Why aren’t eBay named as a Google Marketplace Partner?

Google have announced the full launch of the Google Product Search Marketplace Partner program with the initial partner marketplaces being eBid, eCrater, and Etsy. This replaces the need for individual merchants to upload their own marketplace listings to Google product search (Google Shopping). Individual Marketplace sellers are now no longer able to upload their own listings so it’s essential that the marketplace they trade on do this on their behalf.

I have to admit to being somewhat surprised at the absence of eBay in the list of partners – does this mean that eBay aren’t currently submitting product feeds to Google or is it a given that eBay listings are included in Google Shopping results?

A quick test for some of my own eBay listings does show them appearing in Google Product Search, so at least some, if not all, are being included. What about your listings though? Are your eBay fixed price listings appearing on Google or are eBay feeds not currently being uploaded?

3 Responses on "Why aren’t eBay named as a Google Marketplace Partner?"

1. 1
   whirly says:

   November 10, 2009 at 1:12 pm

   All my eBay stock seems to be listed on Google products. I don’t do anything to put it there as far as I know.
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   Anish says:

   November 10, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   Unfortunately out of a few hundred listings only 5-10 appear on google product search.

   Never uploaded a feed to google. Unfortunatley competitors products on google are appearing in their full glory!

   Anything I can do? Do you think discussing with eBay would help.

   But I would like to point out that sales are still quite strong and not seen any reduction in sales.
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     jules says:

     November 12, 2009 at 5:09 am

     only about 5% of ours appearing