Adding shortcuts to sellers hub
Summary: lotzofuniquegoodies noted a change in eBay's Sellers Hub Page where adding shortcuts that are not eBay links is blocked, including a test with a Walmart link which was denied. mrdutch1001 suggested it might be because Walmart isn't integrated with eBay, unlike CP, and speculated that eBay might be limiting non-eBay related links to ensure business is conducted on eBay-related resources only. lotzofuniquegoodies responded that there were no issues previously in adding such shortcuts, while mrdutch1001 admitted to not needing non-eBay shortcuts and acknowledged eBay's policy change to focus on preserving the business environment.
Just spotted this but it appears we can no longer add short cuts to the Sellers Hub Page that are not physically eBay links. Went to add 1 and it was blocked with an error message. As a test tried adding Walmart and it too was immediately blocked. You will see the following message. If anyone can do some additional testing...Maybe we can confirm this is the case? There were no issues in the past adding shortcuts like to CP.
It looks like this URL isn't valid eBay link. Please try again.
mrdutch1001
·2 years agoPerhaps because CP is integrated with eBay, Walmart is not???
lotzofuniquegoodies
OP2 years agoNo issues in the past with adding outside sites for HS codes.
mrdutch1001
·2 years agounderstandable, but perhaps sellers were adding links that eBay considered not appropriate for conducting business on eBay and eBay has eliminated the ability to insert links that have no connection to eBay.
I have never needed to have shortcuts other than those for immediate eBay business purposes, so do not know the extent to which other links were previously allowed.