I find the ebay banners at the top of the screen to be distracting
By autismfamily
@autismfamily (190)
United States
December 25, 2006 7:25pm CST
Have you noticed that each page you look on at mylot.com is a banner for an ebay item that is in your lists of favorite items.
I am getting tired of reading how much Rain Man will cost at ebay and how many days it will be available, or Gilbert Grape or the soundtrack to Boogie Nights.
Do you like this type of advertising that seems to be catered to each member's profile page?
Is this the wave of the future, to target us everywhere? Who is not a member of ebay?
I wonder what those who have not made any lists actually see for the banner? Can anyone share what they see as the banner at the top of the screen?
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36 responses
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Dec 06
I do not mind that there is a banner at the top of the screen as this is probably a way for them to make money to pay us for our comments and discussions. Sometimes I see something that interests me and will check it out. I am not a member of Ebay as I have never purchased or sold anything on that site.
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@sreedhar (576)
• India
26 Dec 06
Its reallyirritating to find the e-bay banner on the top of page. It is appearing a lot before the original page ,hence wehave to stare at it for a long time though we dont want to.
But i have noticed that these are onlyfrom the interests that we have added into mylot, so tis not that bad also.
@scholastic (728)
• India
26 Dec 06
i have but I don't see anyhting wrong with that simply I think that its one of the ways mylot would be earning revenure for itself and thus keeping its financial strong..and thats necessary for many of us who depend on mylot for a little bit extra..so just taki it within ur strides normally..
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@delhi_guy (15)
• India
26 Dec 06
Personally i dont like it. but since they exist and they are expanding that means the strategy is working and they are making hell lot of money. Its like tele sales you disturb hundreds in a day but you get 2 customers.
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@Khangura (924)
• Canada
26 Dec 06
yea this new thing they added it pretty annoying.. i guess ebay saw that Mylot had tons of members and offered a nice amount of money to mylot to do it.. but meh if i was running mylot id take the money too its proabbly a huge amount .. the amount they pay us is nowhere near it im guessing
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@jend80 (2071)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 07
it gets annoying when it's the same few products for each interest, and some adverts appear to be radomly sellected items on ebay with no connection to my list.
Did anybody else get adverts for annother site for a few days?
@mchu519 (465)
• United States
26 Dec 06
Yeah I agree with you. They post up stuff I already have, which is really annoying. It is trying to get me to buy things I already have. I wonder if myLot can figure out a way not to put that at the top in big banner. Maybe that can make a small one next to the search bar.
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
27 Dec 06
I get plants tuff and things on that nature at the top of mine but it doesn't bother me because I know mylot needs to be making money one way or another to pay us soooo no biggie I'm even thinking about buying a couple of the plants I've seen up there. Can probably start another forum somewhere if you want with no banners and ummm no pay if you would like.
@emjehe89 (286)
• Australia
26 Dec 06
yeah i got a bit of a surprise when these adds first started popping up, i wasnt sure whether they where supposed to be there or not, but i guess its not up to us..im a member of ebay but i dont use it all the time, at the top in the banner i see a picture, the name and the price of the item and how long its got left to run..
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@tulwave (174)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I think it is pretty darn brilliant. I went to Tulane University and I filled Tulane in as an interest on my Mylot profile. Well, what do you know, my ebay banners have to do with Tulane.
Change your mylot profile a bit and see what comes up. I think it is a great idea for mylot. But, you're right, it is distracting.
I try to have fun with it and find myself checking out the auctions quite a bit.
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@remaster74 (4064)
• Greece
26 Dec 06
It is the way to earn money. Mylot gets payed from them in order to pay us. So try to get annoyed less.
@mygreyparrot (1461)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I Love the Ebay banners! I must admit I have a business reason behind it. I'm a fulltime Ebay seller, and the more exposure Ebay has the better!
@missjackie (1358)
• Ypsilanti, Michigan
27 Dec 06
I really don't mind seeing the banners. I tend to ignore them.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
26 Dec 06
Actually on a site like this you have to get used to the banners. Just grin and bear it. It's how they make their money. The alternative is we pay them instead of they pay us and I don't think any of us would like that much...Also, as long as the banners target your interests, there is a chance of finding something you've been looking for. (Maybe Not....I listed asparagus as a favorite food and got a banner for a ceramic bowl with a green glaze called "Asparagus"...LOL)
