Hallo MOPO Further to a thread in November, it looks like the ability to see the numbers of "Watchers" on each eBay item is either being trialled again or here to stay.
Does anyone have views on the upside/downside of this. Are buyers more likely to click that twitchy trigger finger if it's a "Buy It Now" with 5 Watchers (and perhaps a declined offer or two). And isn't this kind of system open to abuse? Couldn't sellers create an impression that an item is more desirable than it is by watching it from other accounts (and making declined bids). Or is that just acceptable salesmanship? And might it have the opposite effect as well? - An item comes on eBay and - over the next few days - doesn't attract any Watchers. That might put off someone who had gotten initially excited about the item. As this develops, new strategies are likely to form: e.g. buyers might not "Watch" items formally through the eBay system and will merely set a snipe. I do think that - what seems at first glance like a small bookkeeping change - will soon make a radical difference to how we use eBay. I'm genuinely interested in what people think of this and whether MOPOers feel it will lead to more sales (which has to be the point). Hope you all have great weekends. Neil ________________________________ From: Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 16:48 Subject: eBay's changes to Watched Items Hallo MOPO To slightly extend the Ebay conversation, what do people think of the current changes to "Watching" re: (1) the trial of publicly showing the numbers of Watchers on each item page and (2) the constant removal/reinstatement of the row of "See What Other People Are Watching" items at the bottom of each item page? The "See What Other People Are Watching" panel has been very useful to me in the past! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
