Sold Hyperlink Missing

[stevrisny-0]

Previously there would be a hyperlink for the amount sold that would allow buyers to see a list when each was sold (within 90 days). This has been present until at least January 31 2023 and now appears to be missing. This was very helpful to both buyers and sellers to see this data to make more informed decisions when buying and selling. I have tested this on both Chrome and Edge. Likewise, I have also tested this on eBay.com, .ca, and .de. I really hope this feature wasn't purposefully removed and returns relatively soon. If anyone knows any workaround way to still view this data, please let me know.

[eburtonlab]

There is a workaround described here:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Sales-history-of-a-listing/m-p/33602875/highlight/true#M217459...

Apparently if you paste the item number into the correct link, you can still get the selling history.

[stevrisny-0]

Worked like a charm. Thank you so very much for this. I really appreciate you sharing this workaround with me. I still hope to see them restore it properly, but this will work until hopefully that occurs. 

[eburtonlab]

You are very welcome.

Unfortunately it appears to be a planned change and not an oversight. I have seen indications on ebay.co.uk that the change was made to prevent bots from scraping that sold information.

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Technical-Issues/Number-of-sold-item-Feature/m-p/7381726/highlight/t...

What that means for the expected lifetime of the workaround is anyone's guess.

[stevrisny-0]

That is troubling to hear. Hopefully an alternative is put in place that makes everyone happy. It seems like a weird thing to remove to stop bots, considering bots could in theory check the sold listings daily, while a normal human would prefer the list, since we do not refresh the page every second of the day. 

[semisurplus]

This really sucks. I used that information probably daily to make decisions. I'll try the workaround....

[semisurplus]

They should at least make it so the seller who is logged in can see those details. Would that be so hard for a $26B company? If I had hair I'd be pulling it out lately over all the changes and problems here.