Remove contact information and links to websites outside of eBay

[lightlily_arts]

I listed postcard booklet that I purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art which depicts 32 European paintings in their collection.  eBay states I need to remove their website information, but I haven't used any orb links.  It's the title of the booklet.  I even changed it to an abbreviated version MMOA but that didn't work.  Suggestions?

[powell-memorabilia]

Did you copy and paste from the web into your item description?  I’ve had that one before - there can be links that you don’t see, and eBay catches it.  Always paste as plain text!

[dogchow747]

I do not know where you cut and pasted this from,

My guess is that you grabbed some embedded information in the process.

Try going back and erasing all of the text in the description,

and re cut/paste it, careful to not go beyond any text.

There is nothing wrong with the listing, my guess the script has outside links buried in the unseen HTML.

It used to be easier to spot this, now days these pages are super complex.

[dogchow747]

Metropolitan Museum of Art Postcard Book 32 European Paintings in Color Card Book January 1, 1981 by Katherine Baetjer.

Includes 32 postcards of European paintings

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 1, 1981)
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0870992872
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0870992872
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces

Cut this from here and see what happens

(erase all of the old text!)

[slippinjimmy · Accepted solution]

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@dogchow747 wrote:

I do not know where you cut and pasted this from,

My guess is that you grabbed some embedded information in the process.

Try going back and erasing all of the text in the description,

and re cut/paste it, careful to not go beyond any text.

There is nothing wrong with the listing, my guess the script has outside links buried in the unseen HTML.

It used to be easier to spot this, now days these pages are super complex.

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This^^^^^

There is an Amazon link at the very end of the Description, it's not visible in normal mode but if you switch to html view you will see it.

[dogchow747]

@slippinjimmy 

Cool.

I was doing something else and assumed that was the issue.

If you dig through it in Firefox tools it can take a bit.

Hope the OP was able to fix this.

Cheers!

[eunster1313]

@lightlily_arts 

@dogchow747 

Active Content Sandbox — Examine individual listings

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm 

[dogchow747]

Hey @eunster1313 

That one is very cool, I bookmarked it.

Thanks for the info!

[cstpos]

@lightlily_arts

I had the same problem, and an Ebay CSR told me how to fix it.

Click to edit your listing.

In the Item Description field you will see 2 tabs at the top of the  box - 1 says Standard, the other says HTML. Click the HTML tab.

Click anywhere in the text box. Hit Ctrl  f simultaneously. A search box will open, usually at the bottom left corner. Type in http. The search box will have arrows for you to click down to find each instance of http.

Delete either just the http, or the entire line. I have used this a couple of times, and it has worked every time.

You could also manually check the lines for http, instead of using the ctrl f search feature.

Save your changes. The warning should be gone from your seller hub.

I hope this helps. Those listings used to drive me nuts!

[lightlily_arts]

Thank you.  I didn't think to use the html setting option and found the amazon link.