Dealing with copycat listings

[the_ephemera_remix]

A few months back I started putting my store name in the custom details as a watermark to see how many people were copying my listings...

 It turns out, quite a lot. They all come up if I enter my store name as a search term. I've decided to tweak it a little to take advantage of their laziness...

 I may as well get some free advertising out of it...

[ryry-jj]

That was a cool idea.  "Sell similar" and copying has been going on for years.  Once we list, I believe the listings actually belongs to eBay and they allow for others to benefit from "our" already created listing

[the_ephemera_remix]

As a follow-up, the AI descriptions in the cloned listings are now pulling my store name from the copied over information... 

 

[quicksilverdiecast]

Copyright and watermark everything

[my_boston_baked_beans]

Sellers used to be able to report copied listings, and I think you still can.. There is a place right hand side that states "REPORT LISTING" with a pull down menu. Try under *listing practices*.

[a_c_green]

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@the_ephemera_remix wrote:

As a follow-up, the AI descriptions in the cloned listings are now pulling my store name from the copied over information... 

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Har! That's perfect... 😄

I was wondering whether your Item Specific store name of "The Ephemera Remix" would be enough for buyers to find it in a Search window, or whether you might be better off posting a link to it there, but in a quick test just now, eBay recognized "The Ephemera Remix" as a store name as soon as I finished typing it in, so all good there. I should keep that trick in mind for the future...

[redlinear]

I do that with a stock number.  Basically so I can search, switch to sold, and see a list of that stock number's sold items.
I like your thinking!

[meme6253]

Gotta love Free Advertising!, Genius idea!