50 of the same item, what does eBay count it as?

[stuff_from_dylan]

I've never sold in bulk, so I'm wondering if I list 50 in stock of a certain item, will eBay count that as 50/50 for the free-monthly limit or will that only count as 1/50?

[mam98031]

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@tellmemama wrote:

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@fashunu4eeuh wrote:

Hi, just to clarify, eBay has a duplicate listing policy. It states that a seller cannot have more than one identical item up as a fixed price listing at a time. Below is a link. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/duplicate-listings-policy?id=4255

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Yes but I don't think the OP plans on making 50 separate listings.  S/he is allowed to offer multi quantity in one listing.

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I don't think that is what they meant.  But just as a clarification if one were to choose to try to put up 50 listings for the same item.  

However as we know some sellers are able to do duplicate listings.  If they have a sell through rate high enough Ebay lets them do it.  You can see this clearly in the jewelry categories and how many listings the Asian sellers will have posted for the same item.

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And some sellers list the exact same thing, and sneak around the 'duplicate" restriction by just assigning a # to the listing in the title such as 3654, 3655, 3657, 3658...............................   , or just add/change a word.

I sell some things that are identical except for the color. They do not fall into a "variations" category, so just the word change for the color keeps them from being "flagged", or "hidden from search" as duplicates.

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There is only so much bots can do.  I would be enormously expensive to have humans review every one of the listings getting posted to Ebay.  

I know that variation listings only apply in certain categories.  What category do you sell in that needs to be added to the approved list?