ANALYSING EBAYS "NEW" PROMOTED LISTINGS PROGRAM

Summary: The discussion focuses on eBay's new Promoted Listings program, starting with gooddoghomebrew introducing the topic. twyngwyn and sandypebbles respond, although their specific comments are not detailed. Later in the conversation, pmat3513 contributes, and a dialogue ensues with comments from *casey* and davewil1964. While the content of responses is unspecified, it indicates engagement and interest in the topic among participants.

🚨 eBay’s Attribution Update for Promoted Listings – Watch Your Ad Spend! 🚨

Starting 24 June 2025, eBay is changing how general campaign (aka Promoted Listings Standard) sales are attributed — and it’s a big one.

⚠️ What’s Changing: If anyone clicks on your promoted item, and anyone else buys that same item within 30 days, you get charged the ad fee.

✅ The item must still be promoted at the time of the original click AND at the time of the sale.
💸 You’ll be charged the ad rate that’s active when the sale happens.

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🧠 Real Example:
• Someone clicks your ad on June 26 but doesn’t buy.
• Two weeks later, another buyer finds the listing organically and checks out.
• You still get charged a promoted sale fee — even though the buyer never saw the ad.

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📈 Why it matters:
• This inflates the number of “attributed” sales.
• You could end up paying ad fees for sales that came through organic search.
• Your ad performance reports might look better than they actually are.
• eBay earns more. You might not.

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✅ What You Can Do:
• Keep a close eye on your campaign reports starting late June.
• Reassess which items are worth promoting.
• Consider lowering ad rates on high-traffic listings that already sell well organically.

Let’s be real — this change benefits eBay, not necessarily sellers.
Make sure you’re not bleeding margin on sales you would’ve landed anyway.

👀 Anyone else watching this closely or already planning changes?