What's Most Popular on eBay, as Voted by Users

The WatchCount.com Widget is for eBay sellers: it automatically displays your item's current Watch Count within the body of your listing. Here's an example Widget, using one of the available skins and default wording:
To see an example of a WatchCount.com Widget within a live eBay listing, click here then scroll down to the item description area. (Click here for another example on eBay — again, down toward the bottom of the page.) Feel free to contact us if you'd like to see more live Widget examples.

The WatchCount.com Widget is extremely quick and easy to install! It's free, and there's nothing to download or install on your computer. Nor do you register for it, configure it (unless you wish to customize) or give out your email address to us.
Simply copy-paste the below HTML code into any or all eBay listings you'd like to have automatically display Watch Counts. That's it! You can even append it to a currently active listing.
(If you need a hand with this, feel free to email us — we're happy to help.)

HTML Code for the WatchCount.com Widget:

A listing's Watch Count can be thought of as a measure of item popularity within the eBay community. The Watch Count of an item accumulates when registered, logged-in users actively click on one of the "Watch This Item" links in a listing, effectively making it a scoring metric of sorts — a vote.
Normally this figure is for sellers' eyes only, but you may want to entice shoppers and build interest in your item by revealing its Watch Count — how many registered eBay users have taken the time to flag the item for watching. The WatchCount.com Widget colorfully shows this number to them, which often grows throughout the course of the listing's duration, potentially increasing perceived value and bidding pressure. (What if the item's Watch Count is low? Know that you can easily configure the Widget to automatically hide itself for low numbers.)

You can place the Widget anywhere in the item listing description you'd like. After you've completed that, you're done! (Some sellers just include the Widget HTML code as a standard part of their listing templates.) Note that unless you're using a very ancient version of the Widget HTML code, the Widget does not link away from your listing, as you can see in this live example on eBay.
If you preview your listing before making it live, you won't yet see the Widget. Once the listing is formally created and issued a new eBay listing number, the Widget is prepared to appear but will initially likely be hidden for a time, until the listing reaches a certain eBay-defined "popularity threshold" (usually this is at the item's first bid). After that crossover point you'll see the Widget appear, always displaying the current Watch Count. It'll remain visible until the listing ends, when it then automatically disappears.
When users add themselves as a watcher of that item, the Widget will accrue a +1 count (after a few-minute caching delay). The Watch Count figure shown within the Widget is the same figure you can see in your My eBay page under the column "Number of Watchers". Quick tip: You can add yourself as a watcher of your own listing by clicking any Watch Link!
Note that the Widget is not a simple web page view/hit counter. Instead it's an emblem of popularity, reflecting the cumulative interest in your item expressed by fellow eBay users.
It's also important to note that the Widget works best with Auction Style, multiple-quantity Fixed Price, and Classified Ad format listings; less so for Store Inventory and single-quantity Fixed-Price items (it'll often just be hidden in those latter cases, as eBay limits availability of Watch Count data).
Also included alongside the Widget is a Dynamic Watch This Item Link which encourages visitors to add the item to their Watch List — and automatically does so when clicked. You can optionally and easily replace (or remove) the "Watch This Item" image with your own custom graphic or formatted text without losing functionality.

Your use of the WatchCount.com Widget constitutes your acceptance of our Terms of Service. If you have more questions about the Widget, please have a peek at the Widget FAQ. You may also want to cruise on over to our Widget Customizations page to learn how to easily make certain alterations to the Widget to do things like: