Drafting new variation listings - UPC fields do not populate

[landofthelostandfound2012]

As of today (09/27), I have not been able to list drafted variation listings (e.g. make them go from draft to active).

The UPC field remains blank - it does not matter whether I type in the UPC, choose Does Not Apply from the dropdown menu, or type out 'doesnotapply'.

Everything looks correct, I can hit 'save' all I want -but the UPC field reverts back to being blank when you try to list the draft.

Tried to list on web browser (Chromebook) and mobile browser (with desktop view) - neither will populate the blank UPC fields.

[landofthelostandfound2012 · Accepted solution]

Solved it by myself, in the end.

Turns out it has nothing to do with the UPC - it's that my option names were too long.

But instead of showing THAT as the error (or setting a character limit in the first place), eBay's error shows in the UPC field.

Hope this might help someone in the future.

Now if only we had a way to revise EXISTING option names...