Posting onto Facebook business acct

[barbar.ixe89lkjb]

I have a personal acct here on ebay with almost 900 items.  Im getting ready to set up a Facebook business page as well (not Facebook Marketplace).  Is there an easier way to add all 900 items to my Facebook business page other then reposting each item?  Just curious, thanks.

[u2_vintage]

@barbar.ixe89lkjb 

A catalog is a container that holds all the items you want to advertise or sell on Facebook and Instagram. It appears below the Catalog tab in Commerce Manager. You can choose from several different ways to add your items.

After you add items, you can view them in your catalog's Items tab and see the methods you used to add them in the Data sources tab. You'll need to continue managing items in your catalog the same way you added them.
Ways to add items to your catalog

There are several ways to add items to your catalog in Commerce Manager:

    Manual: Add items using a manual form in Commerce Manager.
    Data feed: Upload a spreadsheet or XML file from your computer or a file hosting website to add items in bulk. You can upload a file once or set up scheduled uploads to happen hourly, daily or weekly.
    Partner platform: If you already host your items on a partner platform that has an integration with Meta, you can import items to your catalog in Commerce Manager. You can then continue to manage your items on your partner platform and any updates will automatically sync to Commerce Manager.
    Meta Pixel: Import and update items automatically from your website using a pixel. This method is more complex to set up. You may need help from a developer to install microdata tags on your website.
    Catalog batch API: An advanced method for developers to add, update and delete multiple items in a single HTTP request. This is a good choice for large businesses that have catalogs containing hundreds of thousands of items with quickly changing inventory.

The best method depends on several factors, including how many items you have, the type of items you sell and how frequently your item information changes. Compare methods below:

https://www.facebook.com/business/help/384041892421495?id=725943027795860

happy selling 🤞

[fbusoni]

Do you want to redirect FB users to your eBay account?  Or sell your items on FB?

[ckimodog]

@barbar.ixe89lkjb 

Why not just use your social media buttons to send traffic to your eBay store?  Are you removing your items from eBay and listing them on FB? or are you cross listing, which is not a good idea. 

[barbar.ixe89lkjb]

I was going to be cross posting but why is that not a good idea?

[barbar.ixe89lkjb]

I'd like folks to just be able to find my items on either FB or eBay.  So in the next 3-4 months zI'd like to turn my personal ebay acct to business and do the same with my Facebook page.

[barbar.ixe89lkjb]

I just wanted to thank you for all of this.  I haven't looked them over yet but I will as soon as I get the time.  thank you though.

[reallynicestamps]

I was going to be cross posting but why is that not a good idea?

It's not a terrible idea but you have to be very very organized.

Very organized.

When we had a shop we cross listed to eBay, our shop stock , ZoS, our own website, DelCampe Auctions, and occasionally elsewhere.

Every listing had its own inventory number and we had one employee whose last job of the day was to check all invoices and the daybook*, removing sold items from the various websites. On a busy day this could take an hour or more.

If you are not an organized person have different items on each site.

EBay gets touchy if you sell something that was sold earlier elsewhere and Defects for Out Of Stock lead to higher fees, lower visibility, restrictions on the number and value of listings, or even a closed selling account.

Know your strengths and your weaknesses.

*Items sold in the shop had their inventory numbers recorded in the day book.

[fashunu4eeuh]

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@barbar.ixe89lkjb wrote:

I was going to be cross posting but why is that not a good idea?

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It can depend on what you sell.

If you have unique goods or one-off’s, cross-posting can lead to some issues. It happens—inadvertently selling one cross-posted item on two different venues. You can end up with two buyers and only one item between them. Which buyer do you disappoint?

(As you are likely aware, seller-initiated transaction cancellations can be the kiss of account death on eBay. So you can’t just cancel a sale on eBay to accommodate another buyer on another venue. Trying to manage risk in this way after a sale on eBay can be fraught with potential policy penalties.)

However, if you are selling multiples of the same item, then you may have inventory to cover the possibility of an item selling on both venues on the same day. 

As mentioned upthread, cross posting is a careful balancing act. Have to keep up with the inventory. If an item sells on Site A, then better be sure it’s removed from Site B if you only have the one unique item to sell.

Wish you much success. Good luck!!