New Screen - my thoughts on the new changes

After reading a blog post by AuctionBytes I decided to check out the "new" screen that eBay is testing right now. Most of the time I'm annoyed with the constant fiddling that eBay is doing all the time. I'm an Education Specialist and also do coaching, so many times the screen I see isn't the same as the screen my clients see because they are in the beta test and I'm not or vice-versa. I get an email or they skype me asking a specific question and I'll give a very detailed response on how to fix it but because their screen doesn't look like mine, it is a nightmare.
Anyway, this one really has me very very frustrated. If you are an eBay store owner, you might be upset by this too. Keep reading, you'll see why.

Here is how to check to see what your listings will look like in the "new screen"

Log into eBay and then click on one of your listings. Up at the top, over to the right, there will be a line of text that reads: "We're changing eBay! See how we're making a change for the better. Switch to the newer version of this page"

see, I've circled it here



On mine, at first everything looked ok, I have my template set up to adjust the width depending on the screen size so it didn't loose anything. cool.

I noticed right away that my DSRs still don't show up on the main screen. I really thought that was something they were going to be moving to because of all the hype they've been putting on them lately, but they are not. (see the right hand circle)


The shipping part is weird, people have to click to a different screen (left hand circle) versus scrolling down like they used to. Makes me think that newbies will have a hard time finding it, but not that big of a deal though.

Ok, so lets get to the meat of things. Store owners beware. The two pictures to follow here are the current view then the new view of the exact same area, take a look



Notice what is missing in the new version? My store logo, store banner, store search box and store categories!

The new version has a new store banner too and I hate it. It is a little higher on the screen, but my old store banner had five of my top selling categories listed, as well as an items on sale link and links to add to favorites and sign up for newsletter. The new store banner has only Add Store to Favorites and Sign up for Newsletter and a search box.







Because I am a positive person and I know that change is inevitable, I'll have to figure out a way to work around this. I guess I'll be updating my template to include the store categories that are now going away.


I welcome your comments and suggestions too, feel free to post a comment


and, just in case you love this shirt that I've used for my example, it is called "Bless the Kustoms" by Lucky 13, item #140225162965 (shameless self promotion)