topic Re: Listing Format in Selling

Listing Format

digital*ghost — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 01:14:49 GMT

I was browsing (on my PC) for some postal supplies, and clicked on one of the links to a similar product (under 'more options for this product", and was taken to the listing, which was displayed in an entirely new (but not entirely unexpected) way.

I've put a screenshot in the spoiler below, product and seller identifying details removed, but it seems to happen with any listings if I arrive to them from the "more options link", so that may be the case for everyone on a PC if they want to check it out (and haven't already seen it).

The first few things I noticed...

No displayed description except for a fragment of a first sentence and a link to view more (clicking it takes you to the normal format)

No Add to cart button

Nothing but the seller's ID and feedback score (no link to see other items, no link to their store, though the ID and FB score are linked)

I couldn't take a full screenshot, but what's cut off is a panel that shows the item I'm on, and a panel that links to other sellers with the item, and the lowest price available for it.

Underneath that is product identifiers if there were any (MPNs, UPCs or ISBNs only, from what I can tell), then reviews, then the new-fangled Q&A feature.

Posting it as I presume that while this may be a test or something, this is what listings are likely to look like once eBay has implemented all of the measures they need to for collating listings by UPCs.

Re: Listing Format

phorum_junkie* — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 01:39:53 GMT

Could it be a not working properly format (hard to believe from ebay (removes tongue from cheek))for when there is non secure http links? Those listings were meant to show a link to view the full description.

Re: Listing Format

digital*ghost — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 02:01:20 GMT

@phorum_junkie* wrote:
Could it be a not working properly format (hard to believe from ebay (removes tongue from cheek))for when there is non secure http links? Those listings were meant to show a link to view the full description.

They do - I've seen some listings that were affected, and the format is normal at the top, and then where the description and listing frame would normally be, there's just a button to see full details (which, if clicked, opens up the description only in a new tab (i.e. no store headers, categories, eBay links, search bar etc).

This may be what listings will ultimately look like when the UPC stuff has been implemented.