Adding clickable links to store category in item description

[sshebalee1982]

I would like to add a clickable link to my item descriptions that a buyer could click on to see my other listings for similar items within the same eBay store category, and perhaps a second, similar category. Is this possible? Is it too big of a headache to bother with? I went down the rabbit hole on google and YouTube to try to find a solution, but a lot of the information that I am seeing looks very old (old versions of eBay listing tool), or the html copy/paste didn't work. I have zero knowledge of html, so it's likely something that I am doing incorrectly.  

[decotracy]

Years ago ebay used to allow links to other ebay listings (or categories) within the description, but I think they changed the rules a few years back and no longer allow any links in the description because people were putting links to outside of ebay.

[redmodelt]

Isn't there a link right in the listings to see sellers' other items which would be either their listings and/or store? Once you go to the store, it would have a search box to look for similar items. 

[valueaddedresource]

---

@decotracy wrote:

Years ago ebay used to allow links to other ebay listings (or categories) within the description, but I think they changed the rules a few years back and no longer allow any links in the description because people were putting links to outside of ebay.

---

@sshebalee1982  links to outside of eBay are not allowed, but links to other eBay pages are still allowed per the Links policy.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy?id=4248 

There was some confusion about this recently on the UK community but after eBay staff there initially gave incorrect information saying eBay links were no longer allowed, he eventually came back and corrected himself, confirming they are still allowed.

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Links-In-Listings-Weekly-Chat-Follow-Up/m-p/7870923#M... 

[wastingtime101]

Hi @sshebalee1982 . The easiest answer is to direct buyers to see your other listings for similar items with a simple sentence. There's already a link within your listings to see your other items. That way you don't have to worry about links changing and becoming invalid or HTML in your description which can hide it on the app, or anything like that.

To answer your direct question: no, you cannot link to your Store categories as those direct links don't exist.

You can do a search of your listings by keyword, or filtered by eBay category, and grab that link - but I don't think that's a great option per my opening paragraph.

[sshebalee1982]

Thanks for the responses. I was hoping to make it as easy as possible for shoppers to find my similar listings. I have received questions from buyers in the past that made it apparent that they didn't know how to access my other listings, or how to narrow them down to the correct categories or items. For now I will continue as I have been. 

[sshebalee1982]

I could have sworn that I recently came across a seller with two links in their description to their other specific items or categories.