eBay made a surprise announcement on Tuesday: it had began making updates to several categories, and, as far as we can determine, with no prior warning. Sellers have come to dread the consolidating changes eBay makes to categories and Item Read more
Third-party services Optiseller and Kyozou are out with reports about eBay Item Specifics, which is the feature that allows sellers to add product attributes to their listings to make it easier for shoppers to find their listings. Kyozou explained, “Item Read more
Recent eBay category changes had many sellers of collectible postcards scrambling when they rolled out on October 12. Sellers said eBay rolled up the subcategories and left them to select one of two: Topographical Postcards and non-Topographical Postcards. Instead of Read more
eBay informed sellers in Australia that they must use US sizes when listing shoes for sale on its platform. Why? In a nutshell, eBay said: “Our buyers and sellers have told us that they prefer to shop using US shoe Read more
Optiseller is hosting a webinar to help online sellers adapt to eBay’s forthcoming Item Specifics mandate. The third-party vendor said its experts will offer practical guidance on what sellers should do – and how to benefit from the changes. While Read more
eBay seller Don Heiden, aka the Auction Professor, discusses his experiences with eBay’s recent changes to Categories and Item Specifics. After 20 plus years of reselling on eBay I have seen many changes to the platform, a few of which Read more
eBay introduced new product attributes that sellers will be required to use in all new and revised listings effective February 22, 2021. A UK-based vendor that helps merchants comply with eBay Item Specific requirements reminded sellers in an announcement on Read more
eBay is resuming plans to require Item Specifics in additional categories beginning September 9th, and it touted two tools to help sellers make their listings compliant. In February as part of its 2020 Spring Seller Update, eBay announced plans to Read more
eBay is delaying the rollout of “required” Item Specifics in two categories, it informed sellers last week. In its 2020 eBay Spring Seller Update, it had announced plans to institute new required attributes in listings in the Electronics and Home Read more
Like death and taxes, change on eBay is a certainty – and almost as dreaded by sellers. In Part 1 of today’s Online Sellers Guide, we introduced the eBay Spring Seller Update and covered four of the seven changes eBay Read more
