Sponsored Items in listings

[friskya]

Just curious how everyone feels about eBay now inserting two lines of "sponsored items" in their listings between the pics/shipping section and the item description?

I don't care for it myself. When I'm selling something, I don't need eBay suggesting that my potential buyer/bidder go somewhere else to purchase. When I'm buying something, I'm scrolling down because I want to see what the seller has to say about his item, not "hey - you should buy this other guys item instead!" If I've used the search properly, there's a very good chance the other guys item is somewhere in the results anyway.

(you won't see them if you're looking at one of your own items, but everyone else does)

[dhbookds]

That's been done for years......no one likes it..........at least in some form, if not promoted listings.

[slippinjimmy]

The last two items I bought on eBay were a result of seeing those promoted listings while looking at a listing page for an item that I probably never would have bought.

Those two sellers probably feel pretty good about eBay showing me those ads and the seller whose listing I was looking at lost nothing because I wasn't going to buy their item anyway.

[friskya]

I can see your point. I also spend my time looking at a listing page for an item I probably would never buy as well.