Mentioned in my post of Seller Check In Highlights from about 6 weeks ago:
Chuck [Van Pelt] shared sneak preview screenshots of upcoming changes to the Seller Hub Orders page and Active Listings page surrounding search/filter navigation on Active listings, features to more easily access repeat buyer history on Orders, and more. I strongly encourage everybody to watch their networking session.
Here's that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZeU_ynzUAY
I heard from a seller that has the new view today, at least for Active listings. I forgot to ask him about the Orders page. (In the video I loved what eBay did with repeat buyers on the Orders page.)
With my buddy's permission I'm posting screenshots from his new Active Listings view compared to the old view which most of us are still seeing. Green line is the divider. Top = current soon to be old view | Bottom = new view
Disclaimer: These images are from different computers and browsers, probably with different zoom settings, so don't assume that because the bottom one looks so tiny compared to the top that it actually is. I'm showing the comparison so you can see the changes in function and how everything is in a slightly different place under a more compact view with new filter buttons.
@wastingtime101 wrote:The biggest issue with this change is the category filter. I rely on category filter heavily. You're accurate @siamjane8 in comparing this to the Unified Lister launch.
Let's say I want to check off 6 subcategories.
Old format:
- Click the category drop down
- toggle store categories
- expand all
- check boxes next to the 6 I want
- click the search button
New format:
- Click the all filters button
- select categories on side panel
- select store categories
- select category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- select another category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- select category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- select category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- select category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- select category
- check subcategory
- exit to previous screen
- apply filter with blue button at bottom
I also don't care about a shortcut button for "listing with watchers" but I would appreciate if categories had a button with a drop down like it used to. If a category button that did not open up a side panel was reinstated, this change would be livable. There is room to add a categories button. The key is it needs to open a drop down, not a freaking nested side panel with 22 clicks just to select a handful of subcategories.
devon@ebay - I'm also spotting tech issues with the new format.
1. I applied a business category filter. Then I cleared the filter. Now every time I expand the all categories side panel it shows that filter is applied. I click clear. It disappears. I expand the panel again. The filter shows applied again. I click clear. It disappears. Repeat on loop.
2. Page load is v-e-r-y s-l-o-w. Any time I apply filters or clear filters it takes ages for the filters to apply and page to load. This was not the case with the old format where everything loaded quickly.
(For reference, I ran an internet speed test and was rated "very fast" at 349.2 Mbps download speed with a latency of only 6 ms. Page load issue is coming from eBay's end.)
3. Loading active listing page, a long list of buttons appears while the page is loading, then it takes a while - on average 12 seconds - for the page to finish loading and the buttons to disappear down to the condensed view. See screenshots.
FYI devon@ebay : Tech issues 2 & 3 persist.
In addition, when you enter a search term you'll get results - but when you apply a filter, suddenly the search term, which is still entered in the search box, no longer applies.
Say I search for "Widget A" and pull up results. Then I apply a filter, say a free shipping biz policy - because I only want to see items matching Widget A search term with free shipping - unfortunately, the results show me every listing tied to the free ship policy and ignore my Widget A search results - even though the search term Widget A still displays in the search box.
So you have to apply filters before entering search terms? You can't run a search, and then narrow down results by filters?
I also need to re-emphasize, to apply a filter of ONE subcategory, it requires SIX clicks to apply the filter.
To apply a filter of SIX subcategories, it requires TWENTY TWO clicks to apply the filter.
It's so inefficient I can't stand it. I had to create an entirely new bookmarks folder for various search filters just so I don't have to keep wasting so much time applying filters. Even then it does not cover my needs - plus adds clutter to my browser bookmarks.
So fed up with this. Takes so much longer to manage my listings. I've been posting a lot of my new Fall/Holiday inventory over on Amazon - inventory I'd typically list on both venues.
