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The New My eBay

Posted by Blair on June 08, 2007 at 05:11 PM in General , Sneak Peek , The New My eBay | Permalink

Ab_bhamilton_2Hi...my name is Blair and I’m a Product Manager here at eBay (maybe you saw my picture on my recent announcement about improvements to Favorite Searches). My main focus is My eBay, and I, along with a fabulous team, have been working on some new designs for this important tool.

We're still well in the development stages, but because My eBay is such a big part of most members' day-to-day activities, we're planning on sharing a few ideas and concepts with you along the way, both to let you see what we have in mind, and to get your feedback. Our overall goal is to improve your eBay experience by simplifying the My eBay views and tasks and making it easier to shop on eBay. I'll be popping onto the blog occasionally to give updates, so be sure to check back.

In terms of timing, we’re aiming to have a new version of My eBay ready for a beta-type test in the next couple of months, more information to come as we get closer to the date.

Below are a few links to screenshots of our designs, along with a brief explanation of what's new on the page. I've also set up a thread on the Chatter Blog discussion board for you to leave your feedback.

I look forward to hearing your feedback, comments and questions - and I'll be back out here again soon!

NOTE: All the content and graphics are directional in nature - essentially, these are far from being finalized. We expect them to evolve substantially over time.


My eBay Today (possible new name for the Summary page):

Reminderblog

This page provides you a snapshot of your eBay Buying and Selling activity and gets you to the items you need to take action on faster.

At the top of the page, there is a new section called “My Reminders.” This section is your "notepad" on eBay. Use it to remind yourself of anything you want, related to eBay or not, and you can even tie it to a specific date if you like. For example, maybe you'd put “Buy replacement gas cap,” “Sell records on Sunday” or "Get Father's Day Gift". You can use this section if you want, and if not, you can remove it.

The next two sections are a different display of the current Buying and Selling Reminders. In the new design, instead of just showing the number of items you need to leave feedback for, we’ll also show you the items.

The last section previews results from your saved searches and sellers, so you can easily find out about new listings you’re interested in.

Personalized Navigation
Near the top, there are links to All Activity, My Messages and My Account. When in All Activity, we've put tabs along the left for My eBay Today, Buying, Selling and Saved. The tab you are currently viewing will be expanded, so you see the details of the area you are focusing on. Yet, the other information is easily accessed by hovering over the other tabs. The Saved tab will include saved searches, sellers and Bid Assistant.

All Buying
This page displays all of your buying items (Watching, Bidding, Won and Didn’t Win) in one list sorted by time or price. The status of the item is displayed in a color-coded bar above the item title. If you want to see just your Watched items, you can click on “Watching” in the tab on the left hand side.

More info about items and sellers right on the page:
On the buying pages, you can get more information about the item and seller without having to leave the page.

An item window is displayed on top of the buying view when you hover over and/or click on the Quick View link that is displayed underneath the item picture. This window provides more information about the item, a larger picture, and ability to scroll through the other pictures and item recommendations.

Similarly, a Meet the Seller window is displayed when you hover over and/or click on the Seller ID and/or feedback score.

Sold
This page displays the items you have sold. If you only want to see specific types of items (such as those Awaiting Payment, Awaiting Shipment, etc…) you can click on one of the tabs near the top.

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