Too Much Advertising | Ramblings of an e-trader

Friday, 13 March 2009

Too Much Advertising

Earlier this month, with the new changes that came into eBay, including the new My eBay page. I wrote how disgusted I am with the way that eBay has been advertising links and banners that take eBay buyers away from eBay sellers.

And on the new My eBay page, we have to content with an advertisement with every click, which slows down our listing or whatever we want to do on our eBay control panel page.

I really don't know what sense it makes that eBay allows for third party advertising that competes with sellers selling on eBay who paid for exposure but get relegated to below the fold, or worse, in the back pages of search listings.

While it sure is attractive to collect advertising dollars from companies and websites that aren't selling on eBay, I think it is bad business practice for eBay to have one foot on two boats.

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