New rubbish on listings

[pnc75]

What is all of this new rubbish on listings? 

Custom bundle and bundle description.

Domestic product (or not) and applicable regions

Moodified item and description.

[digital*ghost]

Yeah, but like I said, I'm guessing the system is designed to help group (or not group) listings together when differences are detected, and was probably easier to implement in a uniform way across categories - possibly for display purposes as well, since if these features are universal, buyers will learn to look for it on all listings.

Or so I theorise, I'm not ebay so I don't know why they introduced it at all, let alone why they did it the way they did, just trying to see it from a practical perspective, rather than a "oh no, change" one. 

[wide-world-of-stamps]

Agreed.

With stamps we can already choose mint/hinged/used/on paper/off paper, etc. Why do we need "modified"?

How do you "modify" a stamp without falsifying something, which the seller would obviously not admit to anyway.

[joztamps]

I have seen stamps which have been "enhanced" rather than falsified.

But I doubt the seller is going to admit this either.

[digital*ghost]

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@wide-world-of-stamps wrote:


With stamps we can already choose mint/hinged/used/on paper/off paper, etc. Why do we need "modified"?

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Giving everyone more options to distinguish their listings from everyone else's doesn't have to be about what one individual seller needs.

If you don't want to input anything, then don't, if it defaults to display "no", I fail to see what the major problem is, TBH. 

[wide-world-of-stamps]

No major problem, just not necessary.

[digital*ghost]

What I'm trying to say is that one person not seeing it as necessary doesn't mean it isn't for someone else, even in the same categories that someone who views it as unnecessary sells in, and that it's more likely a matter of practicality that it's in all categories (AFAIK). What if a celebrity who has been depicted on a stamp autographed some? Stamp collectors might not be interested, but fans of the celbrity probably would, and that would be a modification. 

I have no particular use for the fields, either, just to mention it, but I thought it would / could have a lot of positives for other sellers, in the majority (if not all) categories. 

[pnc75]

'Modified' is definitely a poor choice of word. Has negative connotations. If they want to say 'enhanced', then say that, or 'improved'. And 'autographed' isn't modified.

With books it's an IBSN or ISSN.

There's no point to it if it has relevance or pertinance to the item being listed, so yes, it is another unnecessary change in most cases. And it's not an 'Oh, no'. It's more ' ###&*$@** change' again. And as fair as I know, not accompanied by any explanation. Just appeared. In fact, sellers whose listings are simply re-listing wouldn't even know it's there - ebay taking over their listings again.

The problem isn't not putting anything in, the problem is HAVING to have it on your listings. Buyers in most categories (but not all) will have no idea what it means or why it's there.  If it's only pertinent to some categories, then only have it in those categories.  Just clogging up the listings, otherwise.

Re your autographed stamp example, surely the buyer would be searching for the celebrity's name, and surely the type of product would be very clear, and the fact that it had been autographed also made clear. In fact, if i was searching for an autograph, then that's the word I'd use, certainly not modified. 

Anyway, ebay in it's wisdom has obviously deceided to burden us with this, so I suspect it's there to stay. Just think they could have consulted and iformed sellers (not to mention someone with better English skills) before they just dumped it on us. 

[clubesquire]

It would certainly be good and appropriate if we were told about changes like this and given some direction prior to their implementation, but then eBay have a habit of relying on their unpaid and unselfish knowledge base here.

Suggesting their use as reasoned here I see that they’ll most likely be irrevelant to some sellers, depending on items, but will have relevance to others, and we would be in that category with our items.

If it’s being used to differentiate product and enhance search I don’t see an issue with it, but like others here I’m surmising too.

So far we are seeing just two, being Shape and modifications. Both are relevant for us.

Melina.

[pnc75]

So I need help with some clarification here. 

Re - Non-domestic product.

If say a ladies top (or anything else really) is made in China, does that make it a 'non-domestic item'?

TIA

[digital*ghost]

In the info for the region field, it clarifies that it means the region for intended use, rather than the country of manufacture, so that's definitely more designed for things where different standards, accessories and / or specs are required (and also making one of my earlier points irrelevant). 

I'm not sure clothing is all that region specific, at least not technically - I mean, sure there are some traditional garb that are region-specific in terms of origin, but definitely not in use (except by the "my culture is not your prom dress" brigade, I guess), so I would ignore it for clothing.