Recently while logging into the “My eBay” section, I knew something was different, but I couldn’t quite place my finger on it. This is probably due to the fact that eBay thinks it needs to add a new change every 5 minutes to keep sellers on their toes (I say that sarcastically, because they change a policy or something daily).
eBay Adds Advertisements to the Seller Dashboard/My Summary Page
Anyways, I just shrugged it off, and went about my business. Then, I finally figured out why I kept thinking that…eBay has now added Advertisements in the seller “My eBay” section. So great! Now, we can look at ads while we search for items, and we can look at ads while we check our seller information! Gee-whiz. How fun!
Now don’t get me wrong, I really don’t care to look at ads at all. In fact, I myself suggested they should have done this a long time ago, and the ads should have been there instead of raising the selling fees. But to raise the selling fees, AND ad the advertisements to each page is a little much. Especially when they already made most sellers leave due to other changes.
How to Turn Off Unwanted eBay Advertisements
I “think” eBay does allow you to edit the ad thing in the ” site preferences” link. This link can usually be found on the left ”sidebar” when you log into your eBay account. You can also click the “My Account” tab, and you should be able to find the link on that page.j
I am not yet sure if that completely removes the ads from both the search results page & My Summary page (it says it takes up to 10 days to update…how convenient for eBay), but I did just edit that in my preferences.
I would rather eBay place advertisements everywhere in place of raising fees, but at this point it is too little, too late in my opinion. They should have done this long ago.
Sellers simply cannot afford eBay’s outrageous listing fees & final value fees. It is hard enough keeping popular inventory with a healthy markup after shipping, but having to deal with very high selling fees is just too much. Add to that the fact that sites such as Craigslist is totally free, and well, you can see why eBay’s days are probably numbered.
Sure, eBay will probably be around for years, but it will be nothing like it is now without drastic changes & new ideas. It will simply die a slow death.