so this is the new Ebay?

[lemarcheaupuces]

have to be honest, this could have been going for a while and not noticed.

today i was checking 1 of my listings.

first thought something was wrong with the description format.

1 very long line.

then right under a box; SEE FULL DESCRIPTION.

so is this the way it is now?

(viewing the listing on my laptop by the way).

let's give another reason for potential buyers not to be able to read descriptions.

another reason to say, i couldn't view it on my mobile.

or i missed the box, thought the infos were missing.

i don't get it.

ebay makes such a fuss about stuff we have no control of;

like an item being delivered late by the USPS even is shipped on time by the seller (or no scanned on time by the USPS... happens rarely but it happens).

but on the other hand hides the description (something i have control of) from buyers.

i am glad that 99.99% of buyers are more responsible than ebay.

you know Ebay, i am really glad i just canceled my store.

i mean i do ok overall with my online sales (not just ebay).i am moving away and glad that were i am going there are other options.

i do NOT understand why you'd want to make the description an extra step.

the description should be right in your face.

but in the minds of your managers and ceos a good description along with good pictures are NOT part of a good shopping experience.

but a package delivered late (even just 1 day) by the USPS is...

go figure...

[lemarcheaupuces]

and is there a way to get rid of that survey/FB box that appears every time i use the boards?

i participated once long ago (hoping to make it go away for good) but it keeps coming back...

thanks...

[ymeagainlord]

Yes, it's the eBay way........

First put a LOT of emphasis on sellers writing good, no make that GREAT descriptions - then hide them.

What next eBay?

You've put so much emphasis on great photos - are you going to start only showing ONE photo (of your choosing) with a little box to see the rest of the photos?

You already did with IS a while back - remember that little debacle?

Oh and there was not showing the condition box "test"

When/where does it end?

[emerald40]

The see full description button is something that has popped in and out of my listings in the past as if it was part of some test.

Hopefully it will do the same for you.

[coveman2002]

So disappointed in Ebay right now. The reason our full descriptions are not there is because there is not enough room on the page with all the "People who viewed this item also viewed" listings shown on the page I am trying to sell my item. We pay a fee to sell on Ebay and when a buyer goes into our listing they should see only our listing. You don't see advertising for Kmart when you walk into Walmart. How stupid! This started a few days ago and our sales have plummeted since then. 

[emerald40]

As a jewelry seller I actually like it.

My prices are so much better than say Ross Simons and others that for me it is helpful.

[goodluckselling]

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@lemarcheaupuces wrote:

i do NOT understand why you'd want to make the description an extra step.

the description should be right in your face.

but in the minds of your managers and ceos a good description along with good pictures are NOT part of a good shopping experience.

but a package delivered late (even just 1 day) by the USPS is...

go figure...

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I might be able to help you understand why this is back in place.  First no it is not new.  It has been tested for about a year now.  Changes have been made during the entire test time frame and now this new set of tests are rolling out in time for another round of changes so it can work as good as possible in time for the holiday selling season which is only about 90 days away.

As more and more online shopping is done from mobile devices you should be thanking eBay for the exhaustive research into how to keep buyers coming back and shopping on eBay. 

Because more and more shopping is done from mobile devices the space that shows on the first screen we see from mobile devices all is very valuable space.  Additionally the characters that eBays shows from the description are character counted text that is an assembly of the keywords and or phrases about the product and these words are very important to show for external search engines to also use as well as the eBay user.  This will be much more used for used merchandise than for new merchadise that has attributes available to them.

Very soon when the cataloged eBay goes completely live all the descriptions from all the listings will be the same for exact same items that can be assembled using attributes like UPC, ISBN, MPN, etc, and the buyer for a search result on a specific items will see one description for all sellers and a comparison window comparing all the different attributes each seller has for the same item.  This will result in a much easier shopping experience and buyers will be able to purchase based on what is most important to them albeit if price is most important,  shipping, total cost, condition, how far away the item is to them, seller ratings.  Whatever set of things a buyer wants to use to make a decision will be present for the buyer to consider before buying.

Good Luck Selling and Happy Birthday America!

[banana-posts]

ebay is a classic example of The Peter Principal.

"The Peter Principle is a special case of a ubiquitous observation: Anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging applications until it ultimately fails.

"Peter suggests that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out assigned duties and that work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence"."

The level of incompetence is growing every day at ebay and has fallen directly in line with The Peter Principal. While hiding descriptions (part 2) is not even close to the dumbest thing they have ever done, it's certainly in the top 10 adding one more notch to the sales killing belt.

[tommyjoetools]

11 Feedbacks. Really?

[ymeagainlord]

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@goodluckselling wrote:

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Very soon when the cataloged eBay goes completely live all the descriptions from all the listings will be the same for exact same items that can be assembled using attributes like UPC, ISBN, MPN, etc, and the buyer for a search result on a specific items will see one description for all sellers and a comparison window comparing all the different attributes each seller has for the same item.  This will result in a much easier shopping experience and buyers will be able to purchase based on what is most important to them albeit if price is most important,  shipping, total cost, condition, how far away the item is to them, seller ratings.  Whatever set of things a buyer wants to use to make a decision will be present for the buyer to consider before buying.

Good Luck Selling and Happy Birthday America!

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Which is one the WORST features on Amazon btw

[goodluckselling]

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@ymeagainlord wrote:

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@goodluckselling wrote:

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Very soon when the cataloged eBay goes completely live all the descriptions from all the listings will be the same for exact same items that can be assembled using attributes like UPC, ISBN, MPN, etc, and the buyer for a search result on a specific items will see one description for all sellers and a comparison window comparing all the different attributes each seller has for the same item.  This will result in a much easier shopping experience and buyers will be able to purchase based on what is most important to them albeit if price is most important,  shipping, total cost, condition, how far away the item is to them, seller ratings.  Whatever set of things a buyer wants to use to make a decision will be present for the buyer to consider before buying.

Good Luck Selling and Happy Birthday America!

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Which is one the WORST features on Amazon btw

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Worst feature for who?  Certainly not the buyers who are spending in record numbers there.  Not for Amazon who has turned from a big spender/ low to no profit to = now an unheard of profit machine, and certainly not for sellers like myself who work hard to find and buy products in larger quantities so we can have a pricing advantage and create lots of transactions because of our planning.

Good Luck Selling!

[ymeagainlord]

It's an atrocious feature for anyone shopping their "used" items.

[dhbookds]

As I said on another thread........the "more information" link is in common usage on many sites.......it's not like they are hiding the info under 3 dots in an obscure part of the page.........

I don't like it, but doubt buyers are going to have alot of difficulty with it.........

[*help_no_brakes*]

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@tommyjoetools wrote:
11 Feedbacks. Really?

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What does that even mean?

Is it to show your ignorance of a Posting ID?

[sharingtheland]

As more and more online shopping is done from mobile devices you should be thanking eBay for the exhaustive research into how to keep buyers coming back and shopping on eBay. 

We shouldn't be *thanking* ebay for research; we expect ebay to continually strive to attract and keep buyers.

As far as the rest of your post about the  catalogued ebay you think is comng very  soon, do you honestly think ebay is anywhere close to attaining this goal ?    

More than a few years back I dealt with one of ebay's many attempts to catalogue via UPC and/or title in my particular category.  It was a complete and total disaster.   And ebay didn't announce or notify about anything; just one day it wasn't there anymore.  Sooooo ebay...

This is a company that can't even count postal holidays correctly, get a shopping cart to work properly, allow buyers to actually pay for items  or fix a badly, badly broken search engine.