Ebay
The eBay tab is available for products, when eBay auctions/listings for products are enabled in your shop settings.
Please note: Some product settings are not compatible with eBay listings, including user group products, subscription products and products with attributes.
When adding a product to eBay, most settings for the item are set automatically.
The following settings are used for the eBay listing when you add an item through the eBay form at the product details page:
- product title
- product description
- product price (as a preset for buy it now)
- primary product image
- product condition (new and used)
- realtime shipping origin settings (specific for each vendor)
- payment service and method settings (preset and selectable)
- PayPal email address (if PayPal is chosen as a payment method for the listing)
- shipping service settings (preset and selectable)
- free shipping (preset and selectable)
- return and refund settings (through a preset, specific for each vendor)
Additional settings can be set or adjusted at the add an eBay schedule form when adding the product to eBay
The eBay schedule list:
The eBay schedule list, shows the latest eBay listings for the current product, included past and present eBay listings.
The displayed information included, the auction ID, the start and end date of the ebay listing, bid count for the listing, the minimum bid price for the ebay listing and the current status of the listing.
At the right side of the list, several functions are available to manage the listing.
Click on the edit icon, to open the eBay details page where you can manage the auction status and view details about bidders and placed bids.
Click on the delete icon to delete the association of this eBay listing with this product.
Please note: Removing the eBay listing through the delete icon will not stop or delete the listing itself, just the association with the shop product.
Click on the eBay listing link at the bottom of the schedule list, to open the eBay products page with a list of all eBay listings for this product.
The add a new eBay schedule form:
Before an item can be set as an eBay listing several base settings for the listing need to be set.
You can add new eBay listings through the eBay schedule form. To add a new eBay listing through this form, you need to enable the “available at eBay” checkbox, otherwise the current product won’t be added to eBay, even if you fill out the rest of this form.
The following fields are available:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Available at eBay | Enable this, to submit the current product to eBay to be added as a listing. |
| eBay Category ID | The currently selected ID of the eBay category If a product is submitted to eBay it will be listed under this category. |
| eBay Category Search | You can select an eBay category for the product, by entering the desired search string into this field. After you entered some text. a popup will appear with all matching eBay categories, where you can select the desired eBay category for this product. |
| eBay Category | Select the matching eBay category. After you selected the root category, a sub category select box will appear. Continue selecting sub-categories until the “leaf category selected” message appears. eBay doesn’t allow listing items in “main” categories, only “leaf categories” are available for item listings. |
| Minimum Price | The start price of the eBay listing. Please note: You can leave this blank or at 0, if you don’t want to create an auction but rather a fixed price listing at eBay. |
| eBay Buy it Now Price | The fixed/buy it now price for the eBay listing. Please note: You can leave this blank or at 0, if you don’t want to have a fixed price/buy it now option for your eBay listing |
| eBay Item Quantity | The quantity of the item in your eBay listing. Please note: Only single items can be sold in auction-style listings. Leave this at 1, if you want an auction-style listing or an auction-style listing with a buy it now price. You can set a higher quantity, if you only offer a buy it now price without an auction for this item |
| eBay Listing Duration | The duration of the listing at eBay. Please note: Certain categories only allow a specific duration for a listing. If you get an error about the duration, when trying to add a product to eBay, please change this setting to a valid duration. |
| eBay Shipping Method | Your preferred shipping method for the eBay listing |
| eBay Free Shipping | Enable this checkbox, if you offer free shipping for this item for your eBay listing |
| eBay Payment Method | Your preferred payment method for your eBay listing. |
Please note: Only one eBay listing can be active at the same time for the same product. eBay doesn’t allow the same product from the same vendor to the listed twice simultaneously.
Please note: Currently, auctions are only available for a single item, no matter how many items are available in the inventory.
Click on the “Save Changes” button to save any changes or add a new eBay schedule.
Click on the “Reset Form” button to reset the eBay form.