I have gone into settings for the Values page and changed Show/Hide eBay links to Hide all eBay links but still showing on new books added.
Ols and new entries are both still showing link.
Does anyone know if there is something else I need to change?
Thanks
Judy
I am having the same problem. Have changed settings to hide all ebay links. However, whilst the link does not show in the books details, it still appears in the page tab when editing or looking at deatils for each book.
Yes, the links always show up in the Value tab of the Edit Book screen.
As we figure they are not “in the way” there and also the most useful there.
Guess we were wrong 
We will add an extra setting to hide the eBay links from there too.
Just curious, what is the reason you don’t like to see the links? Not useful for you?
Genuine question, as we have seen some more complaints and am currently at the point of maybe removing this feature completely.
YES! Alwin if you want to?
Okay, but you did not answer my question:
Just curious, what is the reason you don’t like to see the links? Not useful for you?
Hi Alwin,
I could not understand what it had to do with my book collection. Yes I have purchased books via eBay. Does this benefit you? How?
When i clicked on the link it took me to eBay but says Link not found
Takes me to ebay in US - I am UK based.
I am just a bit confused as to the benefits to either you or me
Have a good afternoon - off to watch the tennis then the Womens Euros tonight
Judy
The introduction of this feature was all about the benefit for the user.
The “find on eBay” links in the details panel is indeed a new and OPTIONAL feature that we introduced recently.
The details panel for your CLZ Web software now includes automatically generated eBay search links, next to the cover image, that let you search eBay to find listings for that particular item.
These eBay links can be useful for two reasons:
Of course, this feature is OPTIONAL. To switch it OFF completely:
This new “eBay links” feature was based on feedback we saw from users of our comic database software and, in lesser numbers, from our game collecting users.
Comic and game collector are using eBay all the time to determine an estimate value of collectibles, when buying or when selling. AND they like to use Ebay to actually buy comics or games they are still missing in their collection.
So we thought it would be great to facilitate that behaviour and introduce automatic ready-made eBay search links, to instantly find either “for sale” items (to buy) or “sold listings” (to determine value).
So spend a short time building these links, with these collectors in mind.
And in the end, we figured we’d roll this out for all five CLZ Web flavors. We had done the investment of development time anyway… and we thought it would be useful for music, movie and book collectors too.
But, apparently, that’s was our big mistake
Big big mistake…
The feedback for the Music edition of CLZ Web was particularly bad, so we have already decided to completely REMOVE the feature there. We may do the same for the Movie and Book editions, not sure yet, as we did see 1 or 2 happy users there.
And yes, we are using eBay partner links, which means we may get commision on possible purchases through that link. We figure, it doesn’t cost users anything and if we can earn enough “free money” for a month team dinner, hey, everybody wins.
But oh boy… we were very wrong there too It seems some users are really upset by the links being affiliate links and CLZ making a few cents on a possible purchase.
I briefly considered making an extra setting under Settings to optionally remove the affiliate codes from the links. But if we decide to remove the feature completely for the music, movie and book editions, I may not have to bother with that.
Takes me to ebay in US - I am UK based.
There is an option under Settings that lets you select your preferred eBay site.
When i clicked on the link it took me to eBay but says Link not found
That is strange. Which book in your collection was that for?
Hi, ALwyn. One reason I brought this up was that I am not a great EBay fan, and this particular feature has no benefit for me. The other reason is that after I changed the setting to hide the Ebay Links I thought it would have removed the links everywhere. When I still saw it on the Values page I thought perhaps that might have been an oversight when the feature was developed. Personally I would prefer to have the feature removed altogether, but if there is a demand for it then it is not a big issue for me.
Quoted from today’s email:
Two weeks ago, we introduced the new “Automatic eBay search links” in your CLZ Web software. After launch, we received quite a bit of feedback about this feature, both positive and… let me say… less positive
So we sat down, went over all feedback, and then came up with some tweaks to make everyone happy!
First, I have to repeat: this feature is OPTIONAL.
Most users love having the quick and easy access to eBay listings for their collectibles, either to:
- easily get a feel for an item’s value, by finding its Completed/Sold listings on eBay.
- easily find available copies on eBay, useful for your wish list items.
However, if you don’t see the value in this, if you don’t find this useful, then you can easily DISABLE this feature in the CLZ Web’s Settings screen, on the bottom right, under “eBay search links”.
Here’s what we changed and added in today’s update:
- Details panel link next to cover image: we remove the eBay logo, so that the link is less “in your face” and more subtle.
- Link text will now shows where it takes you (“find on eBay” vs “find sold listings on eBay”)
- New optional position: on the toolbar of the details panel (ON by default, switch it OFF in Settings)
- New optional position: add the eBay link as a column in the List View
- Settings: when disabling the entire feature, the rest of the settings are instantly hidden, as they don’t apply anymore.
- Settings: when disabling the entire feature, the eBay link is now also removed from the Value tab of the Edit screen.
