Way to create listings way in advance of launch?

[243beach]

Recently started using the ebay app to create and list items. I love the ease and simplicity of using my phone and computer to list items.  What I need though is a way to create and hold multiple listings several months in advance before I actually launch them (think Christmas).  I also need a way to go back and look at older ended listings beyond the limit allowed by the app.  From what I am seeing ebay does not provide a way to do this.  Is there a way or is there a simple 3rd party app that will do this?  Something that is just as easy as the ebay app or even launch through the app once I am ready.  I really don't need or want all the bells and whistles that big sellers needs.  At most I will only list a 1000 or so listings a year mostly in the second half of the year.

[onefootflipper1]

I keep my christmas listings up all year round myself.

There are a few tricks. You can used various paid services to store the listings. You can "juggle" your drafts by copying them and then deleting the originals. You can use the "out of stock" option to have listings with quantity zero or you can just add $1000 to the price of all your off season merch and no one will ever buy it.

[sreu3058]

In the ‘Draft’ folder, they keep for 4 months from the last time you edited / active in the listing.

[stephenmorgan]

You can Schedule a completed listing for up to 22 days in advance.. If you are wanting a longer period you will have to change the scheduled occasionally.  If you decide to start the listing earlier then what is scheduled you will have to change the start date.

As long as the listing is in Scheduled you can make changes as often as you want and it will stay schedule until start date and time.  A very good way to proof your listings before you start the listings.

[simply-the-best-for-you]

There are many 3rd party software programs that do that.  None of them are free though.  eBay reccomended  Sixbit, which is what I use, when they got rid of Turbolister, years ago.  I like SB a lot, but it's not as bare bones as Turbolister was.  On the plus side, it's a lot less buggy.  eBay hasn't offered one since they got rid of Turbolister many years ago.  There's so many these days, it's hard to think of all of them.  Some will cross-list, some are more DB & listing based.  I think my SB is up to $25/month.  As a seasonal seller, it's worth every penny to me.