Good News For eBay Stores!

I know, I know - it's been quite some time since I wrote about eBay - the original content of this Blog. But, like the poltergeist...I'm baaaaaaack.


If you've been around eBay for a year or more you may remember when eBay changed the search function so that any items listed in one's eBay Store would not be displayed unless there were less than 30 of the searched term in the fixed price/auction categories.


This was devastating for many eBay Store owners forcing them to pay more for auctions style listings just to get the exposure they needed to sell their wares. It didn't help that eBay raised the fees for Store owners at the same time – but that's another story.


Now, when buyer conducts a search on eBay, at the top left of the page there is a tab named “Stores” (see image below). Previously if you clicked it, it just took you to the eBay Stores Hub where they would have to enter their search term again. But, with the new changes, when the tab is clicked it shows the results based on the search they performed.


The big question is whether or not shoppers would even realize that eBay has added this new functionality.


Regardless, there's no down-side to it, so in my book that's a plus!