About listing descriptions

[smstore27]

Currently I am using google docs and eBay editor for creating description of my listings. But I want more professional and attractive description creating methods that is allowed by ebay. It will be a great help for growing my business in eBay. Finally I am suggesting eBay to improve description editor.

[pjcdn2005 · Accepted solution]

 I'm not sure what sort of design editor you would like to see but I think that a description that is easy to read, gives all the needed information and has no clutter is more  important than a fancy format.     

I do think that for most items, the gallery pictures are more than enough and that pics in the bottom part of the listing can just be annoying. Many people are using small devices to shop and they just want to see the info with a little scrolling as possible.  I'm on my PC right now which has a fairly large screen and I still have to scroll to see your whole description area.  You do have quite a few broken links in your listings as well.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Plain text, left justified, use bullet points if desired.

No doodads, no scrolly things, no fancy borders, no varying text colors, no extra images, no extraneous type.

Plain and simple beats overly complex any day of the week when it comes to an internet listing nowadays.

[fashunu4eeuh]

Hi @smstore27 

@southern*sweet*tea  outlined perfectly what needs to be done in the description field. I completely agree. Your listings look good, but the description field needs only the information about the item. The product description. Some of the other extraneous verbiage included about Shipping and Feedback isn't important. Succinct is best. Please left-justify your text. What Sweet Tea described is how eBay wants it done.

I would take out the paragraphs about Feedback, and especially delete the sentence about negative feedback. Ebay prefers sellers not reference feedback at all in our listings. In fact, it is policy:

"Any attempt to manipulate feedback or Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) is not allowed. This includes:

• Referencing eBay feedback in a listing title or description"

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/feedback-policies/feedback-manipulation-policy?id=4231

So while it is great that you are putting so much effort into your listings, sometimes less is more.