Some removed listings for violations are actually clickable and live | Selling

iamalwaysright · 2026-06-25T07:07:54.453233Z

In the Research Products section, when searching for listings that sold, often times I see some listings in the results that have been removed with the status “This listing has been removed for a policy violation.” And instead of the title and gallery photo, it just shows the default photo thumbnail and the listing number on the search results.How come sometimes that listing is clickable? And when I click into the listing it shows that the listing is live and currently for sale? It hasn’t been removed. Did those listings get successfully appealed and reinstated somehow? I thought when a removed listing violation successfully gets appealed the listing itself stays gone but the seller is just permitted to list the item again under a new listing number. If so, then what’s happening to the listings I’m able to click onto?

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