Why can't I change a fixed price listing to an auction listing?

[zarchy]

The title says it all.  I have some 30-day fixed priced listings that I would like to change to auction listings.  When I try to revise the listing and edit that part of the form, it does not let me edit it.  Why?

[woothy]

Just guessing but you may have to end the listing first.

[muttlymob · Accepted solution]

eBay doesn't allow revising a fixed price to an auction format.  You would have to end the listing and start a new one as an auction.

from the help page on Revise a listing:

Fixed price listings

You can't change a fixed price listing to an auction-style listing. Two hours after submitting a fixed price listing, you can't change the duration. What you can change in your fixed price listing depends on whether there's been any purchases from the listing.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/revising-listing?id=4356

[duncanvr]

Use the left drop down menu this will have an option 'send to online auction', this will end the BIN and create an auction. See image as I do this all the time

[labs118]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I may get to it a different way  then above post but I also can select to send to online Auction
But as stated it ends any single fixed price listing and starts the auction
Multi quantity it reduces by one for you and starts an auction

I do mine this way

 
and then it sends it here

[dhbookds]

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@duncanvr wrote:

Use the left drop down menu this will have an option 'send to online auction', this will end the BIN and create an auction. See image as I do this all the time

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@duncanvr 

Curious as to whether that leaves the f/p listing on the ended page...........?

[nubbysproductz]

Some listings may have to be manually ended and then creating a new one.

[nubbysproductz]

The seller may not have seller hub...

[duncanvr]

The BIN is placed in the unsold so needs to be deleted after the auction is created this only works with HUB

[duncanvr]

The seller will need HUB and to do this from a desktop or laptop computer.

[dhbookds]

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@duncanvr wrote:

The BIN is placed in the unsold so needs to be deleted after the auction is created this only works with HUB

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Thanks, I just wondered if that could be a cause of duplicated listings, as, if the auction isn't sold, it will go to unsolds also......  I can see someone not realizing it would go in unsolds as you converted a live listing to something else....

[duncanvr]

To be clear I manually do everything so if I relist an unsold I delete the unsold immediately. I send stale GTC to auction often and when I use this method I immediately delete the unsold entry. I think many sellers don't realize they need to delete an unsold entry when they have relisted it, since doing it for some time I have never seen a duplicate listing. I used to have the occasional duplicate till I started deleting the unsolds. One has to double check the new listing is live then delete the unsold. Another thing I do is schedule auctions and double check BIN was ended, so the auction is sitting in scheduled and then the unsold is deleted by me. One at a time. I don't trust bulk listing.

[zarchy]

Thanks to all who answered.  For what it’s worth, after ending the item, I just went “unsold items” and relisted the item (with changes) from there.  I did not need to delete the unsold item, as it disappeared once I relisted it.

[danceshoes4]

I tried this, but it does not work...  It just duplicates the listing, and puts the old one in "Ended". However, the new listing is NOT auction format, it is still in Fixed Price!  How do I get it to change to auction style??