@dhbookds wrote:
Op says
We were informed yesterday that eBay would not allow items to be relisted after August 9th that have an option of first-class package shipping service.
Announcement says (7/10)
We are asking sellers to update listings to Ground Advantage over the next 30 days to ensure buyers see the most accurate shipping details. We realize this may take longer for some sellers and we will continue to support First-Class on existing listings for a longer period of time. We will update you as more information becomes available.
Do CRS need some information/education? Hate to see incorrect info being given to sellers......can't believe the "longer period of time" would only be 1 wk.....
Hey @dhbookds I'll be glad to help sort this out. The 30 days timeframe is referring to July 10th-August 9th. After August 9th, if Good-Til-Cancelled listings have not been updated correctly, they may not renew themselves at that point.
Kyle,
@dhbookds wrote:
First class is made up of 2 shipping possibilities.....package and what I call letter.......Package is what needs to be changed........letter (sticker type things, mailed in a non trackable envelop) stays the same: "First class". Ebay can't filter between those.
My thought, nothing to back it up, is that they are afraid if they supply a First class filter.......even people who have "letter first class" listings will change everything to GA which will create a mess for them.
IF they could include price and/or weight in the filter that MIGHT solve the problem.......tho my brain probably doesn't conceive of all the permutations of how sellers list.
They've recently added a caveat that they will extend the 30 days
We are asking sellers to update listings to Ground Advantage over the next 30 days to ensure buyers see the most accurate shipping details. We realize this may take longer for some sellers and we will continue to support First-Class on existing listings for a longer period of time. We will update you as more information becomes available.
As to what happens after that.......I've seen nothing definitive........a blue did say something to the effect that listings would not show a shipping price, but a "contact seller for shipping information" note. But blues have not gotten right answers on alot of stuff for this....so I take that with a grain of salt.
I, again, "imagine" they aren't going to give any leeway answer to what might happen because they want as many listings updated as possible....
Hey @dhbookds just to touch on this subject too, situations like this will generally continue to evolve, sometimes very rapidly. We will provide the best and most accurate info we have available at a given time, but that doesn't mean that information won't change or be updated later. As new information becomes available, we'll be sure to post those updates as quickly as possible.
Kyle,
@maverickindustrialsales wrote:
We have 30,000 active ebay listing, and do NOT use ebay business policies. Instead, we have 20 listing templates that our team uses when creating new listings. We have avoided using business policies because we like the ability to customize shipping specifics and return specifics when we are listing items because certain items are required to be shipped a certain way, or not allowed to be shipped a certain way (batteries, liquids, some test equipment, etc).
Around 10,000 of our listings are "calculated shipping" with USPS First Class as the first option which we have as free for the buyers. Then we have Priority Mail, UPS Ground, and UPS Next Day Air as optional calculated upgrades for the buyer if they want to pay for a different shipping service.What do we do? I am unable to find a way to bulk-edit these items. The bulk editing tool does not allow us to filter our listings by first-class listings. When I download a CSV of our listings there is no way for us to sort them by first class either.Is there not a way for Ebay on the back-end to create a rule to automatically switch first-class listings to ground advantage?Is there anything we can do to automate this or will all of my first-class listings be removed from ebay?
Hey @maverickindustrialsales from what you are describing, it sounds like you have essentially created your own version of business policies with those templates you use. I'd highly recommend looking into using eBay's built-in business policies to replace those templates, so that editing in bulk will be a snap! You can check out more info on them here to see if they will work for your business.
Kyle,
