listings--between the Gallery photo and the Items Specific?  

This would seem to lure away my Buyers, and to confuse them.  

I paid for the listing.  Why the clutter?

(They are also putting at least two rows at the bottom of the listing.  When they first started this, the listings were only at the bottom, and they were all YOUR listings.)

[hartungcards]

I'm incorrect about what?  If you're paying fees just to list your items, that's your choice, as is your decision to pay a store subscription fee.  Nobody's forcing you to pay those fees.

[sextons-sweet-deals]

I think hartungcards sells in a category that may be free due to low views / sales based on eBay always tweaking for more seller listings. Best to offer a free listing and capture sales fees. 

I looked at their listings and when I clicked on one, it showed other seller(s)  with similar listings.???

[elfreeman]

By piggybacking on my listings, when my followers view one of my listings, they see the interruptions.   It is targeted marketing, that those Sellers would not get with an Advanced Search.

[hartungcards]

So you think you should have exclusive rights to what your followers see on eBay?  If your loyal followers see a better price from someone else on your listings, then you need to get more competitive.  Don't you want your loyal followers to see how good your prices are?  Either raise your own prices and promote your own listings, or trust that your loyal followers won't be drawn off by seeing a better deal from someone else.  Selling is competitive, and complaining about others who spend more to advertise more than you do is just sad.

[krazzykats]

I was corrected about that in another thread.  

Solved: ebay, idea, Refund my the $1.49 to $2.00 Promoted ... - The eBay Community

[kensgiftshop]

If you're using promoted listings, that's one of the perks, having listings show up on other members listings.

[redlinear]

Been that way for awhile.  
It's like renting a building and setting up your store in that building.
And the landlord comes along and rents your competition a booth inside of your store. 

[anjofak]

Iv started forgetting I was looking at a listing, its more like a search result..

[deltilogical]

We have an illusion the listing belongs to us, but it really belongs to Ebay.  

No wonder no one reads the descriptions - they almost can't - Ebay buries it below the Visual Noise of its Ad feed. 

[hartungcards]

No one reads the descriptions because it takes 10 seconds and requires reading.

[elfreeman]

No, I do not think that I have exclusive rights to my followers.  They can choose to Search and comparison shop to their heart's content.  

But if they chose to view ONE OF MY LISTINGS, that is what they have a right to see.  Not clutter.  

How do they know it is one of my listings?  By the initials at the start of the title.  

[elfreeman]

I usually put tidbits in my description--a brief history of the location or era in which it was used.  Buyers have commented on enjoying reading the stories.  

Too bad they have so much trouble finding them now.

[gamersbaystore · Accepted solution]

Yep, with ebay you're literally paying for a store that doesn't even represent the products you sell, rather your competitors. Now when you click on a listing, you have to scroll past a million ads to even read the description.

ebay does this to force sellers to eat each other alive on prices. They always dump other sellers identical products in your listings.

Its a race to the bottom and everyone loses. Its also a confusing mess for buyers, there's just no point of focus, a bunch of garbage splattered all over the screen like paint.

[pennysdream]

I guess not paying for the push is no longer immune.  

[a.p.treasures]

So is there any way to eliminate seeing those rows when you are looking at your own listing?  I do a screen shot of the entire listing after I list everything, and save them in the same folder as my images.  That way, if eBay removes my listing (which seems to happen periodically), I can easily relist it.  The only thing I have to redo is the shipping info.  I was always able to have a relatively easy to read screen shot - now I have this large screen shot, and have to mess around with the view in order to see everything.

Lori