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How to Switch to Using Hidden eBay Page Counters

by: chardcoins( 5700Feedback score is 5,000 to 9,999) Top 25 Reviewer
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How to Use Hidden eBay Page Counters

Do you use eBay's Page counters?
Have you tried to change to "Hidden Counters", so that only you can see the number of page views?

If you use eBay's Inventory Templates, you will find that although there should be an option to use hidden counters that only you can see, the option is usually not available.
This will affect any sellers who have templates using old style counters, before eBay stopped using Andale, and started using their own. At the same time, they introduced a "hidden counters" option, but it cannot be reached directly because there is no direct option for it.
Please spare two seconds to click the YES link at the end of this page if you find our guide interesting, useful, or informative. It make all our effort feel worthwhile, thanks.

The only options shown are:

No counter
Basic Style
Retro-computer Style

To switch to hidden counters, you have to overcome one of the many bugs in eBay's systems.

First you need to:

Revise your item
then:
Edit pictures & details    
Select:
No counter
Save Changes
then:
Edit pictures & details    (again)
then:
Select:
Thanks for looking  Hidden (Only you see page views)
then:
Save Changes (again)

You have now changed to hidden page count!

Wouldn't you think eBay's highly paid team of skilled programmers could have made it possible to achieve the same effect in one go, instead of forcing you to go all around the houses to achieve the same result.
The answer is that they probably could, but probably never noticed the flaw, and probably couldn't be bothered to fix it, because ntot enough people complained.

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Author & Copyright Notice
This page was written by Lawrence Chard of Chard Coins, and is extracted from our "Gold Sovereigns" website. We hope you find this page useful and informative, please feel free to use the information we have provided, but please note we retain copyright on all contents including both textual content and images. Please do not copy our text or images without our prior written permission.



Guide ID: 10000000002358735Guide created: 11/16/06 (updated 09/11/08)

 
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