We’re working on a simplified mobile listing experience for sports trading cards
We’re currently rolling out a new listing flow in the eBay App, specifically for sports trading cards listed in the Trading Cards Singles category. Select sellers will be automatically opted-in to the new listing flow.
We welcome your feedback and will take it into consideration to improve the listing experience. You can leave feedback in a comment below or via our survey during the listing process. We’ll update you as we expand eligibility and participation in the new listing flow.
As always, thank you for selling on eBay.
22 comments
limitbreakcollect
·2 years agoWhat would be more simple is to just stop "correcting" everything and have a dialog with actual sellers. 12k single trading cards sold and im moving my business elsewhere. Only reason why I started on here was the standard envelope service, and that is getting transferred to many other places.
Glitch after glitch and unanswered problems are just too much for me. From pictures going missing on automatic relisted items, to eBay programming filling out my listings with incorrect information after I manually enter something... Its exhausting and simply not worth it.
This website would be better if it simply had a "hold my hand mode". Give the people AI, autofill, all these new broken features that are promised! Just let me chose not to use them.
legacycoins
·2 years agowhy not do live auctions like Whatnot? which protects their sellers
wildpitchsports
·2 years agoOpt me in why not!
ittybitnot
·2 years ago@community_team
It has been reported that buyers forced into putting up a default payment source before bidding or making an offer are unable to make use of the VAULT as a result. Will this new listing experience attend to that problem or should you tell sellers they need to turn the buyer payment requirements OFF since it seems this would discourage sales from the same buyers you want to attract to this category?
community_team
@ittybitnot Thanks for your question. For buyers participating in auctions for Vault-eligible items, they have the option to still opt-in their purchase for Vault. As a seller, you do not need to turn the buyer payment requirement methods off if your listings are eligible for Vault.
productgenius7
·2 years agoNobody cares
itsjustasprain
·2 years ago@community_team : Feedback includes answering questions and you have received more than a few in this thread already. Please come back to participate.
jujus_warehouse
·2 years agoI have not been able to make variation listings the past couple of days on my computer with any trading cards categories (sports or non-sports), I wonder if this has something to do with this change? I have a big chunk of my inventory tied up in such listings and a very significant amount of time put into making them, I hope you are not doing away with this format and if so it’s a bad time of year to make these changes. Is there a way to see if we’ve been opted in and a way to get out if we have?
siamjane8
·2 years agoAgain.... Why is eBay making major site changes in December? 100% of IT should be on fixing issues in 4rth quarter, NOT introducing more glitches and bugs during the busiest shopping time of the year....... No other Internet company does this..... Ever... For a reason.....
toomuchstuffagain35
·2 years agoWell...there's Etsy.
wildpitchsports
·2 years agoClear your cookies and history. I say that because I have had the experience you described more than once. Sometimes it's better to create a new variation from scratch than try to reuse a template. Also try using the Brave browser. It's much faster than Chrome without the snags for these types of listings. Works wonders.
worldcoinauctions
·2 years agoWhile I list trading cards under another ID, I do not and do not expect to ever use the app and a mobile device to list, ship, or well anything. As long as it doesn't mess with the traditional flow that is fine. Each of my mobile devices is signed into the app with a different account, just for sale alerts, other than that, I dislike them a lot.
ittybitnot
·2 years agoSelect sellers will be automatically opted-in to the new listing flow.
@community_team
Do you mean select sellers will be automatically enrolled? The "opted-in" suggests that members would have a choice or "option" to participate or not.
Is there an "opt-out" feature should the seller not like the 'new listing flow'?
Where can we read about the specifics of this "new feature" compared to what is going on now?
community_team
Hi @ittybitnot! Yes, sellers will be automatically enrolled and the new flow is a guided step-by-step approach. While you cannot opt out, if you have any difficulties accessing any of the listing features, you can save your draft and revise on desktop.
onefootflipper
·2 years agoI didn't know people even listed cards on mobile in the first place. That must be awkward.
sapphire_studio
·2 years agoI list everything that I sell with the mobile app. I eventually plan on listing Pokemon cards and I planned on doing it with the app. I figured it would be easy to scan the cards that way to Auto populate most of the information and just insert the pictures I had taken with the phone. Is there some reason it would be awkward to use mobile to list cards?
onefootflipper
·2 years agoWhen I list cards it is on PC with 3 monitors and a mounted document camera. Camera on one monitor, listing window on another, comp window and card database on the other. I can list in 30 seconds that way if I am listing similar cards, 60 seconds if it is multiple card types. I know a few card store owners and they list the same way.
No matter how good they make the mobile app it will always been limited by lack of keyboard and having only 1 tiny screen.
sapphire_studio
·2 years agoThat makes sense that a computer would be easier if you're using a separate camera. I'm just trying to figure out what my plan of action is going to be to be the most efficient so thanks for sharing your method. I have heard of some people also using scanners. What do you think about that?
wildpitchsports
·2 years agoAre you adding descriptions to your listings or are you using AI or just don't change the descriptions. That's pretty fast!
onefootflipper
·2 years agoI use different templates for listing cards. 98 percent of cards don't need anything other than the basic description template. When it needs something else then I type it in.
community_team
Hi @sapphire_studio! We’re always looking for ways to optimize and help our sellers list faster and this new flow applies to single sports trading cards. If you’re listing Pokemon cards, we recommend checking out our image scanning capabilities on the mobile app. You can learn more here: https://pages.ebay.com/scantolist/
wildpitchsports
·2 years agoIt's easy if you're familiar with the process and can copy & paste descriptions from from say a "notes" feature. I have only done it a handful of times mobile. I am a dinosaur here so I am married to my PC and iPhone camera.