Active content

[thecoozieguy]

I recieve notices to remove active content. Was told that ebay would remove it by a certain date and that was fine with me but still have it.

I can remove the active content on single listings but is there a way to remove it in bulk. Really don't want to visit 4000 listings

Thank you

[slippinjimmy]

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I recieve notices to remove active content. Was told that ebay would remove it by a certain date and that was fine with me but still have it.

I can remove the active content on single listings but is there a way to remove it in bulk. Really don't want to visit 4000 listings

Thank you

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You may be able to bulk edit but it depends on what specific active content you have.

I ran your listings through the bulk active content scanner and see you have lots of issues, missing Target attribute, insecure links, javascript etc.

Right now your descriptions are hidden because of the Active Content, very soon eBay will simply end your listings that are not in compliance or if they don't end them they will totally wipe out your descriptions, I see 3179 listings that need to be fixed!!!

Run the scanner:

http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentScanner.htm

Then go to the Active Content board for assistance:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Replacing-Active-Content/bd-p/activecontent

[shipscript]

@thecoozieguy

When eBay initiated the ban on active content, they gave sellers some time to remove that content. eBay's first step was to hide the content from displaying. Their next step will be preventing those listings from renewing.

The reason for the lengthy "first step" hiding period is that it is much easier to revise listings in bulk while they are still live. So sellers can more easily use bulk tools too fix listings. Additionally, many seller listings would sell and the problem would disappear for those listings.

Once eBay moves to the stage of blocking your listings, you will have to deal with "ended" listings, and bulk tools will be severely limited.

Thus, it is in your best interest to address all those revisions before eBay ends those listings (by blocking renewal).

As @slippinjimmy  suggested, you do have a lot of listings to address and we would be happy to help you on the Active Content forum.

I took one listing as an example of the types of codes that could be eliminated in one pass. If you look at that one preloaded listing in this tool, where I have preset the filters to remove Active Content and non-eBay links, convert http to https, and remove sellathon and vendio scripts and no-script blocks, you will see what remains:

http://isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm?itm=192447274303&act=true&lnk=true&eby=true&ss...

If you open the above link and scroll down to the "Markup" tab, you will see all those elements color-coded. Then if you open the adjacent "Filtered" tab and click the popup preview, you will see how that remainder will appear in your listing.  The Bulk Active Content Editor can apply the same filters to all of your listings in bulk and generate a revision file for eBay's free File Exchange.  With that one file, you can revise all of your listing descriptions in bulk in about an hour.

If you need help, please visit eBay's Active Content Forum and ask for assistance.