stonecold613
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posted on April 4, 2006 09:21:59 PM new
Here is how to fix eBay's screwed up cross promotion settings so every seller in the world cannot sell on your listing.
First: Click on the site map.
Second: Scroll down to the sub-title "My Account" Click on preferences.
Third: Scroll to "Promoting Similar Items on eBay Pages and Emails" Click on Show.
Here is what it should look like. If different, click edit and change. You will need to click the do not cross promote my items to keep other sellers listing off of yours.
Promoting Similar Items on eBay Pages and Emails Hide
Promote my items with other sellers' items in the following areas: Edit
End of Item notices for unsuccessful bidders no
Watch notification emails and My eBay Items I'm Watching No
Closed item pages for unsuccessful bidders No
Closed item pages for visitors No
Select items for Favorite Seller Top Picks Automatically Edit
Participate in cross promotions [u]YES[/u] Edit
Participate in cross-promotion connections [u]YES[/u] edit
Then when complete, on the left scroll down to the link titled, cross promotion connections. This is where you ask for other sellers to be your contacts.
I suggest checking this monthly as it is clear that ebay is going to mess with preferences on their own and switch them to default to the dreaded cross-promoting from time to time.
Updated to show the consensus of all to limit the eBay damage.
[ edited by stonecold613 on Apr 7, 2006 09:50 PM ]
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roadsmith
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posted on April 4, 2006 09:50:25 PM new
Thanks very much for posting this! I'll do it right away and will doublecheck it monthly. Dang that eBay.
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roadsmith
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posted on April 4, 2006 10:00:49 PM new
Thanks again, Stone. I went in and saw that eBay had indeed changed my preferences!!!
One question: In your instructions, above, you had one line: "Select items for Favorite Seller Top Picks Automatically Edit"
Are you suggesting we do something with that? On the face of it, I didn't see a problem but maybe I'm missing something?
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 04:39:04 AM new
I just copied and pasted the page for the example. I made bold the real important fields, but with ebay lately, it is going to be a good idea to check everything.
To answer your question roady, it sounds like you won't have to do anything with that particular link.
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vintageads4u
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posted on April 5, 2006 04:55:34 AM new
I wish that would work for me, but it doesn't. Everything was checked exactly like it was supposed to be. I went in yesterday, checked and saved and now they are still there.
I'll do it again. Thanks Mike
Beth
www.vintageads4u.com
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neglus
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posted on April 5, 2006 05:08:04 AM new
I don't think that's quite right - the "Participate in Cross Promotions" refers to your OWN cross promotions. You probably don't want to opt out of that.
Here's the screen shots I saved from October when this first came up:
1) Here is what these other seller items look like:
These are the things that need to be unchecked:
That being said, even IF those items are unchecked, the other seller items STILL show on many sellers' listings.
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
[ edited by neglus on Apr 5, 2006 05:08 AM ]
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vintageads4u
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posted on April 5, 2006 05:17:26 AM new
Well, I went in, checked everything, unchecked everything and then increased my personal cross promotion items to 12. Waited a bit and then went and looked. Other sellers seems to be gone.
On the Power Sellers board they mentioned that if you cross-promote with someone else, then other sellers don't show up.
So, if someone wants to partner up in the future, I would be more than happy to show your postcards, car parts, scales or doo-dads on my closed listings. Just not my competitors 
Beth
www.vintageads4u.com
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 07:36:14 AM new
I don't think that's quite right - the "Participate in Cross Promotions" refers to your OWN cross promotions.
As it reads, it does appear that way, the problem is in order for you to promote your items in other sellers auctions, then you must accept cross promotions from other sellers that are selling the exact same items that you are. That is where the problem lies. Potential buyers will be seeing your competitors items and if they happen to have a better deal, you can bet they will pass on your item for your competitor.
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neglus
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posted on April 5, 2006 07:53:30 AM new
Stone the part that refers to other seller's items is this one:
Promote my items with other sellers' items in the following areas
The part that has to do with the boxes displayed promoting your OWN items is this one (most people do not want to opt out of this):
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 08:56:23 AM new
Neglus,
As it is written, you are correct. But in my experience, it has not worked out that way. Whenever I have cross-promoted, every other yahooooo's items have showed up in mine.
Go ahead and try cross-promoting your items and let the rest of us know if the other garbage is showing up or not. Who knows, maybe eBay finally got that right.
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roadsmith
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posted on April 5, 2006 09:12:59 AM new
Neglus: DO let us know how this works for you! I'd love to cross-promote my own things but don't want any of the other garbage. Adele
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tOMWiii
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posted on April 5, 2006 09:15:09 AM new
ALL of my CLOSED listings have PROMOTIONS for ONLY MY ITEMS...
