Why is eBay doing away with “Good till Cancelled” listings with multi-variations? Apparently eBay is discontinuing the “Good till Canceled” feature for multi-variation listings. Although it has not taken effect yet, some of my “Good till Canceled” listings were canceled yesterday. I received no notice as to why my listings were canceled. I had to call eBay support to find out why my listings were canceled. Some of my multi-variation “Good till Canceled” listings are my best sellers and items that I carry all the time. So my cookie cutters with variations and many of my other listings will be canceled. I have many customers who have these items on their watch list, and I will lose my long sales history on these items which builds customer trust. In addition, the current on-hand amount will not carry over if I need to relist these items every month. Multi-variation listings (like my cookie cutters) make it much easier for customers to see all of the variations in one listing which can increase sales (and fees/profit for eBay). Many of my customers purchase more than one cookie cutter at a time. Discontinuing active “Good till Cancelled” listings with multi-variations will also further clutter searches for so many items like: cookie cutters, icing tips, sunglasses, caps, shirts, bathing suits, shoes, jewelry, scarves, etc. with different sizes, colors, or shapes. What difference does it make to eBay if a listing is 30 days or “Good till Canceled”-NONE. It will though make it much more difficult for sellers and for buyers- especially our repeat buyers who put items on their watch list for future purchases.
