ƒ Cross Promotion Changes

***Other Sellers’ Items Displayed on Closed Item Pages***

October 13, 2005 | 03:26PM PST/PT

To increase the exposure of current listings and improve the finding experience for buyers, we will soon display similar active listings from other sellers on closed item pages. As they do today, buyers will first see other items from the seller who listed the original closed item in the “See More Great Items From This Seller” section. In addition, buyers will be shown a list of similar items from other sellers. This should be especially helpful for buyers who get to one of these closed item pages via a search engine.
Once launched, sellers who have not already opted out of having other sellers’ items displayed on Watch Reminder and Non-Winning Bidder emails will be defaulted into this program. This will ensure your items receive maximum exposure on other sellers’ closed item pages and that buyers who land on closed listings see relevant active listings.

Sellers will also have the ability to opt out of this program entirely, which means your closed item pages will not display similar items from other sellers, nor will your active listings appear on other sellers’ closed items. Sellers can also choose to only allow the display of other sellers’ items to any of the following types of buyers:

Buyers who bid on, but didn’t win, the item.
Buyers who did not actually bid on the item.
Both of the above.
You will be able to control these settings from the “Promoting Similar Items on eBay Pages and Emails” section of your Preferences in My eBay.

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See General Announcements from your My eBay page. Your automatically opted in!!!! But you can opt out.

Binkie

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Anonymous	Posted: Oct 17, 2005 19:53:06 *Other Sellers’ Items Displayed on Closed Item Pages* October 13, 2005 \| 03:26PM PST/PT To increase the exposure of current listings and improve the finding experience for buyers, we will soon display similar active listings from other sellers on closed item pages. As they do today, buyers will first see other items from the seller who listed the original closed item in the “See More Great Items From This Seller” section. In addition, buyers will be shown a list of similar items from other sellers. This should be especially helpful for buyers who get to one of these closed item pages via a search engine. Once launched, sellers who have not already opted out of having other sellers’ items displayed on Watch Reminder and Non-Winning Bidder emails will be defaulted into this program. This will ensure your items receive maximum exposure on other sellers’ closed item pages and that buyers who land on closed listings see relevant active listings. Sellers will also have the ability to opt out of this program entirely, which means your closed item pages will not display similar items from other sellers, nor will your active listings appear on other sellers’ closed items. Sellers can also choose to only allow the display of other sellers’ items to any of the following types of buyers: Buyers who bid on, but didn’t win, the item. Buyers who did not actually bid on the item. Both of the above. You will be able to control these settings from the “Promoting Similar Items on eBay Pages and Emails” section of your Preferences in My eBay. ====================================== See General Announcements from your My eBay page. Your automatically opted in!!!! But you can opt out. Binkie
Anonymous	Posted: Oct 18, 2005 01:54:20 · Edited by: Admin I realize it is a variation of the way things were cross promoted in the past.
tekgems Admin	Posted: Oct 18, 2005 02:02:00 · Edited by: tekgems By allowing other seller's items on your Closed Item pages, it associates you with that seller. There's no quality control so you could very well be promoting a fraudster. If I've built my reputation, I don't want to be associated with another seller just because they happen to sell a similar item.
auctionsmd	Posted: Oct 18, 2005 06:07:56 This has been around 2 years. Opt out in My Ebay Preferences.
Binkie Member	Posted: Oct 18, 2005 07:33:07 · Edited by: Admin Sun........."If I've built my reputation, I don't want to be associated with another seller" I totally agree!! auctionsmd, yes it has been but what I found was with the few changes eBay made they had auto opted me back in. http://www.vendio.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&thread=621475