2016 Spring Seller Update

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Hello all, Thanks to all who participated. The 2016 Spring Seller Update Board is now closed to new threads. You can still reply to existing threads. If you haven't read through the Update yet, you can do so here:http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformati...

GTC listings and category changes

Business and industrial category structure was changed quite a lot. A very rough estimate is 5,000 of our listings will be affected. What will happen to GTC listings in a category that was removed or changed? We use ChannelAdvisor so I'm not sure how...

Downgrading to Basic Store. Will I lose search standing?

Increased fees may force me to downgrade from Premium to Basic Store. What are the chances that I will lose some standing in Search. Seems like my store is closed (by eBay) 3-4 days a week lately anyway. Normally have at least 3-4 sales a day; lately...

will insertion fees after store alotments are used chagne?

will insertion fees after store alotments are used chagne? Also will unlimited credits for autions contine? I see no mention of either in the spring update.

Condition description vs item description

As a seller of vintage and OOAK items, I make extensive use of the condition decription field, which is separate from the item description, at least in Turbo Lister. I am referring to the verbage that appears in italics just below the bold "ITEM COND...

Will eBay consider a store between Premium and Anchor?

When I read the announcement today, my first reaction was to wonder how many other sellers are in my boat. I usually have between 3500-4000 items up at one time and now must decide whether to spend $120 a month more and "upgrade" my business or spend...

TOS in Description Question

For many years, ebay sellers have been including their "TOS" (Terms of Service) within the description field. Is this wording routinely excised from Mobile when the buyer is shown the "full" description? (I don't have a mobile device, so I can't chec...

Will you be allowed to use pictures in description box in spring 2017.

I have ben to0ld by 2 reps after calling in to ebay that you will not be able to use pictures in description box spring 2017. I passed this information on to my collages but they do not believe me. First of all is this true?

Buy it Now with Auctions

Will there still be a charge for Buy It Now with the addition of more free auctions in the stores?

Bots creating descriptions???

Will ebay sellers be held responsible for the errors in description summarizations done by eBay bots? I have little faith that a bot can accurately represent, for example, an 1825 antique lead mold with ruffled edges......in 250 characters. I'm not s...

2 Questions for a "Blue" about the shipping supplies coupons for store subscribers.

1. When are the shipping coupons to be issued? The first day of each calendar quarter? The first day of our billing cycle quarter? 2. If the Ebay shipping supplies do not become available within 3 months of the new pricing (aka 1 quarter), do we get ...

Description Best Practices Question , Character Count

Many of my descriptions are fairly short. However, to make them easy to read, I tend to break them up. With spaces between sentences. Pretty much like I just did here. However, I think I read today that a "line break" equals 50 characters. So, it doe...

Resolved! Will the insertion fees remain the same after the free listings are exhausted?

See topic. I didn't see this answered in the FAQs. Currently with my anchor store I pay 5c a listing for BINS and 10c a listing for auctions after my free supply has run out. I didn't exactly see this addressed so I'm assuming that's remaining the sa...

Resolved! WHEN will ebay begin showing the new "Customized" seller generated description summaries on Mobile?

ebay has provided the html code to create a customized description summary in the FAQs of today's Release. if i create a new listing today, and use this code to create a summary, will the summary appear today? Or is there some date in the future when...

Active Content Question For 2017 Update

For the 2016 spring update, eBay states that by fall 2017, all active content will be blocked. So what about GIFs? I use gifs to show a 360 degree view of some products and to also show customers how to use a product, a gif makes it very easy for a c...

Customized Mobile Description Summary Question

I'm trying to understand how the Customized 800 character maximum description summary will DISPLAY on a PC (if it will display at all). I understand it will pop up on a Mobile device as a substitute for the ebay generated 250 character summary. But w...