eBay Listings: Motors

Overview

eBay has a dedicated site for vehicles and vehicle parts called eBay Motors. The site gives customers the ability to search for any part based on compatibility with a specific vehicle. For example, a customer can search for an alternator that is compatible with a 2005 Dodge Caravan. This is called Parts Compatibility, or fitments. The seller adds the fitments to the listing when creating the listing on eBay. Because most buyers use Parts Compatibility when searching for a part, this feature is crucial to include your listing in the search results.

The second benefit of Parts Compatibility is that it enables sellers to create one listing for multiple compatible vehicles. This translates to large savings on insertion fees and saves time spent on creating separate listings for each compatible vehicle individually.

Add eBay Motors to a US Company

You can add the eBay Motors Company to the Sellercloud eBay US company and post products to eBay Motors.

1. Go to Companies > Manage Companies > select a company.
2. In Toolbox, select eBay General Settings > Edit.
3. In the Credentials panel, find the Auth Token and copy it.
4. From the eBay Site dropdown list, select eBay Motors.
5. Paste the copied Auth Token into the eBay Motors Auth Token field > Save.

Configure Products for Listing on eBay Motors

Products configured for eBay Motors will have a Part Compatibility option. However, they will not have eBay US category selections. If you’d like to post the product also on eBay US, use the shadow feature to profile one for the US and one for Motors.

1. Go to Catalog > Manage Catalog > select a product.
2. On the Product Details page, go to Toolbox > eBay Properties > Edit.
3. In the eBay Site Code field, select eBay Motors.
4. Manage the product’s attributes:
   1. Select eBay Category from the list of categories associated with eBay Motors.
   2. Select Item Specifics. To add more item specifics, click Edit Custom Specifics > Add new Custom Specific.
   3. Click Parts Compatibility. The vehicle details entered here will enable a customer to know that your product is compatible with their vehicle.
      1. Enter a year, make, and model for which the part is compatible. These three fields are required for parts compatibility. You can also add the trim, which refers to the Body + the Submodel + the Number of Doors. For example, a Limited Sport Utility 4-Door.
      2. If there is a specific engine type compatibility, you can select that here. Add any additional notes for the customer to see.
      3. Save the fitment to the grid.
      You can mirror the details from another Sellercloud product with the Copy From SKU setting or import them from an active listing with Copy From Ebay Item ID. Click the corresponding icons in the Product Info pannel to use the functionalities.
   4. Repeat the process to add as many compatible vehicles as desired. If there is a range of years compatible for this part, just enter the first and last years separated by a dash and the system will generate a separate fitment row for each year.
5. When the product is ready, click Actions > List on eBay.
6. When the listing posts, it will display all compatible vehicles in the description.
   • Use the placeholder #?PartsCompatibilityGrid?# to display the compatibility chart in the description template

Import Fitments in Bulk

You can import product fitments in bulk to Sellercloud through the Import Product Info feature.

1. Go to Catalog > Tools > Import Product Info. Choose from the following file formats:
   1. Import eBay Parts Compatibility – works as a normal Bulk Product Update.

   2. Import Parts Compatibility From eBay Item ID – to pull the configuration from an eBay active Listing.

   3. Import Parts Compatibility From SKUs – to copy the configuration from one existing product to another.
2. Select Generate template button > choose the format > enter the compatibility data next to the ProductID > save the file.
3. Return to Sellercloud > select the File > Import.

Add eBay Motors Categories to Products

eBay US products can have both US and Motors categories added to them. However, you will not be able to add Parts Compatibility.

1. With this option, you don’t have to add the token to eBay Motors profile.
2. Go to Catalog > Manage Catalog > select a product.
3. On the Product Details page, go to Toolbox > eBay Properties > Edit.
4. In the Listing panel, click Select next to eBay Category 2 (Category 1 will be used for eBay US).
5. Open the eBay Motors dropdown list > select a category > Save.
6. List the product and it will be categorized in both eBay US company (based on Category 1) and in eBay Motors.