Well, it looks like eBay has finally phased out "View Counters" on Listing Page

[silverpinups]

It looks like more unnecessary streamlining to the listing page by eBay.

From my perspective it will missed.....

[bpl521_sell]

Wonder what the rationale is, I always felt it was a good indication of interest from buyers.

[amcdc79]

Totally agree along with the watchers being shown on the listings. Could it have anything to do with the limitations of the mobile market?

[femmefan1946]

I've never felt it to be very useful, but it was something of a morale builder for many.

There is a place for 'warm fuzzies' in business. Like giving buyers tracking numbers. Not much they can do with them, but it feels good.

[mcrlmn]

I still see the number of views for each listing.
My Toolbar bookmark... Login takes me here:
http://my.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay&CurrentPage=MyeBayAllSelling&ShowNormalSelling=true

[silverpinups]

My guess is their trying to emulate the big A  with a more generic look!

[silverpinups]

The mobile view still has watchers but 5 or more like the desktop view.

It's really unfortunate that they've stripped the listing page from all the options I liked.....

First the "print" option (many years ago) then limiting watchers to 5, then deleting "see other items" link from the sellers listing page and finally the view counter.... sad!    

[silverpinups]

Correction: the mobile view has watchers from 1-? while the desktop view only has 5 or more.

[bpl521_sell]

Perhaps a glitch because they are back, at least for me...for now.

[edubb101]

The view counts keep appearing and then disappearing.  As an example when I click on my active listings under the view/watchers column one of my listings shows 8/3, ie 8 views and 3 watchers.  When I leave and go to another page and then come back it shows --/3, ie views have disappeared but the watchers are still there.

Now if I actually click on the listing the page only shows duration & start time but no view count which used to appear at the top of the listing along with the duration/start time.

I just wish we were kept in the loop if any decisions or work is being done behind the scenes.

Personally I like the views/watchers just from a stat/number perspective for my own internal use. 

[pjcdn2005]

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@edubb101 wrote:

Personally I like the views/watchers just from a stat/number perspective for my own internal use. 

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You can get that info on selling manager or my eBay.  I assume that it is on sellers hub too.

[pinetreecottage]

In order to be successful, we must know if anyone is actually looking at our listings.  How can we possibly create a sales strategy, if we don't know  we even have views?  It's as if whoever is in charge changes direction every 5 mins.  Ask any brick and mortar store how they plan purchasing, sales, staffing etc.  They MUST know the customer/view  count from the month previous in order to plan ahead.  In my career as a store manager, at the end of the day when ringing off, after the days total sales, the second most important #, the accountant needed, was the customer count.  There are similarities between Main street and ecommerce, knowing the customer/view traffic is a very useful tool.  It's not enough to look at your site and wonder if anything sold.  As one op here called it "warm and fuzzies".  Without all the information, I feel a "deep freeze" coming on.  

[hlmacdon]

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@pjcdn2005 wrote:

 I assume that it is on sellers hub too.

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For seller hub you just click on listings then you can see all your views and watcher data.

[pjcdn2005]

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@pinetreecottage wrote:

In order to be successful, we must know if anyone is actually looking at our listings.  How can we possibly create a sales strategy, if we don't know  we even have views?  It's as if whoever is in charge changes direction every 5 mins.  Ask any brick and mortar store how they plan purchasing, sales, staffing etc.  They MUST know the customer/view  count from the month previous in order to plan ahead.  In my career as a store manager, at the end of the day when ringing off, after the days total sales, the second most important #, the accountant needed, was the customer count.  There are similarities between Main street and ecommerce, knowing the customer/view traffic is a very useful tool.  It's not enough to look at your site and wonder if anything sold.  As one op here called it "warm and fuzzies".  Without all the information, I feel a "deep freeze" coming on.  

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I'm quite surprised that some sellers are not aware that that information has been available on your selling pages for years.

[pjcdn2005]

For sellers still using selling manager that don't see views and watchers on their active listings page:

Go to active listings, click on customize on the right side and check off the options that you want the page to show.

[esclyons]

i am using seller hub, and most of the listings are all zero out, even when i click on watchers, which is 73, it brings up those listings with watchers, but shows zero views.  when i click on customize page, the show views, and watchers are highlighted..

[esclyons]

and i have tried 2 different browsers, same thing alot of "-" not zeros but a dash, where the number should be,

[silverpinups]

I'm quite surprised that some sellers are not aware that that information has been available on your selling pages for years.

I want to see views and watchers on the listing page.... It's a visual thing, and more stimulating. 

I don't want to see it from a generic active listing chart perspective. 

[amcdc79]

Since according to ebay many of my listings are too old. Many were made on the old selling form which did offer us the choice as whether we wanted a counter on the listing or not. They even gave a choice of at lease two different designs.

Yes I do use the numbers shown to let me know whether I should revise the listing. I also know the numbers can be "off", as one of my listings had almost 2000 views in a very short period of time. I did have a good laugh over it, but by and large for those of us without a store, we have to take any metrics help we can get.

Out of curiosity, please check a couple of my listings to see what is shown as far as views and watchers.

Dreamcast Banner-Shows 1212 views at the top, and a counter near the bottom, has 14 watchers-not shown on listing with desktop.

Black AMC/JEEP Mud Flaps-247 views top and bottom. has 10 watchers not shown on desktop.

Hoyle Casino-589 views top and bottom, has 5 watchers not shown on DT.

Most of my newer listings do not have a counter because ebay does not have the option to provide one. On the selling page on My ebay I can see views and watchers no problem at all, although there has been times lately, when some were missing the views, and it can't be a glitch because this is ebay we are talking about. Right?

Maybe it shows my age, but I do seem to remember a time when Auctiva used to have a counter on their scrolling screen. I might be wrong, as so much has changed over the years since then.

Man, do I miss Pierre with his sage advice, just wondering whether any of this would have been an interest of his.

[pjcdn2005]

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@esclyons wrote:

i am using seller hub, and most of the listings are all zero out, even when i click on watchers, which is 73, it brings up those listings with watchers, but shows zero views.  when i click on customize page, the show views, and watchers are highlighted..

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That's a current problem as the counters don't seem to be working properly. I only have a few with dashes on selling manger but I have no idea if the other numbers are accurate or not.