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Mighty Brilliant, Yes, some of his videos are great. I still watch when I have time. I just fear he’s been moving in a more sensationalist direction in order to get more traffic. I’ve seen the same thing happen with other YouTubers. I guess its the nature of the business. I think in this case he means well, but he may be jumping the gun.
I’m inclined to think there may indeed be an issue here, but I suspect it is not such a big deal. 1. Not all adblockers block this. It appears that some that do can be set to not do so (or, must be pro-actively set to block). 2 Since ebay chooses organic or PLs to show, at least some of the time, my listings will be seen by people with effective blockers because ebay will be showing them the organic, not the PL, listing.
Also, yes, some buyers complain about the sponsored listings. But there are always buyers complaining about stuff. The fact that I sell…as do many other ebay sellers…from PLs tells me that the complainers are not enough to worry about.
IF the blockers that DO block the PLS can be set to block, say, 3rd party ads but not sponsored listings, then I would say it’s on the buyer to do that. And by removing the duplication ebay has actually given them an incentive to do just that…because otherwise, they won’t see all the search results.
I’m just not convinced that there is any major issue here. I’d need to see a lot more evidence.
Atomic Star—LOL! Good point!
He mentions that examples have been posted to his FB group. I’m a member there, and a quick look shows one example—using something called AdGuard. Does anyone here use AdGuard? To try and verify this?
I don’t know exactly how ad blocking technology works, but I’ve always assumed it works by preventing third party info from displaying on the website page. Since eBay is the one displaying this, not a third party, I’m not sure Ad Blocking would actually work to prevent ebay’s own stuff from showing up.
I’m inclined to see this as Chicken Little time.
1. Let’s assume at least some ad blocker programs are preventing people from seeing PLs. Does that mean those people will never see a listing that you have promoted? He basically says “yes, that’s what it means.” Well, NO, that’s not what it means. ebay decides whether o show your listing as a PL or as organic. It is a complete myth to say that , with the recently announced change (ebay will show one or the other, but not both in the same search result page), ebay will ONLY show your PL. ebay will show one or the other, so at least some of the time, ebay will choose to show your organic listing, not the PL.
2. He goes off on a tangent about a buyer seeing your PL and then buying it wihin 30 days…you get charged the PL fee. True. But he says that if the ad blocker has blocked your listing since then, you shouldn’t be charged, because your item hasn’t been seen He says that’s a scam. Again, No. That’s the way it works. You get charged if the buyer has bought the item after seeing it as a PL within the last 30 days. That’s what you are paying for. You aren’t paying for any certain amount of visibility. You ONLY pay if the buyer’s purchase is traced to the PL.
3. As several people noted, he doesn’t provide any screen shots, etc. He says I’ve seen with my own eyes. Well, OK, my eyes have seen PLS despite ABP. So, if ABP isn’t blocking them, which software IS? Provide details and proof before telling people to drop PLs…especially if PLs have been generating sales for people, that is just folly.
I’m sorry to see this. When he started, he had some good videos, but I haven’t been watching lately because so much of his stuff has become click baity as almasty says. One thing for sure, he’s going to get a LOT of publicity from this one. As far as his premise goes, I don’t know—I have AdBlocker Plus set up and it blocks ads on ebay but does not and has never blocked the promoted listings. Maybe he’s right, maybe it will start doing that at some point, or maybe other ad blocking software does it, but I’m not seeing any evidence of that.
I think maybe he’s confused about how PL works…many people are confused about it.
09/14/2019 at 1:39 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Model airplane, Mailbox, Toas-Tite, Motorola clock radio, 1960s Combat boots, Panasonic 8 Track Player #67789Yeah, Rough and Ready isn’t too far from Pillow. And Fearnot. PA does have some interesting town names….
09/14/2019 at 9:20 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Model airplane, Mailbox, Toas-Tite, Motorola clock radio, 1960s Combat boots, Panasonic 8 Track Player #67778Sharyn, We have a Rough and Ready here in PA too!
Yes, Shopify is not a shipping site, like ebay or etsy. It is basically a site that hosts individual stores. But there’s no question it has become quite popular with small businesses. I’m not sure whether it would be a good fit for a scavenger type business….
I think Sixbit has Shopify integration in beta. I imagine there are quite a few ebay sellers using both platforms.
Might be worth looking into….
icequeen, On CL, I’m in the same boat…CL is focused on urban centers, and I’m not really close enough to any of them to draw a lot of people. Facebook makes it easier to attract actual locals.
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Elizabeth, Not sure I understand your question. If a seller is NOT in MP, then the buyer must buy with PP. Period. If the seller is in MP, the buyer can use PP, Apple Pay, credit card, and some other designated payment methods.
09/02/2019 at 10:49 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 426: Our Financial Lives Are Tied To The Mysterious Whims Of A Website #67237I’m going to have to start hitting the thrifts down there…my thrifts in this section of PA almost never get higher end clothing. Of course, I’m not sure I’d recognize much of it if I DID come across it…LOL
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