eBay Launches “ToGo” Widgets For Any ListingAs you can see with the embedded Flash widget above, eBay is now letting users embed information about any listing or group of listings directly into a website. Their hope is to encourage bloggers and social network users who discuss famous listings to embed the information right into the page. The service will be available at togo.ebay.com this morning.
There are three types of widgets. Example of all three can be seen on this test blog set up by eBay. The first, embedded above, shows information on a single listing. users can mouse over the seller to get additional information, or do a search with the results returned within the widget itself. Users can also clone the widget for their own site. There is no requirement that the person creating the widget be the seller of the item.
The second type of widget shows up to ten separate items. The pictures rotate in a slide show, and when a viewer clicks on one, it replaces the slideshow with information about that item in the same format as the first widget. The third type of widget shows picture results based on a search query. Like the second widget, clicking on any picture shows information about that listing.
These widgets are just for fun and to generate discussion around interesting auctions, not for revenue generation by publishers. Ebay provides affiliate tools at affiliates.ebay.com and the company says that they will evolve those tools separately over time to meet the requests of affiliates. See our recent post on AuctionAds (one of our current sponsors) for eBay listing widgets that pay out affiliate fees.
Robert Scoble interviewed the team and got a demo:
@mrjyn
August 18, 2009
eBay Launches “ToGo” Widgets For Any Listing
Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe For Sale - Current bid: US $4,503,100.00 - eBay "Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe"
Here
opportunity to spend your eternal
Marilyn
Monroe
Current bid: US $4,503,100.00
End time: 25-Aug-09 05:00:00 AEST (5 days 18 hours)
Item location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
History: 12 bids
High bidder: 3***n( 308Feedback score is 100 to 499)
Monroe
Current bid: US $4,503,100.00
(approximately AU $5,487,235.73)
(Enter US $4,503,200.00 or more)
End time: 25-Aug-09 05:00:00 AEST (5 days 18 hours)
Item location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
History: 12 bids
High bidder: 3***n( 308Feedback score is 100 to 499)
Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe.
This crypt in the famous Westwood Cemetary in West Los Angeles currently occupied above Marilyn Monroe is being vacated so as to make room for a new resident. "Spending Eternity next to Marilyn Monroe is too sweet to pass up", recently quoted by Hugh Heffner, who has reserved his place in eternity next to her. The lucky bidder will be deeded a piece of real estate that he or she will make their last address. And below you will be Marilyn Monroe. In fact the person occupying the address right now is looking face down on her.
On Aug-17-09 at 21:01:14 PDT, seller added the following information:
Upon the recipt of Good Funds the money will be held in a third party tust account (or escrow) unitil crypt is available and grant deed is issued to the buyer. Funds will only be released to the seller when buyer receives a a grant deed executed by the seller. Seller warants the authenticity of the grant deed. Seller is resposible for all costs and tranfer fees associated with the transaction and the costs to delver the vacant crypt.
On Aug-18-09 at 12:48:06 PDT, seller added the following information:
- The other well known celebrities sharing their eternal resting place right with Marilyn include:
Dean Martin
- Natalie Wood Peggy Lee
- Donna Reed Mel Torme
- Roy Orbison George C. Scott
- Carroll O'Connor Burt Lancaster
- Jack Lemon Eve Arden
- Walter Matthau Dorothy Stratten
- Don Knotts Daryl F. Zanuck
- Eddie Albert Cornel Wilder
- Bob Crane Richard Conte
- Richard Basehart Sammy Cahn
- Frank Zappa Lew Ayres
- Jim Backus Sebastion Cabot
- Minnie Ripperton Billy Wilder
- John Cassavavetes Fanny Brice
- Rodney Dangerfield And a lot more.......
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