stealing header

[lima35]

Have asked a seller to stop using my header with my seller name in the title are people so lazy they cannot even edits/ Sent hi messages to please remove my seller ID 

[mam98031]

Have you reported them to Ebay?  Tell them to fix it or you will report it, they don't have the right to use your seller name.

I would suggest that you contact Ebay for Business on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for the better trained CSRs.

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[fern*wood]

I must admit I've never seen a seller put their own ID in the title like a searchable keyword.  interesting

[slati_2013]

The seller had an item to sell just like yours. They did a search and simply assumed that your name was the manufacturer. We all steal headlines. For some products, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. 

[bennotbill]

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@slati_2013 wrote:

We all steal headlines.

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Speak for yourself. I certainly don't.

[slati_2013]

Some items have only one way to list them. At least the items I sell. Even if I wrote the headline it would still be the same because it is essentially the name of the manufacturer, the product name and model number. I could write exactly the same thing or just copy what every the headline every other seller is pretty much using. 

Of course there are times when I customize any headlines I may have copied. And half of the sellers in my category especially the new ones not only copy my headlines, they copy word for word my descriptions and customize them. It does not bother me one bit. When I started out I also looked to more experienced sellers to see how they were listing their items and developed my style which has been copied by one and all. For me it is a template I have created and everyone is free to use it. 

[bennotbill]

The way I look at it I would be happy for everyone to copy each other, as it would make my original efforts stand out all the more.

Though I take your point that for some items a bit of variety is hard to achieve.

[janet9988]

So you would be okay with sellers using YOUR ID in the title?

[mam98031]

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@fern*wood wrote:

I must admit I've never seen a seller put their own ID in the title like a searchable keyword.  interesting

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If I understood the OP correctly, another seller is putting their ID on their listings.  Did I misunderstand?

[slati_2013]

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@janet9988 wrote:

So you would be okay with sellers using YOUR ID in the title?

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The seller who coped the ID I am willing to bet assumed that the ID was the name of the manufacturer.  Most headlines start with the name of the manufacturer. The seller of course should have googled it and a bit more research would have cleared this up. And as someone pointed out, it is strange to see someone put their user ID in their title. I don't even know if it falls within eBay's listing guidelines. 

[bennotbill]

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@janet9988 wrote:

So you would be okay with sellers using YOUR ID in the title?

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No I wouldn't, would you?

My comments were in regard of the general title, not copying someone's id.

Leaving that aside what would be the point in copying the id? What would be achieved?

[slati_2013]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@fern*wood wrote:

I must admit I've never seen a seller put their own ID in the title like a searchable keyword.  interesting

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If I understood the OP correctly, another seller is putting their ID on their listings.  Did I misunderstand?

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This is an example of one of the OP's listings:

"Roco Minitanks Five ton cabs , beds cover used Lima35 original 1/87"

Lima35 is the OP's ID.  Another seller copied the headline and I am guessing simply assumed that Lima35 was part of the products description. I don't think that seller was trying to hijack the OP's listings. 

[brightlightbookseller]

I would never put my selling id in my listing title in the first place.  It doesn't help anything sell.  I would recommend you fix that and then the issue won't happen again.

[ckimodog]

@lima35 

Honestly if this is becoming a problem concerning your site, I understand completely.  Perhaps you can just re name your shop and even add a new photo for your ID.  It might just make things easier and less frustrating.  Just my thoughts.  Sorry for your situation.

Semper Fi! 

Have a great day!

[onefootflipper1]

No one cares about your username, ebay is suggesting that exact title when they hit sell similar and they are using it. If you stopped putting your username in your titles then this would stop happening.

Ebay is largely filtering the search term anyway. I search you for "lima35" and I get a couple hundred hits, I search the whole website for it and I get 57 hits. So it isn't even doing whatever it is you thought it was doing.