eBay Seller Update Autumn 2021 Promoted Listings

In the Autumn 2021 Promoted Listings replace, Promoted Listings will probably be rebranded to Promoted Listings Standard and Promoted Listings Advanced will be introduced.

Promoted Listings Standard will stay a cost-per-sale mannequin so that you’ll solely pay once you promote. As not too long ago introduced globally, in late September you’ll be launched to the beta model of eBay’s new cost-per-click marketing campaign sort, Promoted Listings Advanced. This will give you most well-liked entry to the highest spot in search outcomes, throughout eBay on desktop, cell and on the eBay app. It will even supply key phrase choice, and offer you the management it is advisable to assist improve your gross sales.

What we expect

There are three key modifications to notice:

1. You’ll pay if some one clicks your Promoted Listings Advanced advert even when they don’t purchase.
2. Promoted Listings Advanced will give most well-liked entry to the highest spot in search outcomes.
3. You’ll be capable to select which key phrases to bid on so can choose associated key phrases – for instance, if somebody is looking for a ‘Tuxedo’, you would possibly guess they might be going to a marriage and so promote listings resembling “Wedding Gift”.

Our preliminary tackle that is that it Promoted Listings Advanced are significantly extra refined and open the door to important new alternatives for getting your merchandise in entrance of a purchaser simply as they’re within the temper to make a purchase order. However we additionally suppose that Promoted Listings Advanced will take appreciable extra time and experience to totally exploit in comparison with Promoted Listings Standard.

We’re additionally hoping that somebody within the eBay ecosystem will probably be constructing instruments to handle paid promoting on eBay to simplify the method and allow sellers to create 1000’s of lengthy tail key phrase advertisements as these will probably be comparatively low-cost to bid on however extremely efficient. As an instance somebody seek for ‘TV’ isn’t an ideal wager, somebody looking for ‘Samsung TV’ is being extra particular, but when some searches for ‘Samsung UE65TU7020 65 Inch TV’ they’re being hyper particular and also you wish to be bidding on this.

We’ll want to attend and see how the logic works, for example is ‘Samsung UE65TU7020 65 Inch TV’ the identical as ‘Samsung UE65TU7020 65″ TV’ and even ‘Samsung 65 Inch UE65TU7020 TV’, however that is going to be mega for those who conquer the tech and make it work.

What’s new within the Autumn 2021 Promoted Listings launch?

With billions of listings throughout eBay globally, it may be arduous to ensure your gadgets are seen to the fitting consumers. Promoted Listings Advanced allows you to bid and achieve most well-liked entry to the highest spot in search outcomes. That high spot may help you get the excessive visibility you need when consumers are actively looking for gadgets like yours.

The manner your gross sales are attributed has switched from what’s known as “first-click attribution” to “last-click attribution” for each Promoted Listings Standard and Advanced. This means:

• If you take part in each sorts of campaigns, you’ll solely ever see a sale attributed to the marketing campaign that the itemizing was in when the final paid click on occurred.

  For instance:

  • If your itemizing is clicked in a Promoted Listings Standard advert after which clicked and bought by way of an Advanced advert, the sale will probably be attributed to the Advanced advert. This means you’ll solely pay for the press on the Advanced advert.
  • If a purchaser clicks on an Advanced advert, after which later purchases by way of a Standard advert, the sale will probably be attributed to the Standard advert, and you’ll pay the Standard advert charge. NB you’ll nonetheless be charged for each click on on an Advanced advert.
• If you solely run a Standard marketing campaign, you can be charged the advert charge that’s in impact on the time of the client’s final click on. For instance, if a purchaser clicks in your Promoted Listings Standard advert when the advert charge is 5%, then later clicks the advert once more once you’ve modified the advert charge to 4%, after which makes a purchase order throughout the 30-day attribution window, you’ll pay the 4% advert charge in impact on the time of that final click on.

How Promoted Listings Advanced works

Promoted Listings Advanced is predicated on a cost-per-click mannequin. You begin by deciding how a lot every key phrase and click on is price to you. Then you bid to focus on placements on the high of eBay search outcomes. This exhibits your listings to consumers proper after they want them.

With this new sort of marketing campaign, you’ll be capable to:

• Bid for the highest slot in search utilizing key phrase and finances controls, and ppc
• Select the key phrases that matter to you
• Set a each day finances for extra management

How to arrange a Promoted Listings Advanced marketing campaign

To arrange your first marketing campaign, head over to the Seller Hub Marketing tab. You can create a brand new marketing campaign throughout the Advertising dashboard, by following these easy steps:

1. Name your marketing campaign.
2. Choose dates and a each day finances.
3. Name your Ad Group.
4. Add your listings and key phrases to the Ad Group.
5. Select a most cost-per-click for the key phrases – you’ll see this as “CPC bids” within the instrument.

You’re then able to assessment and launch your marketing campaign.

Autumn 2021 Promoted Listings Advance Top ideas

• Use the options like recommended key phrases and bids that can assist you arrange efficient campaigns.
• Be certain to incorporate high-quality listings in your marketing campaign for one of the best possibilities of gaining excessive visibility. Alongside your bid, issues like your key phrase relevancy, itemizing high quality, competitors and each day finances decide whether or not your advert will seem within the primary place.
• Use the each day finances function to handle your advert spend.

You may use each Promoted Listings Standard and Advanced collectively to assist obtain most visibility in your advert placements throughout the eBay community, and utilise each finances approaches in your advert spend.

From the tip of this month, the Promoted Listings Advanced beta will probably be open to all eligible Promoted Listings sellers. If you might be eligible, you’ll be capable to opt-in to the Promoted Listings Advanced beta to begin concentrating on that highly-coveted high spot within the search outcomes, as quickly because it has been made accessible.

All current Promoted Listings campaigns will probably be renamed Promoted Listings Standard campaigns, with out you having to do something. The solely modifications are to the title and attribution logic.