Advice when competitor's have a colourful banner on your listings?

[icollected]

I'm not sure if any of you have run into this. I've been generally fine when ads link customers to external website (not going to argue if this is a smart move by eBay). However, I find it unreasonable to have banners that link customers to an alternative eBay store in our listings. They are ACTIVE listings.

We have 8000+ or items and they're plagued with competitor's banner right underneath ours.

Notice our "visit store: iCollected" is a little red door. Comparing that to a colourful giant banner underneath, our customers that we've attracted with our listings will more likely click on that banner thinking they're visiting our full store.

Where can we sign up for Ad choice? ?:|

[phorum_junkie*]

They used us, They tricked us and now because they are so powerful they don't need us... I am talking about the small sellers.

How do you make that out? Small sellers now have 30 free listings a month, you can male that far more by listing on more than one id if you want.

They have also improved things for what I would call myself, a small to medium sized seller, they may have increased the store fee but now as long as my sales stay consistent and I keep up the number of listings the increase is more than covered by the reduction of listing and FVFs, of course I can still use the 30 free listings for auctions on another id.

The only ones that don't seem to have gained much are the large scale sellers  with the highet level of store subscription.

I also don't get your comparison with Amazon, small sellers can sell on there too but it is more expensive than selling on ebay plus you don't get your money until the buyer tells Amazon they are happy with what you sent them!

[davewil1964]

The only ones that don't seem to have gained much are the large scale sellers  with the highet level of store subscription.

And store-owning media sellers. We've lost, insofar as we get nothing for the last two shop fee increases.

[viewmont1071]

Oh and till you pointed it out i didnt even know those banners were not even for the same seller

Umm..... is that not the point the OP is trying to make.

The Ops keywords and listings have drawn the buyer to the page and by your own admission many buyers may be clicking on the banner and leaving the store while still thinking they are dealing with the OP when they are in fact purchasing/perusing  a competitors listings

[3415len]

bsal6060 it seems the only motive you have to be on these forums is to argue with the OP about their genuine issue's. Stop finding things to argue about and focus on helping the OP out. No one think your an eBay hero or anything, so just cut it out.