{"id":949,"date":"2026-07-06T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:19:46","slug":"how-to-prevent-ad-blockers-from-removing-ebay-tracking-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/how-to-prevent-ad-blockers-from-removing-ebay-tracking-links\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent Ad Blockers from Removing eBay Tracking Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are able to offer our services and some upgrades for free because eBay pays us when we refer visitors to their website using our special links.<\/p>\n<p>Some desktop browser extensions can block or change our tracking links and prevent eBay from recognizing our referral.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Test your browser extensions.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Click this test link:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ebay.com\/?campid=NOT-BLOCKED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/ebay.com\/?campid=NOT-BLOCKED<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nExpected result: You should see <strong>campid=NOT-BLOCKED<\/strong> in the address bar.<\/p>\n<p>When the eBay page opens, check the address bar for the tracking code.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-963\" src=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test8-300x200.png\" alt=\"Browser Ad Blocker Test\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test8-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test8.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Tracking link missing? Here&#8217;s how to fix it.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Instructions for allowing eBay website links in ad blocker extensions<\/strong><br \/>\nClick on the icon for the ad blocker extension you want to edit.<br \/>\n(If the icon is not visible on the toolbar, you can click the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blocker_test7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" \/> icon to access the extensions list.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-961\" src=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test11.png\" alt=\"uBlock Origin\" width=\"150\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test11.png 870w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test11-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test11-768x215.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Google Chrome &#8211; uBlock Origin Lite<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile on the eBay website, click the extension icon in the browser and select <strong>no filtering <\/strong>for eBay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-960\" src=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test9-300x212.png\" alt=\"uBlock Google Chrome settings\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test9-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test9-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test9-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test9.png 1356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After changing the settings, come back to this page and test again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mozilla Firefox &#8211; uBlock Origin<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile on the eBay website, click the extension icon and click the blue power button to disable filtering for ebay.com.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-958\" src=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test10-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test10-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test10-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test10-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blocker_test10.png 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After changing the settings, come back to this page and test again.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1269\">Using a different browser extension?<\/strong> The process is usually similar\u2014allow or disable filtering for ebay.com.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"197txj9\" data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"622\">AdGuard<\/h2>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1pf5158\" data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"640\">Ghostery<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-section-id=\"nxfbbf\" data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"663\">Brave Shields<\/h2>\n<p>If you found your eBay links being blocked, or have any questions, please <strong><a href=\"\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let me know<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are able to offer our services and some upgrades for free because eBay pays us when we refer visitors to their website using our special links. Some desktop browser extensions can block or change our tracking links and prevent eBay from recognizing our referral. Test your browser extensions. Click this test link: https:\/\/ebay.com\/?campid=NOT-BLOCKED Expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-949","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedsearches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}