How can I change my ebay store name URL

[faith33301]

How can I change URL from Fairhope Treasures to Faith33301

Thank you for your help with this matter.

[toomuchstuffagain35]

You can't.

Don't ask me why because I don't know. I just know that even if you change your store name the url remains the same.

[wastingtime101]

eBay stopped doing that a few years ago. Now the URL sticks.

Check out this discussion for more context @faith33301:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Share-eBay-Technical-Issues/eBay-Store-URL/m-p/33154479#M103817

[housetr]

I had the same issue last year.  After talking with the IT folks at eBay, I learned that you can no longer change the unique url.

Here's what I did -- I closed my store, waited 30 days, then re-opened a new store and it assigned me a URL that matches my store name.  Good luck.

[wastingtime101]

Yep, if you click that link I posted it goes to the discussion you started last year and specifically, this post with a work-around:

[iamalwaysright]

That would sound like a headache to work around to me. I would just get or buy a new URL somewhere else and have it forward to my current ebay store URL. I don't know the OP's reason for having a new URL, but maybe that method would work for them too.

Pay a bit more but a more seamless transition and you have more freedom of what URL to have.

[faith33301]

Thank you! I thought about closing my store but will I lose all my number of sales and followers?  Not that I have that many followers but I have lots of Feedback etc.

[wastingtime101]

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@faith33301 wrote:

Thank you! I thought about closing my store but will I lose all my number of sales and followers?  Not that I have that many followers but I have lots of Feedback etc.

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You won't lose any of that, but you may have to pay an early termination fee depending on whether you're using monthly or annual subscription.

[iamalwaysright]

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@faith33301 wrote:

Thank you! I thought about closing my store but will I lose all my number of sales and followers?  Not that I have that many followers but I have lots of Feedback etc.

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Actually with that 30 day work around thing, it will NOT affect your feedback, sales, or followers. Only your store will be lost, not your seller account. And all of your live listings are linked to your account, not store. That's the same with feedback and your followers.

Think of it like let's say your name is Jamie Iannone. And you drive a Ford Pinto. The Pinto is like your ebay store. You can change cars, but you will still have your same followers because they know you are Jamie. Your feedbacks and sales are of Jamie, not your Pinto. So when you buy a new more luxurious car like a Geo Metro, people will still know you as Jamie but just driving a Metro now. You will still retain everything, except you have to break in your new Geo Metro and seat/mirror settings, like you would have to initially get used to your new store and it's store categories.

The ONLY thing you have to look out for is if people bookmarked your old store URL, those guys will be lost. Much like if people only knew you as "the guy with the Ford Pinto" and not as Jamie Iannone.

[faith33301]

Thank you, that was very helpful!

[aquasoulhome]

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@toomuchstuffagain35 wrote:

You can't.

Don't ask me why because I don't know. I just know that even if you change your store name the url remains the same.

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I was just wondering this myself because I am trying to rebrand my shop. Thanks for letting us know. I read that the only way to change a shop's URL is to close the original shop and re-sign up with new shop info. 

Check out this article I found on Google on the topic: 

"The only way to change the URL for your store is to close the old store and open a new store with the new name.  Unfortunately, you have already assigned your new name, so now you are stuck in a 30-day waiting period.

First, decide when you would like to close your store so that you don't incur an early termination fee.  When you close your store, your active items will remain active, but without a store...."

store name does not match url - The eBay Community

[kh-cathy]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.