Separate listings vs. a variation listing.

[inhawaii]

I have an item where is have 5 different variaties (flavors). When i started these listings years ago i didn't know how to do variations listings so they were all listed separately. 

I've been meaning to change them to a variations listing but then i would lose years worth of "sold" stats. 

I finally made the change last night.  It looks strange now. Something i've been selling for years is now a "new listing" with 0 sales.

Would you have left them separate or gone ahead with the change? 

[mam98031]

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@mrconran wrote:

The single biggest advantage is you can have a lot of listings without paying for the next higher priced store fee. 

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When variation listings first came out they weren't available in the categories I sell in.  Then a few years ago they finally expanded into them.  It is the single most money saving tool Ebay has ever offered for me.  It cut my listing fees dramatically and significantly.  So I fully agree with you.

[netbestdeals]

Personally not a fan of the multi variation listings. It's gotten to the point where if I am searching and the results are dominated by tons of mv listings I run a java script I have bookmarked and make them disappear.