ERROR: "To add this attribute, remove the value added for it in Item Specifics" | Selling

lewisweaver · 2024-11-03T17:41:44.246000Z

Ebay will not let me add a variation attribute whose name is the same as an item specific. No matter which way I do it, will give me this error: "To add this attribute, remove the value added for it in Item Specifics." I had the same problem as this person, but I was able to take it a step further before eBay blocked me by selecting a different category that doesn't have the item specific I'm trying to add as an attribute, allowing me to create the variation attribute but not allowing me to list. I start by creating the listing via the advanced selling tool, and then type whatever in the title. I then select a category that doesn't have my attribute, "Type," such as "Home & Garden > Other Home & Garden." I then "Continue without a match." I can now create my variation attribute and name it "Type." This way I have tricked eBay into not realizing that it wants to block me from creating the variation attribute with this name. However, when I change my category to one that I actually want to use and normally has the "Type" as an item specific, in this case "Home & Garden > Home Improvement > Building & Hardware > Doors & Door Hardware > Door Knobs & Levers," when I try to list it gives me this error and prevents me from listing. When I go delete the attribute and try to re-add it, or if I create the listing with the desired category, I get this error. The reason I want to make the attribute have this name is so that people can find it when they filter for it in search. If I figure out a way to do this, will it even work this way or will it treat the attribute I created as something different even if it has the exact same name as the item specific? For example, if I create the variation attribute "Type" and name the options "Privacy door lever" and "Passage door lever," will it be searchable with the filters like this? Thanks.

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