Overview
There are many requirements for a product to become ready for eBay. Learn how to fill in the mandatory information correctly on the eBay Properties page.
Product Fields Explained
The eBay Properties page contains all product attributes related to eBay. On this page, you can set up products and get them ready for posting on eBay.
| ATTRIBUTE | DESCRIPTION |
| GENERAL PANEL | |
| eBay Enabled | Enable a product to be listed on eBay. If not enabled, existing eBay listings will be updated with a zero quantity. |
| Merchant SKU |
An alternate SKU used per channel for communicating a product to that corresponding channel. |
| Catalog Type | Using the eBay catalog can help you list a product more easily. |
| UPC | Universal Product Code. Refers to the 12-number barcode used to scan at the point of sale. |
| Send to eBay | Enables the Product Identifier selected above this field to be included when sending the item to eBay |
| Ready to Post | Indicates the product’s status. |
| PRICING PANEL | |
| Buy It Now Price | Price offered in both fixed price format and as an option in the Auction format. To map the eBay BIN price to the Site Price:
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| Retail Price |
The final selling price. |
| Disconnected From Price Update |
Enable this setting to prevent future feeds from updating the price. |
| Best Offer Enabled |
Allows you to receive a customer offer that you can either accept or reject. eBay notifies the seller by email with an Accept or Reject button. Clicking this setting shows these 2 fields:
If there is no value (or a 0 value in both boxes), all offers will be available for review by the seller. |
| LISTING DETAILS PANEL | |
| eBay Site Code | US or eBay Motors. |
| UPC For Channel | Here, you can enter a different value than the main UPC. When posting products to the channel, this UPC will be prioritized and sent. |
| Approved Titles | The number of titles approved for posting. |
| Top Title | Title of the product shown on eBay.
You can store multiple titles for a product to be used in eBay listings. The title marked as Top Title will be the default title used when first posting the product to eBay. |
| Top Title Approved | Check if your default title is Approved for posting on eBay. |
| Product Description | The text field that holds the description of the product. |
| Channel Specific Description | Product description displayed on the channel. |
| Description Template | To create a Description Template, go to Settings > Companies > Manage Companies > Select a company > Toolbox > eBay Settings > Description Template. |
| Manufacturer SKU | A unique number issued by manufacturers to identify individual products. |
| eBay Category 1/2 | At least one category is mandatory and a second category is optional. |
| Store Category 1/2 | Category in which your product is placed in your eBay store. |
| Item Specifics | eBay may require more specific attribute information for certain products, such as brand and model name. Click Select to choose the required attributes from the dropdown menus. |
| Condition | Sellercloud category condition that includes the condition as defined by eBay.
Product conditions can be set under the Settings tab. eBay conditions are category-based. |
| Lot Size | The number of items you’re selling together. |
| Custom Specifications | To enter information that is not included in the regular eBay Item Specifics, click Change to open an HTML editor and enter product-specific names and values for each category. |
| Manage Matrix Details | Click Manage to edit product variations. |
| INVENTORY PANEL | |
| The qty available for eBay. | |
| Avail. Qty |
The qty available for eBay. This considers available qty, eBay enabled status, safety quantity, and warehouse inventory restrictions. |
| Fixed Price QTY |
This is the maximum quantity sent to eBay when posting or revising an item. If the InventoryAvailableQty is lower than the FixedPriceQuantity, then the lower of the two values is sent.
For example, if the Aggregate Quantity is 15 and the Fixed Price Quantity is 10, Sellercloud will send 10 as the available inventory quantity value. Sellercloud will not send the higher value to eBay, unless the product is set to Replenishable. A default value can be set for FixedPriceQuantity on the eBay Attribute Defaults page, which can be accessed by going to Company > Toolbox > Ebay Settings > eBay Attribute Defaults. To be able to apply this default value on your products, enable client setting Enable eBay Default Fixed Price Qty. Then, on the eBay Properties page check Use Default next to the Fixed Price Qty field or Bulk update using column header FixedPriceQuantityUseDefault. Any products created prior to enabling Client Setting Enable eBay Default Fixed Price Qty will have to be updated manually using the steps provided above. Products created after the setting was enabled will have their default values applied automatically.
eBay Attribute Defaults must be set up separately for each site code based on the site code of your product/s. To do that navigate to Settings > select Company > eBay Settings > eBay Attribute Defaults and configure the default values for each site code by selecting it from the dropdown.
