Business: How to use eBay’s Variations feature to enable multi-item listings

Posted bysmilingdadPosted inBusinessTags:, , ,

Written on November 10th, 2023

Greetings everyone! We wish you a happy Friday. One of the features that caught our eye while selling on eBay was one listing that featured multiple items for sale. When we looked at our mobile functionality, this was missing. A search found that using the Variations feature on the website app allows you to create multi-item listings. This Variant is not the Loki kind. 😏 We’ll walk you through step by step how to create multi-item listings that save you time and increase your sales. Too many listings make it hard to find things.

Two examples

Here are two examples of Variations listings we created.

Photo: smilingdad. The mobile screen dots at the top allow users to swipe left and see the photos added. Note the Pick Your Cards and Quantity feature. eBay link
Photo: smilingdad. This was from an iPad. Note the order discount at the top. Again, the Pick Your Cards field is prominent.

How to create variations listings

eBay needs to work on adding this feature to the mobile app. The desktop version is clunky, outdated, buggy and time consuming.

Step 1: Go to the desktop eBay website

Step 2: Click my eBay -> Selling

Step 3: Go to Listings -> Create listing

Photo: smilingdad

Step 4: Walk through the prompts to create a listing. If you have a template saved you can use it here.

Step 5: This is the key part. Edit Variations.

Photo: smilingdad. Editing the variations is key.

Step 6: Set the attribute (the field name) and field options. Choose carefully as the attributes and field values show up in the order you add them. You have to wipe them out and start from scratch if you make a mistake.

Photo: smilingdad. Add an attribute and then click Create Your Own to add field options for that attribute.

Example

Our behind the scenes on the second example. Note the attribute was copied from the first example and I’ll need to redo it. Photo: smilingdad

Step 8: Add in your photos, prices, quantities, SKU, and UPC’s as needed.

Save often! I would have the website randomly reload and lose everything.

Example

Final variations look for Example 2. Photo: smilingdad

That’s it. Congrats on your first multi-variations listing! Experiment with it. View it on your phone and desktop. You’ll get better over time. Let us know how this will help your auctions.

Note: When you edit in the mobile app, the Variations portion is missing. It’s best to edit on the website for these listings.

Sincerely yours,

smilingdad

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My story is one of tragedy and redemption. We've made many mistakes along the way regarding our money. Our goal here is to show you how to take care of your money life long, and as much as we can, help the Earth along the way. I call it sustainable personal finance and ethical capitalism. Currently, I am a part time writer for Cleantechnica and part-time licensed financial professional, along with being a full-time dad.

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