topic Re: Views/Watchers is back again in Selling

Views/Watchers is back again

*sparklz* — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:06:55 GMT

I see the Views/Watchers is back again so ebay must still be playing around.

But in saying that there has been some other strange and surprising glitches to day as well 🙂

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kopenhagen5 — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:34:45 GMT

I noticed it as well. I often list on the USA site and have always liked it. It gave me a good indication of whether I should relist that week or wait.

It may not equate to buyers, but it's nice to see together with watchers on the same page.

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debra9275 — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:39:25 GMT

Mine came, (last week?)' went and reappeared this afternoon

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judyztreasurez — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:46:12 GMT

I really do not like it at all! I am not interested in how many have viewed my items. It just annoys me

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dusteater1 — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:49:27 GMT

How I remove that Views/Watchers off my listing, it one of the worst things e-bay has done, it's ok if they are side by side but like most sellers I like to open up and have a look at my sale, E-Bay WAKE UP

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judyztreasurez — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:51:51 GMT

How I remove that Views/Watchers off my listing, it one of the worst things e-bay has done, it's ok if they are side by side but like most sellers I like to open up and have a look at my sale, E-Bay WAKE UP

Exactly 🙂

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debra9275 — Tue, 28 May 2013 07:58:37 GMT

t't makes it look very cluttered doesn't it. If they were in the next column it would be Ok. If only they were bids -:)

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baratta9201 — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:16:53 GMT

I really like the new addition of views on the front page. It gives the seller an indication of what buyers are looking for at a quick glance rather than clicking on your own item to see if anyone is interested and adding to your own total of views. regardless of whether your item is suitable or not . I have one item for sale with no views unsold for 2 months. and another with 1200 views that sold in hours of listing. to me this tells me what buyers are looking for. so to all those complaining take it on board as a positive addition. You may make more sales buy offering what buyers want.

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putney32 — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:04:52 GMT

agree with baratta, it is handy to see how many, and how quickly your items are being viewed after listing, a good indication of how well they are showing up in searches

without have to waste time clicking into each listing.

good move eBay

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umpteenbooks — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:25:50 GMT

yes, I agree with the "for" vote. I was very disappointed when the views/watchers disappeared all week and happy to see it come back again. Like has been said before, it is a quick and easy way to see what interests buyers! 🙂

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arnl7178 — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:26:03 GMT

I like it. But I'm nosy ]:)

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beryl_green — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:56:21 GMT

I love it, I'd previously log in on the US site to check what buyers were looking at and possibly change the title or picture around.

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2shop_or_not_2shop — Tue, 28 May 2013 23:38:31 GMT

put my vote in the FOR camp. those who don't want it, just turn it off. too easy.

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*sparklz* — Tue, 28 May 2013 23:47:46 GMT

At the moment it can not be turned off.

If it is to be a permanent thing then the option to turn off mif=ght be there later.

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whipstick12 — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:05:36 GMT

Hi all,

I'm elated that this feature is now available locally after years of switching over to Ebay USA to use it,as it gives me a great indication of the types of items that buyers are or are not interested in....an excellent feature!!

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thevintageread — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:16:50 GMT

I used to go to the US site to do this too!

I love it (but sometimes it's depressing, LOL)

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talcat48 — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:27:33 GMT

I too find views/watchers an excellent indicator of the market interest and I have also used American Ebay a lot for this reason.

Thumbs up for it's inclusion in Oz

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1sweetap6v8 — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:58:25 GMT

Its a great addition to ebay and yes its been on the American sites for years and I use to log on just to use it.

But I also do agree it would be better split in to two columns but that's here nor there.

Wont matter anyways the way ebay AUST is going there wont be much use for it.

I can tell you all now for low priced and secondhand items ebay want you all on there gumtree site where they will no longer have to deal with complaints those items bring.

And its amazing in the last couple mths how the opposition sites like QS is starting to go blazing guns. My wife has made 4 purchases there and other websites in a week and none on ebay.

Why, not because she does not want to use ebay but simply because a lot of low cost items are now there instead of here, and there from the same sellers selling cheaper yes cheaper same seller same item different price. Now ebay that's a recipe for disaster.

Could this be a reason why it is slowing on ebay, Hmm probably not the entire reason but I bet its part of it.

I do beleive the pendulan has swung to far one way on ebay and yes its now against both the seller and the buyer. WHY

Well the buyer one is simple its all about the cost, If someone can buy a item cheaper elsewhere thats where 90percent will go. Studies have shown this for generations.

We use to have a computer shop that did extreamly well in the late 90,s early 2000. We learnt very quikly if a competitor was $5 less on the weekend paper advertisements they would get all the business and we would be deadly quite. If we were $5 cheaper we had to call in more staff because we simply could not cope.

For the seller its simple to if theres no buyers you are not going to sell much.

But in saying that the difference here is its not the sellers driving the bus so to speak and they have no control over the destiny of ebay. Yes sellers are not being well treated buy ebay but its for more reasons than i can post here. Mostly its to get rid of low end second hand items being sold buy mum and dad sellers which ebay promoted heavily only just a few years back. But is has caused far to many headackes with people making false claims to ebay hence ebay want out of it and only want big ticket items and businesses to sell on here so that all warrantee problems become the selling companies problem and not ebays.

I do not see ebay getting better anytime soon. I think they will just push the low end sellers out slowly and once most have moved to GT or QS etc they will then start to change there policies again and then you will start to see listing fee,s at GT creep in , they will be low at first just like ebay was.

Is this the end of Ebay ? NO not at all just the end of home sellers and the beginning of the big new online supermarket of imported goods.

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2106greencat — Fri, 31 May 2013 01:46:30 GMT

Sweet, I also use that 'tree' site as a buyer especially for local things, much easier to search your local suburbs than on eBay.

While I don't think many sellers will move over that way for quite some time, I can see that at some stage it will happen.

No one here wants to admit it, but if the buyer's are moving over then the sellers may have to follow.

Pity it is owned by eBay though

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happyinoz — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:03:16 GMT

I must be missing something. Are you talking about the Views/Watchers stats being listed somewhere other than in the "Active Listings" section? I've always had them there. Or, are you talking about them now being located elsewhere?

Looking forward to your response.