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| Safety QTY |
Helps reduce the risk of overselling by subtracting a number of units from the available quantity. For example, if 5 units are available and the safety quantity is set to 1, only 4 will be sent to eBay.
You can set safety quantity at a company level to default for all products, but you can override this here at the product level. At the company level, there are two settings: one for regular products and one for replenishable products. Typically, the safety quantity is set to “0” when replenishable, since there is no strict inventory for replenishable products. |
| Replenishable | Your eBay listing will continually post with the quantity set in the Fixed Price Listing Quantity, regardless of the actual available quantity. |
| SHIPPING PANEL | |
| Shipping Template | You can save shipping options in Sellercloud as a template to apply to listings. Go to Settings > Companies > Manage Companies > Select a company > Toolbox > eBay Settings > Shipping Price Template. |
| Weight/Dimensions |
The package size and dimensions located on the Product Home page. |
| Selling Location | Selling city, state, and zip code |
| Max Dispatch Time | Defines the number of days you have to ship an order. |
| Enable Global Shipping Program | eBay offers a service called the Global Shipping Program. With this program, sellers can ship their international orders to an eBay processing center in the US. eBay will then process the orders for shipping internationally. Read more about Global Shipping Program here. |
| Use Shipping Rate Table (Domestic/International) | The Shipping Rate Table in your Account Settings on eBay allows special shipping configuration by Item Cost, Surcharge, or Weight to Alaska and Hawaii, US Protectorates, and APO/AFO.
When enabled, will ignore the Shipping Price Template set on the product. Learn more about eBay Shipping Rate tables. |
| Shipping Discount Profile ID | Your promotional discount profile identifier from eBay. |
| GENERAL INFO PANEL | |
| Immediate Payment Required | With the immediate payment option, a listing is still available until a buyer completes the purchase. This is especially useful when you’re selling time-sensitive items, like tickets to a concert or sporting event. |
| Photo Display Mode | Several optional formats with which to show the image on your listing. |
| Hit Counter | Several optional formats with which to show the visit count on your listing:
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| Enable Expiration | Enable this if you want to set the listing to expire and select the expiration period. |
| Do Not Charge Tax On This Product | Enable this setting to make the product tax-free while selling. |
| Generate Fixed Price Listing | Allows a fixed price listing to be posted automatically if there is available inventory and the product is ready. When the item comes back in stock, it will auto-list. |
| Use MIN Duration | |
| Enable Extended Holidays Return | Automatically allow buyers to return items purchased in November and December until January 31. |
| Cross Border Visibility | If you want your listings to show on eBay Canada, Ireland, North America, or UK, enable this option. |
| eBay for Charity | Enable if using your eBay non-profit account. |
| AUCTION DETAILS PANEL | |
| Second Chance Enabled | Send a message to bidders with an offer to buy the item at their last bid amount. The buyer must decide whether to accept the offer. This message is only sent if the product has available quantity.
Enabling this option will display a field Second Chance Offer Min Price to enter the minimum acceptable bid amount at which the second chance offer will be sent. |
| Use Min. Listing Duration |
Check to show the Min. Listing Duration dropdown list. Choose a duration time for your auction. |
Actions Explained
You can manage your eBay listings from your Sellercloud account in the Actions list on the eBay Properties page.
| Connect to Inventory | Connects to the inventory feed. |
| Download Details via API | Pulls missing product information from eBay listings. |
| End All Listings | Deactivates all listings for the product. You have to select the End Reason before ending all listings. |
| List on eBay | Posts an eBay-ready product on the channel. |
| Manage Listing Overrides | You can override:
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| Preview Description | Shows the product description preview you can check before listing it on eBay. |
| Relist on eBay | Relists the product after you end all listings. |
| Revise All Listings | Revises all active listings. |
| Update Description/Images/Item Specifics/Price/Promotions/Qty/Shipping/Title on Channel | Updates corresponding product details on eBay. |