How long will eBay host my drafts?

[sowseararts]

I have several active items I'd like to end and save as drafts in order to relist them next fall.

The last time I checked with CSR, I could save them indefinitely, as long as they were edited every month.

Is this still true?

Is there a more efficient way of doing this than opening each individually every month?  And do I actually need to make changes?  Or does just choosing "edit" and then "save for later" work?

[nc-daydreamer]

According to my experience and the published policy, you were given bogus info.  Editing does not save them all the time and 30 days from creation is the max. 

 https://www.ebay.com/help/listings/creating-managing-listings/creating-listing?id=4105

"You can save up to 250 drafts through the quick listing tool on eBay.com and the eBay mobile app, and up to 5,000 through the single and bulk advanced listing tools in Seller Hub. Drafts expire after 30 days."

And although the numbers given are what they are - I have never been able to keep  over a dozen without the older ones being automatically deleted - in or out of the HUB.

The best you can do so I have determined is either pay for a third party type listing service or save the basic template/details in your WORD program on your computer.

[bar-29368]

Which is why ebay trying to tell us the Hub has the same "functionality" as Turbo Lister is a total load of you know what.