Regards,
KrazzyKats • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1998
Just saw the NEW Listing page layout show up on my account ... ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I zoomed out to get more of it on one screen just as an overall shot of it. Very large main item pic, details to purchase & Seller info over on the right.
So, I'm not sure why but on my listings the first section is great, which shows images price, shipping, etc. However, middle part is all sponsored ads, and my listing description is drop to the very bottom. Some buyers don't bother reading description, but to drop it to the bottom is a disaster for sellers.
I've posted a sample image from one of my listings. However, its happening to all of my listings. Sorry, if the image is small, but I had to fit the whole page onto one image.
My main picture is floating and moves to the top of the promoted items. 2 Lines of promoted before the item's description. I can live with them completely under my listing.
Why can't I just see what I want instead of all the similar items cluttering up the display?
@krazzykats wrote:
My main picture is floating and moves to the top of the promoted items. 2 Lines of promoted before the item's description. I can live with them completely under my listing.
Why can't I just see what I want instead of all the similar items cluttering up the display?
@krazzykats I agree ... Sellers PAY for their Listing space, PERIOD. A listing should be uninterrupted, it reflects the work of the Seller. Sponsored listings can be on the sides, top and bottom BUT NOT IN THE MIDDLE!!!!
Its "two lines" now but since Sellers have no control it will at some point be 3 if eBay thinks they can sell more items that way. I have always been disgusted with them putting ADs right in the middle of my listings.
I don't EVER recall seeing a Ford truck commercial and right in the middle of it the channel shows Chevy and Dodge Ram ads ... if they did FORD would be livid and a litigation would follow, right?!?
This is an afront to Sellers pure and simple. And here's the "DUH!!" of the whole thing, a Buyer clicked on the specific listing to SEE IT in it's entirety because they might want to purchase or bid ... WHY interrupt their "buying experience" ?????
This does NOT help the Seller - author of the listing ...
@mr_lincoln wrote:
@krazzykats wrote:
My main picture is floating and moves to the top of the promoted items. 2 Lines of promoted before the item's description. I can live with them completely under my listing.
Why can't I just see what I want instead of all the similar items cluttering up the display?
@krazzykats I agree ... Sellers PAY for their Listing space, PERIOD. A listing should be uninterrupted, it reflects the work of the Seller. Sponsored listings can be on the sides, top and bottom BUT NOT IN THE MIDDLE!!!!
Its "two lines" now but since Sellers have no control it will at some point be 3 if eBay thinks they can sell more items that way. I have always been disgusted with them putting ADs right in the middle of my listings.
I don't EVER recall seeing a Ford truck commercial and right in the middle of it the channel shows Chevy and Dodge Ram ads ... if they did FORD would be livid and a litigation would follow, right?!?
This is an afront to Sellers pure and simple. And here's the "DUH!!" of the whole thing, a Buyer clicked on the specific listing to SEE IT in it's entirety because they might want to purchase or bid ... WHY interrupt their "buying experience" ?????
This does NOT help the Seller - author of the listing ...
yeah... been through all this for what seems forever now on these boards about listing real estste used for sponsored listings...and since that time the space and amount used for those sponsored adds have tripled, which tells you ebay has no plans to decrease or eliminate them from listings. All sellers agree there is far too much, and everyone knows they want to be like amazon listings for PL's.
@ezmonsterdeals wrote:So, I'm not sure why but on my listings the first section is great, which shows images price, shipping, etc. However, middle part is all sponsored ads, and my listing description is drop to the very bottom. Some buyers don't bother reading description, but to drop it to the bottom is a disaster for sellers.
I've posted a sample image from one of my listings. However, its happening to all of my listings. Sorry, if the image is small, but I had to fit the whole page onto one image.
@ezmonsterdeals Exactly ... it's almost like eBay wants buyers to "think" those inserted AD s are from the same Seller, right? At first glance that is the conclusion I would draw ... it's sneaky to be honest and completely unfair to Sellers putting AD s right in the middle of their listing.
@mr_lincoln wrote:
@ezmonsterdeals wrote:So, I'm not sure why but on my listings the first section is great, which shows images price, shipping, etc. However, middle part is all sponsored ads, and my listing description is drop to the very bottom. Some buyers don't bother reading description, but to drop it to the bottom is a disaster for sellers.
I've posted a sample image from one of my listings. However, its happening to all of my listings. Sorry, if the image is small, but I had to fit the whole page onto one image.
@ezmonsterdeals Exactly ... it's almost like eBay wants buyers to "think" those inserted AD s are from the same Seller, right? At first glance that is the conclusion I would draw ... it's sneaky to be honest and completely unfair to Sellers putting AD s right in the middle of their listing.
they use to be, that first row, use to be all items from same seller, they changed that while back. They still can be, majority of the sellers stuff, but depends on how many listings in the same category seller has Promoted and cross referenced with keywords in title
@valueaddedresource wrote:
@valueaddedresource wrote:
devon@ebay wrote:
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
Could you confirm whether the View Item page layout in the screen shot in the first post is a test, or is it the beginning of a rollout?
Hey @my-cottage-books-and-antiques! I know that the team working on this is still testing layouts for desktop users.
devon@ebay why would the team be testing *any* layouts that still include ads between the main picture and the IS/description?
It was clearly stated under "key highlights of what you can expect" in the announcement that the design will:
Bring critical information like Item specifics and seller description higher up on the page before any modules that show other items & ads.
Seems like a waste of time and resources to be running tests which include design elements that are not supposed to be in the final product....unless eBay doesn't plan on sticking to that point?
devon@ebay kyle@ebay elizabeth@ebay adsteam@ebay - any update on this?
The announcement could not have been any more clear about the expectations eBay was setting for this new design and very specifically and explicitly said the IS and description would be moved above any modules with ads or other items.
If eBay's intentions have changed since this announcement, the absolute bare minimum sellers deserve is a straight forward, honest and transparent statement to that effect - though an honest explanation and earnestly listening to seller feedback on this matter would certainly not go amiss either.
@valueaddedresource THANK YOU for pointing out what eBay said in their statement. I know this will be a topic for this month's Mentor meeting for sure. However, from a site design standpoint I can understand that the current layout format has the ads in the middle of the listing form so the "test" layouts will most likely follow that format until THE layout is selected and finalized. Then they can systematically rollout the new page layout on the entire site in batches. It would be nice if one of you would verify that the above approximates what eBay is doing on the page redesign devon@ebay kyle@ebay elizabeth@ebay adsteam@ebay
Thanks!
