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***Updated: The New My eBay***

November 15, 2007 | 03:12PM PST/PT

Blair Hamilton

Hi everyone. I'm back with an update about the new My eBay. You've probably heard about the beta version of the new My eBay through our Sneak Peek page or my previous announcement. But in case you haven't, we've been testing out the new beta version of My eBay with a small group of members for the past few months (read my initial note below for all the details).

We've received some great feedback, and have incorporated several suggestions that we think will make the new version of My eBay an even more powerful tool for our members. We're also going to start transitioning our newer members to the new version of My eBay in the next few days.

New features
Here are some of the key improvements we've made recently:

More watched items are displayed on the My eBay Today page.
A new item preview layer. Just hover with your mouse over the item picture or Enlarge link to see the preview.
New Shortcuts module. This new area contains links to important eBay pages. Even better, you can customize this list any way you want, or even create your own shortcuts.

We're also adding "Selling Totals" -- a highly requested feature -- in the next few weeks. This will allow sellers to quickly find out how their sales are doing in terms of the total number as well as the dollar value.

What happens next?
In the next few days, we're going to make the new My eBay the default view for about 25% of our members, most of whom will be relatively new to eBay. You’ll still be able to opt-out and use the current version if you wish. In 2008, we'll begin making the new My eBay the default for more of our members.

Sincerely,

Blair Hamilton
My eBay

***Original: The New My eBay - Initial Beta Invitation***

August 29, 2007 | 03:08PM PST/PT

Blair Hamilton

Hello everyone...I'm Blair Hamilton, a product manager for My eBay. It's a big week around here for the My eBay team! We're thrilled to announce the beta launch of the new My eBay. (You may have read about the new My eBay at www.ebay.com/sneakpeek or seen our eBay Chatter blog post.)

After months and months of research, product design and development, and many discussions with buyers and sellers, we're excited for members to start kicking the tires. Over the next few days, we'll be inviting a small percentage of Community members to experience the new My eBay beta. People in this randomly selected group should receive an email in My Messages very soon.

This beta invitation is completely optional, and you can enter and leave the new beta at any time. However, your participation in the beta is really important to us, and we hope you will use the new functionality, and let us know what you think.

Didn't receive an invitation? Don't worry – you can join the beta soon! We'll be extending our invitation to join the beta to more members in the next several weeks.

As I said, we really want and need your input and feedback! Plus, we hope you are excited to try this new experience, too. Some of the more noteworthy and exciting features of the new My eBay that I hope inspire you include:

Item Preview – View pertinent details and larger pictures of an item you are watching or bidding on without going to the view item page.
Re-bid from My eBay - Increase your max bid without leaving My eBay.
Meet the Seller - See a snapshot of critical seller information such as Detailed Seller Ratings, and links to a Seller's eBay Store or other items.
Personal notes for all your items - Leave yourself helpful reminders, such as "this is the size I need" or "this is the color Mom wants."
Personalized item recommendations - Based on your previous activity, eBay will offer new suggestions for items you might like.

Tentative Launch Plans
Everyone at eBay understands how important My eBay is to buyers and sellers. For many people, My eBay is the hub of their daily eBay activity. Because it's so central, we want to make sure you know what to expect during the launch.

We're taking a slow, cautious approach to testing and rolling this out to the Community. We've shared our tentative timeline below, although these times and plans can change if we encounter unexpected issues:

Next few days - Less than 1% of our members will be invited to opt in to our Beta.
Early September - An increased number of eBay members will be able to opt-in to see the new My eBay beta. You will be able to "opt-out," or switch back to the current My eBay experience, as often and whenever you like.
End of October - Additional features will be added to the new My eBay.
Early 2008 – Start to migrate buyers and sellers to the new My eBay.

As always, your feedback and support is appreciated. Stay tuned for upcoming workshops and more My eBay news. And please send us your thoughts, comments, ideas at myebaybeta@ebay.com.

Sincerely,

Blair Hamilton
Product Manager, My eBay

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