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Updating UPC codes

When updating a listing, if I change a previous UPC to a new code, will it mess up the listing and its rank in any way? TIA

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Updating UPC codes

Only use the UPC number that already is on the item -- that UPC was specifically designated for just that one piece or series of pieces, manufactured at a particular time, at a particular place, by a particular manufacturer (that's the information that's buried inside all those lines & numbers).

 

And please don't add a UPC number to an item that never previously was manufactured with a UPC number -- the old item specifics on the item may not match the designated specifics on the UPC.  Too many eBay sellers are adding UPC & ISBN codes to items that were never originally registered with UPC & ISBN codes, and many of those items now reflect incorrect data -- an easy ticket to "item not as described" land!

 

 

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Updating UPC codes

Probably, since a new code would indicate a different item.  Just my thought, no experience with it.

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Updating UPC codes

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks!

 

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Updating UPC codes

Only use the UPC number that already is on the item -- that UPC was specifically designated for just that one piece or series of pieces, manufactured at a particular time, at a particular place, by a particular manufacturer (that's the information that's buried inside all those lines & numbers).

 

And please don't add a UPC number to an item that never previously was manufactured with a UPC number -- the old item specifics on the item may not match the designated specifics on the UPC.  Too many eBay sellers are adding UPC & ISBN codes to items that were never originally registered with UPC & ISBN codes, and many of those items now reflect incorrect data -- an easy ticket to "item not as described" land!

 

 

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Updating UPC codes

Great, thanks!

 

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