Watcher count now public?

Bowling_4_Gold

Don't know if I'm going mad or not, but a few days ago I noticed that I could see how many watchers items had (as a buyer). Have had a look this morning and the feature seems to have disappeared again.

Does anyone know if this was eBay testing a new feature, or a glitch in the system, or something else maybe?

SSGjosh

I went on a computer at work and saw a completely different layout for the eBay item page, that displayed the watcher count. However, the next time I went onto eBay there, it had disappeared, and I haven't seen that page since!

415SanFran

I saw that yesterday, but not today.
Hoping that this is not a new feature, if I knew something had say, 10 watchers I probably wouldn't bother, when the reality is as we all know watchers means nothing.

sham63

I first saw this a few month ago (reported it here with a screenshot but didn't get a single comment!)

It disappeared for a few months but has now reappeared - only shows watchers for BINs, not auctions.

There is also a useful 'up' arrow at the side of the screen which whizzes you back to the top of the page with one click.

RFW

I can't see a good reason for showing watchers on fixed price items, it's possible if there's a lot it may encourage a buyer. More likely it will just confuse them.

A simple encouragement for buyers (especially on mobile devices) to read descriptions is about the only change needed.

lesliejack

I seem to remember that if you go on Goofbay you can see how many watchers an item has??

sham63

lesliejack wrote: »

I seem to remember that if you go on Goofbay you can see how many watchers an item has??

Yes that's right, here's the link;

http://www.goofbid.com/ebay_most_popular_tool.html

However, it only shows the number of watchers once there is a bid.

teeni

Ebay.com rather than UK always shows the watchers.