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Seller Hub ... AKA ... the long way to Grandma's house

The fastest way from point A to Point B is a straight line ... Taking the long way some may like , kind of  like the scenic route ... Comparing the Seller Hub to the Classic sellers page ... I think many that think .... get over it .... they are so used to taking the long route they didn't know there was streamlined more efficient shortcut ... 

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Seller Hub ... AKA ... the long way to Grandma's house

So Classic was the short cut across the neighbors lawn and down the path and Sellers Hub is taking 4 extra streets and parking in the back?

 

The thing is......e-Bay made a decision to change it.  Yes, they could change it back or offer a choice.  BUT, they seem to have decided this is the path forward.

 

Have so much other carp to worry about that it is just not worth the effort to me personally to rally to try to swim upstream in a canoe with no oars.  There are lots of things I would really like to see change and this is so far down on my list....

 

And all of us that are clueless about our wanderings evidently, certainly used the Classic version and all the other formats over the years.  

 

I get that it is about "preference", but if e-bay says get in the CAR and the only CAR there is a white one ~  And I keep saying, "BUT I WANT A BLUE CAR" and "If I can't have a BLUE car, I'm not going".  Well.....then I guess you're NOT going.  There is only a white car.  

 

 


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Im going to address the elephant in the room but I feel this was intended for eBay's big sellers. And for hobby sellers we can still opt out of that *scary* seller hub

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Okay - I read the OP's post that those of us saying "get over it", use/learn the Seller Hub are too dumb to know there was a better way.  Like we never used Classic, etc.  Or too dumb to know we're on the scenic route.

 

Honestly, I don't get it.  If they tell us to get a bigger crayon in order to keep selling here, then I guess if I want to sell here, I need to get a bigger crayon.  Seems to the point to me, but what do I know.  lol

 

To each his/her own.  Stay.  Go.  Rant.  Whatever.  The only one that can decide is you anyway.  

 

I am interested in the ability to earn Money.  Moola.  Greenbacks.  Dinero.  Cabbage. Dough.  Pick one and put it in my account.  I'm good.


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I choose $$$

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The Seller Hub is quite awful, isn't it?

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@tuphan-42 wrote:

The Seller Hub is quite awful, isn't it?


I've been using the Seller Hub on six selling accounts for  a year, and I would never go back. 

 

When I want to see active listings, I click "Active listings".  

When I want to see awaiting payment, I click "Awaiting payment".  

When I want to see awaiting shipment, I click "Awaiting shipment".  

When I want to see ended listngs, I click "Ended Listings".  

When I want to see open returns, I click "Open returns".  

When I want to see open cancellations, I click "Open cancellations".  

When I want to see awaiting feedback, I click "Awaiting feedback".  

When I want to see all transaction, I click "All transactions".  

When I want to see a payment summary, I click "Payment summary".  

When I want to see payouts, I click "Payouts".  

 

And most importantly, the Seller hub summary shows me whether I even need to see any of the above.

It seems incredibly intuitive to me. 

 

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@tuphan-42 wrote:

The Seller Hub is quite awful, isn't it?


Not to those of us who have used it for years............

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It's that clicking noise that gets to me the most.  

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The fastest  way shortest distance  from point A to Point B is a straight line.  Fastest way is based on speed/velocity.

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@fern*wood wrote:

It's that clicking noise that gets to me the most.  


I suspect it is the loading of all that data every time the page refreshed that got to eBay - especially when the seller was only working in one section.  

 

Smaller, lighter, faster, targeted pages are where the web has been moving for years. This is due to so many buyers and sellers using mobile devices, and the movement toward metered cloud services. PayPal, Venmo, and my bank all did it years ago. 

 

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@luckythewinner wrote:

@tuphan-42 wrote:

The Seller Hub is quite awful, isn't it?


I've been using the Seller Hub on six selling accounts for  a year, and I would never go back. 

 

When I want to see active listings, I click "Active listings".  

When I want to see awaiting payment, I click "Awaiting payment".  

When I want to see awaiting shipment, I click "Awaiting shipment".  

When I want to see ended listngs, I click "Ended Listings".  

When I want to see open returns, I click "Open returns".  

When I want to see open cancellations, I click "Open cancellations".  

When I want to see awaiting feedback, I click "Awaiting feedback".  

When I want to see all transaction, I click "All transactions".  

When I want to see a payment summary, I click "Payment summary".  

When I want to see payouts, I click "Payouts".  

 

And most importantly, the Seller hub summary shows me whether I even need to see any of the above.

It seems incredibly intuitive to me. 

 


I have been using the hub for well over a year along with the all selling page.  I used both.  Both have great features.

 

The downside of the hub & new all selling pages is...

