Regards,
I have been using the new tool for months and just finished a week of over 100 new listings. Most of those were from my Templates ... but even with a lot of prefilled Item specifics and other settings the new tool on average takes 3 minutes longer than the previous Business Listing tool.
Some things I notice that slow the task down are the screen jump (happens on both Firefox and Edge browsers) and the Item specific layout and screen updating.
-SCREEN JUMP ISSUE: When I copy the Title from the Title line to paste it int he Description window I move my cursor down the page and right click to paste. This when the screen jumps and dumps me at the bottom of the listing tool. Sometimes when I scroll back up it does it a second time before I can execute the paste function.
-ITEM SPECIFICS AREA: This area is clearly designed for a mobile device because it is no longer in two columns, and each line has a set number of characters moving left to right. When a line exceeds that count the last item "wraps" down to the next line. This is common for the "Show all" pull down menu shown in the first pic below. Currently they have it programmed to be at the end of the string of suggestions the AI program presents to sellers for consideration. These will actually change at times depending on what is entered UP the tool. Most suggestions seldom apply so typing winds up being required.
A better location for the Show all balloon would be at the beginning of each line where it applies, see pic below. This would maintain page layout consistently and Sellers would be able to locate it quickly since it won't move around.
The next issue is how info is entered in some Item Specific fields. There appear to be two approaches when typing is required. One is to type what you want and then click anywhere on the tool to move to the next item. The data you typed is recorded. The other method is to type your info and the tool requires you to click a small "+" sign by the date below the typing field ... and if you forget to click that and move on the info is NOT recorded. These two pics illustrate this:
Some items like MPN and UPC used to be in convenient and prominent locations at the top of the tool .... now, depending on your item they are seemingly buried in the list of Item Specifics on the left OR in the case of the UPC they have to be accessed by expanding the item specifics displayed on the screen ...
The font and size are small and thin so for me I have to look hard despite needing corrective lenses.
So using the tool requires more pointing, clicking and scrolling then the previous Business Listing tool and the process strings out listing time.
The picture uploading places the pics in the grid quickly but when Editing images it is a slow process at times. And sometimes the pics do not upload. With regard to image size I know eBay allows up to 7 MB per pic ... personally I think that's overkill and 3 to 4 MB would be plenty. That change alone would allow the venue to process a whole lot less data and some pages might work faster.
As a side comment: If the Category is changed the tool resets and you basically have to start all over.
@chapeau-noir wrote:I'm still having the disappearing first class shipping. Still having the dumped seller item specifics so I have to add.them.back.each.time.
The rest I can live with, but I think the tool was easier in its first deployment. Now it's just kludgy.
@chapeau-noir This is something I have seen too AND I think it "may" have something to with the weight or dimension entered in those fields in that section. Several of my Templates have 1 or 2 LBS pre entered but occasionally I have an item that can ship for First Class ... several times I could not find /first Class on the pull down menu until the tool updated with the First Class weight entered ... if I can capture some screen shots of this I will ...
@mr_lincoln wrote:I have been using the new tool for months and just finished a week of over 100 new listings. Most of those were from my Templates ... but even with a lot of prefilled Item specifics and other settings the new tool on average takes 3 minutes longer than the previous Business Listing tool.
Some things I notice that slow the task down are the screen jump (happens on both Firefox and Edge browsers) and the Item specific layout and screen updating.
-SCREEN JUMP ISSUE: When I copy the Title from the Title line to paste it int he Description window I move my cursor down the page and right click to paste. This when the screen jumps and dumps me at the bottom of the listing tool. Sometimes when I scroll back up it does it a second time before I can execute the paste function.
-ITEM SPECIFICS AREA: This area is clearly designed for a mobile device because it is no longer in two columns, and each line has a set number of characters moving left to right. When a line exceeds that count the last item "wraps" down to the next line. This is common for the "Show all" pull down menu shown in the first pic below. Currently they have it programmed to be at the end of the string of suggestions the AI program presents to sellers for consideration. These will actually change at times depending on what is entered UP the tool. Most suggestions seldom apply so typing winds up being required.
A better location for the Show all balloon would be at the beginning of each line where it applies, see pic below. This would maintain page layout consistently and Sellers would be able to locate it quickly since it won't move around.
The next issue is how info is entered in some Item Specific fields. There appear to be two approaches when typing is required. One is to type what you want and then click anywhere on the tool to move to the next item. The data you typed is recorded. The other method is to type your info and the tool requires you to click a small "+" sign by the date below the typing field ... and if you forget to click that and move on the info is NOT recorded. These two pics illustrate this:
Some items like MPN and UPC used to be in convenient and prominent locations at the top of the tool .... now, depending on your item they are seemingly buried in the list of Item Specifics on the left OR in the case of the UPC they have to be accessed by expanding the item specifics displayed on the screen ...
The font and size are small and thin so for me I have to look hard despite needing corrective lenses.
So using the tool requires more pointing, clicking and scrolling then the previous Business Listing tool and the process strings out listing time.
The picture uploading places the pics in the grid quickly but when Editing images it is a slow process at times. And sometimes the pics do not upload. With regard to image size I know eBay allows up to 7 MB per pic ... personally I think that's overkill and 3 to 4 MB would be plenty. That change alone would allow the venue to process a whole lot less data and some pages might work faster.
As a side comment: If the Category is changed the tool resets and you basically have to start all over.
@siamjane8 You bring up an extremely good point with this, "still too many popups menus that take you out of any listing rhythm or work flow."
When creating listings in the same category with a Template (where only certain Item Specifics and other settings change) getting in to the "listing rhythm and work flow" is crucial for speed in listing. I mentioned I did over 100 listing last week and I really tried to get in to that flow but it just didn't happen. Things moving around, screen jumping, updating and changing, double click to record date (this happens in the shipping area too when you have to click "Done" when its obvious you are done).
On my Templates, the first time I click on one of the Item Specifics to change it the entire screen "blanks" so to speak (pic below). while the tool updates ... This is right after I have typed the Title and what seems to be happening is the A.I. part of the programming is pulling info out of the title to load in to certain I.S. fields. Like the date of manufacture I put in the title will appear in that I.S. field after the update BUT for some fields it puts the WRONG data in and I have to double check EVERY SINGLE ITEM SPECIFIC before completing the Listing. ALL of this adds up to more time required.
@siamjane8 wrote:
And for crying out loud- why does it not remember common selections like the classic lister did- I select immed payment required for EVERY listing , yet it does not keep that selected automatically. I list unique items so everyone is different and not conducive to templates BUT the mundane things like payments are always the same-
PS- if you want us to have a cleaner less cluttered look- give us the option to shut off whole sections that we do not want to use- like the promote section- where is a toggle to hide that from view? it would be nice to not have to scroll over that every time.
@siamjane8 Another good point on Immediate Payment required ... when creating a Fixed priced GTC Buy it now listing the Default setting is Immediate payment require is turned ON. I know this because at times I will change a listing back and forth between Auction and GTC ... when going from GTC to Auction style if I do not delete the GTC Buy now price and simply enter the Auction starting bid when I go to list I get a red banner error message at the top of the tool (pic below) ... when this happens I have to scroll down and delete the BIN on the auction pricing section because the GTC Buy it now price gets put in the Auction format BIN field ... yep, that's what happens. You see, on the tool's regular flow there is NO Immediate Payment required check box ... it does not exist. If you are seeing it on your tool please take a screen shot because I do not have it on mine (and that's on two different browsers). It DOES exist in the Bulk Editor.
Am I going NUTS or what?!?
