Store Categories Error Page
Hello - We're relatively new sellers and have been very pleased so far with eBay, but as I've been setting up my storefront, I've tried a number of times over the past week to set up Store Categories and each time have received an error page saying that eBay's servers are down...which seems unlikely since that's the only time I've been getting that message.
Is there something on my end I need to do to fix this? I've cleared my cache, checked over my listings and settings to make sure I haven't clicked on something weird, etc, but I can't seem to see anything.
It's not an emergency of course, but I do like having the opportunity to make store categories for collectors looking for particular subjects.
Thank you in advance for any advice!
20 comments
sutterandstpbooks
OP10 months agoHey y'all - just to say it looks like this has been fixed. Thanks!
chapeau-noir
·10 months ago@sutterandstpbooks You're off to a good start!
You've got a more interesting selection than a lot of booksellers - if i weren't trying to sell down my own collection (we have two libraries in the house) I'd be haunting it, but if I bring any more books in here the house may collapse.
sutterandstpbooks
OP10 months agoThank you so much!! From a fellow bookperson that mean a lot to us. 🙂 Also, there's no such thing as too many books (haha...I say when we've got a house full and *cough* two storage units and might have to start sleeping in the yard)! I mean, not to enable...but also...yes, to enable. 😄 lol. But sincerely, thank you.
cectoken
·10 months agoDid you ever get this fixed? I'm having the same issue.
mam98031
·10 months ago@sutterandstpbooks
Why do you have a store? Is it a Starter Store or a Basic Store?
chapeau-noir
·10 months ago? seems an odd question? They have 275 items listed.
mam98031
·10 months agoNot so odd. If you look at the listings they now have listed, the vast majority were just listed. They weren't there when I posted my question. So not an odd question with the info that was available at the time of the post.
chapeau-noir
·10 months agoIt seemed evident to me that they were just setting up their store.
mam98031
·10 months agoGreat. It appears you are right. But at the time I made the post, that information was not available. Apparently my crystal ball simply wasn't working correctly. Could be all the wind outside disturbing the vibes.
chapeau-noir
·10 months agoNo need for a crystal ball when one can simply assist the individual with an answer to their question without extraneous comments. Sometimes I really don't understand this forum.
mam98031
·10 months agoI have no idea why you are so hung up on this. It isn't like we haven't seen new sellers open up stores when they didn't need them. Congratulations, you have more information when you made your post than I had when I made mine. It really is that simple and not hard to understand. But for some reason this really bothers you and it shouldn't. There was nothing wrong with either of our posts.
powell-collectibles
·10 months agoOP has plenty of items to justify a store. And, no justification needed.
mam98031
·10 months agoI'm sure you noticed that @chapeau-noir and I had a discussion about this already. I suggest you read the posts and get caught up.
powell-collectibles
·10 months ago*sigh*
mam98031
·10 months agoWhy? As I explained to Chapeau, when I made my post the OP had only a few listings posted. I was not aware that they were going to post a couple hundred more listings. There was no way for me to know that at the time of my post. Not sure why you think I should have know or how I was suppose to know that.
*sigh*
powell-collectibles
·10 months agoI didn’t state that you should have looked or should have known. I’m just pointing out that the seller has plenty of listings to justify a store, and that no justification is needed. I’ve had a store when I had consistently less than 100 items for sale. That store actually did really well for me – zero complaints. The expense was really small compared to what I was pulling in on that ID. It made sense to have things categorized and laid out in the right way. It made sense to be able to offer certain things that were only available with a store.
mam98031
·10 months agoPlease stop. You are making something that should be a non issue into an issue because this is what you like to do. 🙄
hardrhymer76
·10 months agoThis has been reported here on these forums by a few others lately. It seems to be an account-level glitch that doesn't affect everyone (I can access and edit my Store Categories). I recommend reporting this to eBay by using the "?" icon found on most pages of the main site. The more people that report it, the more likely (and sooner) it will be addressed.
sutterandstpbooks
OP10 months agoAppreciate it, thank you! It helps just to know it's not just me. 🙂
S