Hello....I couldn't find a recent thread specifically for this so I am starting a new one and I hope that is okay? And I think I am in the right place too...hopefully....
I have had a store here for about a year. I let it drop, but just reopened it about a month ago because of the many positive changes here. The RSS feeds ROCK by the way!
Since coming back I have had several items sell. I am doing my own experiment with what works for me and it is nice you have all these choices. Last night one of my auctions that is a relist got a bid. I am running it the old fashioned way.....low opening bid and hopefully it will get another bid or two. Until now I never realized the bids really do not show anywhere except in your HOT category on the front page.
I would like to request that there be a column created site-wide to show items that have bids. That would be in the SEARCH and on the seller search of AUCTIONS. Maybe you could make it optional to display in stores, but site wide I think it would be a good thing. The reason I say this is because it is human nature to be nosey and want to see what people are bidding on. It is also human nature to want to be the one who wins. :-) There is a lot of excitement that can be generated from seeing bids...IMHO.
Now before you guys all jump on me I did do some homework on your front page HOT category. If you click the tab at the top you will see there is over 2240 bids site-wide in HUNDREDS of categories.....so it is not like you don't have bids to show browsers. And by showing the bids I think you will encourage other sellers to list like items and bidders to get busy bidding! I know when I am searching and suddenly come across an item with several bids I get curious. Even sitting at a live on-site auction when all of a sudden bids start coming in fast and furious I sit up and take notice. I do think a lot of potential is being wasted by not showing the bids. And this is supppose to be an AUCTION site. IMHO this means you should be able to see the bids displayed prominently.
I'd love to be able to check my auction or store list and see at a glance WHO is bidding and on WHAT they are bidding on without having to click through to a dry list visible only to me....:-(
Okay....you all can start screaming at me now......:-(