...clickity-click-click-clickity-click-click-clickity-click-click-clickity-click-click-clickity-click-click...😶

 

...I should stock up on mouses...BTW...is this the reason why the prices on those things jumped significantly some months ago? hurryagain_0-1616959171900.gif  Seriously, I had been looking into getting a few more since the one I had been using a few months back died.  I always have 1 or 2 for backup (currently have 1 left in backup) and I noticed that I cannot get these things anywhere near the price that I had been getting them for.

 

When I want to see active listings, I click "Active listings".    Was already on one all selling page

When I want to see awaiting payment, I click "Awaiting payment".  Was in sold on one all selling page

When I want to see awaiting shipment, I click "Awaiting shipment".  Was in sold on one all selling page

When I want to see ended listngs, I click "Ended Listings".  Was on unsold in one all selling page

When I want to see open returns, I click "Open returns".   Never had to deal with this thank God.

When I want to see open cancellations, I click "Open cancellations".   Only had to do this twice ever.

When I want to see awaiting feedback, I click "Awaiting feedback".  Was in sold on one all selling page

When I want to see all transaction, I click "All transactions".  Was already in one all selling page

 

When I want to see a payment summary, I click "Payment summary".   This is what I was using the hub for.

When I want to see payouts, I click "Payouts".  This is what I was using the hub for maybe once a week as I have my payouts set for that time frame...never really worried about it.  I usually sell between 15 to 20 or so items a week.

 

And most importantly, the Seller hub summary shows me whether I even need to see any of the above.

 

I can't even imagine needing to be shown whether or not I need to see any of the above unless it is a request/case which of course eBay always notified us all.

 

...shrug...

 

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@hurryagain wrote:
I can't even imagine needing to be shown whether or not I need to see any of the above unless it is a request/case which of course eBay always notified us all.

...shrug...


I am not disputing that most of this used to be on one page. I was simply pointing out that although it is now on multiple pages, they are all one click away.

 

As for "needing": 

 

If the seller hub summary shows that I have 10 items awaiting shipment, to me that probably means that I "need" to visit the Awaiting Shipment page ship and some items. If it shows 0, then that probably means I do I not need to visit the Awaiting Shipment page at all. To me that makes the summary a valuable checklist for my daily work; to you it is unimaginable. Fair enough.

 

I guess I failed to state my larger point - although this stuff is not longer on one page, it does not seem to  me that it is the end of the world that seller might have to make a couple extra clicks to manage his listings. And despite the all-caps denouncement of the seller hub I read on this board, I can see eBay's reasoning for making those pages smaller and more targeted. Others obviously don't.

 

But all this is just my opinion, and other sellers here have stated that those extra clicks "get to" them. So  perhaps the seller hub is a bridge too far for some sellers and they will leave because of it. That baffles me, but they are entitled to their opinions as well.

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in Orders is awaiting for shipping and awaiting for payment but you need to click and click 

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@luckythewinner wrote:

@hurryagain wrote:
I can't even imagine needing to be shown whether or not I need to see any of the above unless it is a request/case which of course eBay always notified us all.

...shrug...


I am not disputing that most of this used to be on one page. I was simply pointing out that although it is now on multiple pages, they are all one click away.

 

As for "needing": 

 

If the seller hub summary shows that I have 10 items awaiting shipment, to me that probably means that I "need" to visit the Awaiting Shipment page ship and some items. If it shows 0, then that probably means I do I not need to visit the Awaiting Shipment page at all. To me that makes the summary a valuable checklist for my daily work; to you it is unimaginable. Fair enough.

 

I guess I failed to state my larger point - although this stuff is not longer on one page, it does not seem to  me that it is the end of the world that seller might have to make a couple extra clicks to manage his listings. And despite the all-caps denouncement of the seller hub I read on this board, I can see eBay's reasoning for making those pages smaller and more targeted. Others obviously don't.

 

But all this is just my opinion, and other sellers here have stated that those extra clicks "get to" them. So  perhaps the seller hub is a bridge too far for some sellers and they will leave because of it. That baffles me, but they are entitled to their opinions as well.


 

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That was what all of those awesome icons were for in the sold section of the all selling page.  I could see everything at a glance, it was so easy to notice what was paid for & needed to be shipped (heck, ebay even had that note to "ship by" date) all the while looking at the active section right below this section to see what other items I should list/sell similar. Or if I wanted to relist something in the unsold section below my active listings...no need to have 3 tabs open for this job...easy peasy.

 

It is not the end of the world for me either...you do not see me ranting that I'm gonna take my ball & go home over this.  I adapt quite quickly to new formats.  It is just annoying to have this page replaced by something less efficient, it is just illogical.  Reformat it - by all means BUT please try to make it at least as efficient as the one it is replacing.

 

It is not the HUB that everyone is having a wad over, it is the "new" all selling PAGE section (cannot call it the all selling page anymore since everything is no longer on one page now is it.)

 

Perhaps some have been forced into the hub from the "all selling" whatever you want to call it.  I can go between the hub & the new all selling page (here I go again) and I did.  Love the hub...loved the classic all selling PAGE even more for the day to day grind.

 

 

 

 

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