eBay Kills Pinterest-Style Collections

by: dander

I liked it much better when they only did two updates a year. Fix your software bugs and then make things pretty

by: pace306

ANOTHER eBay blunder....

brought to you by the people with NO ECOMMERCE experience and their measly %3 growth rate!

by: toolguy

I NEVER used that feature . . .

by: The End

Thank Heavens.
Now, go back to the pre- 2004 format and it's a home run.
I have a screen shot if they need one.

by: HappyOne

Glad I never WASTED any time with this. Everyone is pinning this and that but rarely have I heard it result into a sale (only smiles and likes). The ''Editor's Picks'' I have been getting are things I have no interest in; never searched for; will never buy. Their IA is doing something wrong. How come the Promoted listings ALWAYS have the highest prices. If I have something for sale that has a Promoted listing; I will just list it a buck or two lower and get the sale. Now they have expanded it to one items; new/used; in all categories - lowest price almost always wins.  In four years we will read  how this is being discontinued. There are many promoted listing now because Ebay has made them ''free'' for many TSR and Stores - wait until they cost money and see how much they are used. I can't wait for the ''NEW'' search I am sure it will be a winner too. I use to find exactly what I wanted using ''wild cards''. This was a simpler search for me. Now I spend time trying to figure WHY an item came up in my search results that doesn't have a single word of my search in it. Just my2¢

by: Snapped

Apparently, at some point in their putting yet another new coat of paint on this barn, (many colors this time!), somebody noticed some of the last coat showing through.  So they have to be rid of that, and naturally, with as little expense and effort as possible.

Besides, nobody 'collects' commoddoties.  

by: Rexford

Monkey see, monkey do.  Another failed implementation by eBay.

Has anyone ever kept a list of the ideas that eBay have copied (or stolen) from a competitors and then dropped?

by: Flying Childers

There's been a lot of talk about a merger between Etsy and Ebay but judging from all the articles I'm reading, it looks like it may have already happened in secret.

Judging by the bone headed moves both markets keep making,it seems like they have the same group of morons for employees.  

The truth is that neither company cares about the sellers who just happen to own all of the merchandise on their sites.  One day all the financial geniuses are going to wake up when they find out they can't sell half the stuff on their site because it's all junk.  Easier to buy at Walmart, Target, Kohls, Amazon, etc.  

by: The End

ALSO : Real hand made items will become non existant in the not-so-distant future.
When my generation fades out, the only thing remaining will be kids glued to their gizmos. They can't make anything. Real work with the hands has been discouraged, demeaned, and relegated to the "unintelligent", according to the "teachings" of public "school".
Etsy would be wise to plan for their own demise.

by: VeryGoodVintage

Here's what I want to know, what will happen to my ebay items from "collections" that I already pinned to pinterest? Will the photos and link to my ebay selling site disappear? I'm not tech savvy and only started a pinterest board to pin the items that I sell on ebay. I also use my collections to save the photos and descriptions of items that I list because with turbo listing gone and ebay losing my unsold items, I can refer back to collections to relist or cut and paste descriptions that I've already created. I also used collections to save items that I was interested in when my 200 item count in lists were exceeded. (which I relied on lately since ebay seems to be doing away with any "lists" other than the "watch" list. Another "ARRGH!") Also, when clicking on a sold item in a collection, suggested similar items pop up that ebay search would never be able to show me. FYI since your "collections" no longer appear in the "my ebay" drop down menu, you have to click on your own user name to see the collections that you have created.

by: toolguy

@Flying Childers

"There's been a lot of talk about a merger between Etsy and Ebay but judging from all the articles I'm reading, it looks like it may have already happened in secret."

IMPOSSIBLE

They are both PUBLICLY traded companies with each it's own stock. . .

by: ignatz

Wasn't it just a few short years ago that these dimwits were squawking about the miracles that their "curated" collections were going to bring about?

Moral of the story:  NEVER trust anyone who uses the word "curated."

by: Whatever

Didn't even know they had one

by: pennyemporium

@Flying Childers

''There's been a lot of talk about a merger between Etsy and Ebay but judging from all the articles I'm reading, it looks like it may have already happened in secret.''

ENTIRELY possible!

just because they may be two seemingly separate companies, as @ebayTool says, that doesn't mean that Etsy can't ''re-try'' all the failed schemes that eBay has tried in the past!

as a buyer AND seller on eBay since jan 1999, i've seen a lot come and go, and managed to weather the storm by doing the proverbial ''dodge and weave'' whenever the powers that be turned the boat to a new path.  

i'm now selling on Etsy, too, with this last change of management (josh?) they seemed to trot out the old eBay playbook.  EVERY change Etsy has made seems to be a copy (and with EXACTLY similar results) from the eBay playbook.  want to see how all those changes worked out?  just check eBay!!!  

i simply don't understand why they (Etsy management) seem to think that failed eBay tricks will work for a ''handmade'' items site.... unless there's a larger plot at work here....  

by: Freeeeeeeee

@flying childers

One day etsy and ebay will wake up and start making their own sellable junk and do away with sellers comlpletely

by: Ming the Merciless

Promoted Listings are the current iteration of Collections.