80 Character titles.....is this a joke, or what?

[volksdeutscher]

eBay says that titles can be up to 80 characters long, yet when I attempt to put in longer titles, I'm restricted to around 68. Does anyone have any thoughts on that or is it now just the policy. It's very aggravating when I want to get a detailed description out there to find that I don't, it seems, have that option.

[wastingtime101]

Can you give an example of a rejected title? I've never been forced to use less than 80 title characters.

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It's very aggravating when I want to get a detailed description out there to find that I don't, it seems, have that option.

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Description is a separate field with a much larger character limit. But if you meant 'descriptive title' and not 'description' then you can ignore this part of my post.

[mtgraves7984]

I've never had it give me less than 80. Counting, of course, spaces, punctuation, acronyms, etc. Hmmm... 🤔

[earthdreamer]

Spaces are counted as characters. If you have 12 spaces in your title, and 68 visible characters, this amounts to a total of 80.

[lamber9347]

Bizarre, I get 80 characters which I tend to use all of as well. I've never been restricted to less, ever....

[1786davycrockett]

Over all the years during which eBay has permitted sellers to use 80 characters in the item titles, I have never encountered being limited to less than 80.

You are aware that each blank space in a title is counted as a character, right?

[wastingtime101]

OP got 78 characters in this listing title:

Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Wilderness Survival Guide 35" x 23" Poster

And 78 in this listing title:

Lot of Three US Political Campaign Coins Jackson, Harrison and Hancock 19th c.

Also got 78 in this one - could have saved some space by eliminating commas and apostrophes:

Invicta Men's, White Dial, Gold Case, Leather Band Chronograph Watch 14330 NWOT

[iamalwaysright]

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@volksdeutscher wrote:

eBay says that titles can be up to 80 characters long, yet when I attempt to put in longer titles, I'm restricted to around 68. Does anyone have any thoughts on that or is it now just the policy. It's very aggravating when I want to get a detailed description out there to find that I don't, it seems, have that option.

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No. A joke would be if they restricted you to 69.

[listedla]

the same -- Ebay simply cut off titles to 68 char from previous 80 -- it was never even mentioned !!

But pushing this $$ promotion for listing instead 

[pjcdn2005]

I checked 2 of your 3 listing posted today.  2 of them had 80 characters in the title. The third one had 68 characters but when I clicked on ‘sell one now’ I was able add more letters.

[slippinjimmy]

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@listedla wrote:

the same -- Ebay simply cut off titles to 68 char from previous 80 -- it was never even mentioned !!

But pushing this $$ promotion for listing instead 

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Your most recent listing...

Welt der Kunst~HANS MEMLING~Prin1977Hardcover German~Religion Art Paintings~RARE

This Title has more than 68 characters!

FYI - Those "~" are probably messing up your search results.