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Selling items as a lot.

Upon listing items as a lot I found they are treated as individual items by the listing.  What am I doing wrong?

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Selling items as a lot.

Change the quantity to 1 on your listing. 

 

I have never understood the purpose of the 'sell as a lot' function - if you put a quantity of say, 4, it will still show 4 available even when you check the lot option.

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Selling items as a lot.

Change the quantity to 1 on your listing. 

 

I have never understood the purpose of the 'sell as a lot' function - if you put a quantity of say, 4, it will still show 4 available even when you check the lot option.

wooden_flower Volunteer Community Mentor.
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Selling items as a lot.

Thank you for your input.  I thought I was losing my mind.  No matter what I did or how I set it up it still doesn't read correctly when a lot sells.

 

Thanks again.

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Selling items as a lot.

You are choosing the wrong amount in your QUANTITY.

AS currently listed.....via the scrfeenshot.....

you currently have 5 LOTS of  "lot of 6 dolls"  the way you have it set up.      ......30 dolls total....

 

If you were selling EACH of the same exact doll ( ONE doll per lot) you would use the quantity of 5. No need to use the word LOT for  a single item.

 

Since you SOLD 1 lot you will need to just cancel your listing ASAP so no one else buys any more.

 

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@wooden_flower 

 

I have never understood the purpose of the 'sell as a lot' function

 

On my other selling account, I purchased a pallet of shorts.  I packaged them in lots of 3, since I could ship 3 of these polyester shorts in one box.  I listed, for example, 10 available, lot size of 3.  Therefore, I had 30 pairs available for sale.

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@disneyshopper 

 

Thanks for the example.  How this different than just saying in your title 'lot of 3'?  I think it just causes confusion for new sellers on the listing form, without serving any real purpose. The form has 1 quantity field, then a checkbox 'sell as lot'.

 

@ligill-7246 

 

You still need to correct your listings - change the quantities to 1 available.  You're going to wind up having to cancel orders, which is not good for a seller's status.

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Yes, I do agree with you that it can be confusing.  But I think stating Lot of 3 in the title makes it clear that the buyer is getting 3 items.  Some sellers would show all 3 items, but in reality is only shipping one item and expects the buyer to select the one they want, which is NOT the correct way to do this.

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