Best way to end a listing and save it for a few months to relist later?

[ltcsells]

So, I have some items that I would like to not list as active for about 5-6 months.  What is the best way for me to do this while retaining my photos?

I've tried ending some and saving as drafts in the past but eBay eventually deletes my photos before I can relist them.

Thanks!

[evry1nositswindy]

You can't.  Unsolds are only held for 3 months, 2 months for drafts (I think).  I rotate some of my listings, so right now I am relisting some from January before they disappear April 1.  I am old school, so I keep my descriptions in Word and keep my photos on my computer.   I then keep a master list of where my photos are and make new listings.    There is no easy answer!

[ltcsells]

That would be a great solution however my photos never make it to my computer.  I take photos on my phone and upload them from there. 

Now if only there were an easy  way to download all of my photos (not saving them one by one) from my listings ...

[drusalina]

Copy your HTML description to google docs or a word program.  You will have to fill in the rest of the specifics and price, but at least you have the description saved.   There are other older selling sites that save your listings forever even after they are sold and until  you delete them. 

[bigdeals.etc]

Before 90 days are up on an ended listing, just relist it and immediately end it again. The 90 day clock will reset since it technically is a new listing. If the work to start a new listing from scratch is worth more than the insertion fee of one listing... I’d totally do this method.

[slippinjimmy]

There are a few ways this can be done........

You can use the scheduling option, schedule as far ahead as is allowed and then before that date arrives go in  and reschedule.

Perhaps a better option is to enable the Out Of Stock option (in Site Preferences) on your listings, revise the listings to 0 quantity available. eBay will let them run for 3 - 4 months buy eventually they will end the listing but it will go to your Unsolds and you have another 60 days to relist.

This will eat up a few of your available free listings but that generally isn't much of a problem given the number of included (free) listings available these days.

Keep in mind, this will effect all your listings including ones that actually sell so you will need to delete those listings manually.

[toysaver]

Save as draft; resume the draft every 3-4 weeks and save again.  It takes seconds.  

[bigdeals.etc]

I think unsolds stay for 90 days no?

[slippinjimmy]

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@bigdeals.etc wrote:

I think unsolds stay for 90 days no?

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Don't know.....I use SixBit for listing so I have every single listing since April 2001 available to reuse as needed.

[luckythewinner]

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@ltcsells wrote:

So, I have some items that I would like to not list as active for about 5-6 months.  What is the best way for me to do this while retaining my photos?

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How many items are we talking about? 

If it is only a few and you have some free listing available, you can just list them momentarily every couple of months,  and then immediate end them. That will keep them in your "ended listings" and make them available for relisting later. 

[robxznyc]

From site preferences select yes next to "use the out-of-stock-option". After this, once your listing sells it won't be removed from your active listings page, but will be hidden from buyer's searches. You can also manually change the listing quantity to zero when you want to temporarily hide a listing. When they become available update the quantity and they will be viewable again.