The websites that I occasionally check to see which items have the "most watchers" on eBay are not working. Has anyone else noticed that? Does anyone know of any sites where it is currently working?
I just saw this on watchcount.com:
http://www.watchcount.com/news.php#mw-outageMost Watched Items Searches are Offline
Posted: 29-Mar-2017 | Revised: 24-Apr-2017
Update: The problems continue and now impact category-based MW searches as well. Zero Watch Counts may be returned.
Sadly, over the past few days our eBay Most Watched (MW) Items search tools have been mostly non-functional, affecting keywords-based searches. Searching with any phrase often brings up zero search results. This can be seen on our homepage MW search tool as well as on our MW Advanced Search page.
This downtime is due to problems with eBay's data feeds that they allocate to us as part of their API/developer platform, for retrieving and displaying MW items on our website. We've contacted them seeking repair, and we're told they're working on it.
We've placed an outage alert notice on our homepage that appears when MW searches are attempted. Once eBay fixes the problem (whether it takes days, weeks, or months), and we're done testing to confirm all's well, we'll be sure to remove that yellow notice.
This eBay API data feed failure also affects the display of Watch Counts in other places on our site, such as in our eBay Item Lookup tool. MW searches in our WordPress plugin may also be impacted.
We're disappointed that we can't offer MW searches right now, as that's the hallmark of our website; but our hands are tied until eBay makes necessary repairs. Once they fix things, MW searches should immediately begin working again on our site.
In the meantime, you may consider using alternative search tools we offer that aren't impacted by the data feed failure.PS: It's kinda interesting to see some of the posts from the days of yore, that seemed to ruffle feathers... about the number of watchers and/or bidders, and the sales logic and etiquette (outing auctions, etc.) associated with those numbers.