I opted OUT when feeBay first started blithering & a'blathering about all this kaka months ago...
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 09:27:11 AM new
Tom,
So did I. But Feebay changed all the preferences back to the promote everyone elses items by default.
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neglus
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posted on April 5, 2006 09:47:49 AM new
You think so Tom ?
Look here:
I think the point is that no matter what preferences you have checked ebay does what it wants!
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
[ edited by neglus on Apr 5, 2006 09:51 AM ]
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neglus
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posted on April 5, 2006 11:16:15 AM new
I tried it your way Stone - no cross promotion of any kind..AND THEY STILL SHOW!!!
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 12:44:50 PM new
You are correct. All mine from yesterday still show as well. But all those closed before we changed back. I am hoping it will take effect on our present open auctions, but is possible that it may not take effect until newly entered auctions.
[ edited by stonecold613 on Apr 5, 2006 12:47 PM ]
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neglus
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posted on April 5, 2006 01:09:50 PM new
It has nothing to do with auctions - these are (or were) preferences. Changes should be across the board.
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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stonecold613
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posted on April 5, 2006 01:42:31 PM new
Auctions, stores, FP .... I guess I lumped them all into one statement.
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stonecold613
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posted on April 7, 2006 08:59:25 AM new
So far it appears that eBay is screwed up. Even with the preferences set correctly, other sellers items are still showing up. The word has been given to eBay. Just awaiting their canned response.
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neglus
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posted on April 7, 2006 12:01:23 PM new
The best way to fix this is to set up cross promotion with other sellers of your choosing - I just took Vintageads up on her offer and it worked! Her stuff now shows on my closed listings and mine shows on hers. If my sister is REALLY nice I might even cross-promote with her! LOL
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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pixiamom
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posted on April 7, 2006 12:46:53 PM new
EBay should tell it like it is: Choose the sellers you want to cross-promote or we will choose them for you!
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stonecold613
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posted on April 7, 2006 09:29:17 PM new
Neglus seems to have it hit on the head. I have changed my preferences to sellers of my choice and that does take all of the unwanted sellers out and replace them with the choosen ones. At least you could pick a seller that isn't selling the same stuff, unlike the forced ebay crap.
Perfect statement Pixi.
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stonecold613
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posted on April 7, 2006 09:37:21 PM new
I just had a thought.
What if we were to set up a second selling account? Then simply don't sell with the second account, but cross promote with each other. Then it would only show your own items. It doesn't cost anything to have the second account unless you list with it. Or you could even sell with the second account if you choose to.
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mikes4x4andtruckrepair
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posted on April 7, 2006 10:01:33 PM new
stone - That is a brilliant idea. I never even thought about using one of my other user ID's.
 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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ewora
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posted on April 7, 2006 10:35:16 PM new
Where do I go to cross promote with myself? Is it somewhere under the Promote Similar Items section?
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vintageads4u
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posted on April 8, 2006 02:41:37 AM new
I tried to cross promote with my buying ID and it didn't work. There has to be at least one item (I guess) that the other ID is selling.
Until then, I'm proud to provide advertising space for my postcard selling friend And since she has a gizillion more feedback then I, it can only make me look better to lie (lay?) at the foot of her auctions. (LOL)
Beth
www.vintageads4u.com
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neglus
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posted on April 8, 2006 05:01:49 AM new
LOL I hope this isn't the way ebay has chosen to make amends for removing stores from gen search!
I just had a thought...as long as we select the sellers who appear on our listings, I wonder if we now check all the boxes in the "Promote my items with other sellers' items in the following areas", our links will appear on other sellers' listings (not just the ones we cross-promote with). That would mean we could choose the sellers on our listings but would get more exposure on listings where sellers have not set up "cross promotion connections".
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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gaugagaug
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posted on April 11, 2006 07:09:52 PM new
very very sneaky of ebay... The cross-promotions don't show up to the seller, only to others.
If I look at my own items signed in as me, they look sparkly-clean. But log out or sign into another account and lo and behold they are littered with cross-promotions!
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roadsmith
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posted on April 11, 2006 08:25:48 PM new
Hmmm. I opted out totally from the cross promotions. I signed out of eBay and just sampled a few of my newly listed items and see none of that happening there--no cross promotions. Would someone please check this auction of mine just to be sure? Thanks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=6270959481
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pmelcher
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posted on April 12, 2006 03:29:47 AM new
You look O.K., no one else's stuff is on yours.
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