In case you didn't see it...
eBay is discontinuing guides and will be removing them from the site between now and April 12, 2018. If you’ve used guides to help bring buyers to your listings, we offer sellers even more effective ways to generate traffic. Learn how promoted listings and Promotions Manager will help you drive velocity. Please save your work before guides are removed from the site April 12. Backing them up to your computer is as simple as copying and pasting them into new text documents. To keep your guides published on the web, consider transferring them to a web publishing platform, such as Wordpress or Blogger.
I'm really sad to see the guides go. I had a lot of them published. They are also taking away customizable stores soon, so creating custom pages in your store (yes, I considered that) will not work either. 
@*coinswrote:
@castlemagicmemorieswrote:
@*coinswrote:Out with the old and in with what Millenials want. it took me 8 seconds to write that so Millenials already changed their mind.
@mallontown- what is 'nana-nana-boo-boo' supposed to mean and why did you copy what the eBay emplyees have as their siggys for your siggy?
I'm just curious.
Thanks for sharing...I see that I will probably never get an answer then.
You are welcome.
Google is your friend.
@castlemagicmemorieswrote:
@*coinswrote:
@castlemagicmemorieswrote:
@*coinswrote:Out with the old and in with what Millenials want. it took me 8 seconds to write that so Millenials already changed their mind.
@mallontown- what is 'nana-nana-boo-boo' supposed to mean and why did you copy what the eBay emplyees have as their siggys for your siggy?
I'm just curious.
Thanks for sharing...I see that I will probably never get an answer then.
You are welcome.
Google is your friend.
I didn't think to Google that. Great idea!
@*coins wrote:
In case you didn't see it...
eBay is discontinuing guides and will be removing them from the site between now and April 12, 2018. If you’ve used guides to help bring buyers to your listings, we offer sellers even more effective ways to generate traffic. Learn how promoted listings and Promotions Manager will help you drive velocity. Please save your work before guides are removed from the site April 12. Backing them up to your computer is as simple as copying and pasting them into new text documents. To keep your guides published on the web, consider transferring them to a web publishing platform, such as Wordpress or Blogger.
I'm really sad to see the guides go. I had a lot of them published. They are also taking away customizable stores soon, so creating custom pages in your store (yes, I considered that) will not work either.
Hi everyone,
We've sent out an email to those who have written a Buying Guide in the past, but I also wanted to address some of the concerns raised here. The way that people seek and share content online has changed drastically since guides were launched, and the reality is that guides no longer fit into most buyer and sellers’ online shopping behavior.
This being said, sellers today have many alternatives which better suit how people shop and search for content, including:
- Promoted Listings and Promotions Manager, which together increase listing visibility and move more of the merchandise sellers choose.
- Social channels and blogs, which not only drive traffic to sellers’ listings and stores, but also help them brand themselves as experts in their field.
- And of course our eBay Community, where all eBay customers can ask questions, share their expertise, and engage with fellow members of the world’s largest online marketplace.
I hope this adds some context to our recent decision regarding guides. We look forward to seeing everyone's expertise shared here on the boards and other platforms!
@ted_200wrote:
@shipscriptwrote:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/The-End-of-eBay-Guides-/10000000249625364/g.html
The loss of any Guides you wrote will be a loss indeed.
What are the 'Guides' Ebay is referring to? Are they something for those with stores use?
@714gorillawrote:
@ted_200wrote:
@shipscriptwrote:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/The-End-of-eBay-Guides-/10000000249625364/g.html
The loss of any Guides you wrote will be a loss indeed.
What are the 'Guides' Ebay is referring to? Are they something for those with stores use?
"Reviews & Guides" were part of the eBay Community platform (unrelated to the current "Product Reviews") where users wrote Guides on how to do something, or Reviews of an item or items. Reviews were not necessarily product specific, they might review all of the available toaster ovens, or Clint Eastwood movies, or whatever. It was only recently that someone decided "Guides" were supposed to be "Buying Guides", and it has nothing to do with Stores.
Here is a Guide on how to create a basic listing template, written by the user I replied to:
Here is a Guide I wrote to help beginner coin collectors:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Advice-for-Beginner-Coin-Collectors-Prices-Grading-/10000000004402925/g.html
My Guide has had all the navigation disconnected from it for months, eBay keeps hiding it claiming:
"These reviews are not posted because they do not comply with our community content policy or because they only contain ratings. Select ‘Edit' to update and post updated reviews."
There is no edit button, and they don't violate any community content policy anyhow.
@timemachine777 wrote:
@*coinswrote:In case you didn't see it...
eBay is discontinuing guides and will be removing them from the site between now and April 12, 2018. If you’ve used guides to help bring buyers to your listings, we offer sellers even more effective ways to generate traffic. Learn how promoted listings and Promotions Manager will help you drive velocity. Please save your work before guides are removed from the site April 12. Backing them up to your computer is as simple as copying and pasting them into new text documents. To keep your guides published on the web, consider transferring them to a web publishing platform, such as Wordpress or Blogger.
I'm really sad to see the guides go. I had a lot of them published. They are also taking away customizable stores soon, so creating custom pages in your store (yes, I considered that) will not work either.
Anything to erase the uniqueness of individual sellers footprint in the market place. One look fits all. Also a good way for eBay to set up the appearance that the inventory on the site is eBay's inventory. Give it time and I bet public access to seller inventories will be on the chopping block.
Amazon makes it intentionally hard for you to notice that it is an individual seller selling the item, sure the seller is there but you have to be conscious of it, and even when you are conscious of it all the sellers have **bleep**ty storefronts giving the impression that they are sellers hired by amazon, amazon should just rename themselves to sephora 2 and stop wasting everyone's time, their shipping prices are pretty much the same, coughing up ridiculous money for shipping could mean the difference between $20 or $100 dollars even if the shipping is "cheap".
