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Q for non-store sellers

elusiveeditions — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:40:48 GMT

If you're moving house and therefore your ebay stock, and you know that as soon as you put the stuff on the truck you're bound to get orders for some of it- is the only option to end all your items individually (using 'no longer available' or 'error in listing' etc) and re-list from scratch afterwards?

I don't want to take orders during the move but I can't see any way of 'suspending' listings for non-stores. If you end them all, are they saved or do you have to redo the lot?

Cheers 🙂

Re: Q for non-store sellers

casbit33 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:57:32 GMT

The only thing I do if I go away for a few days is apologise to any one that has bought my items and then send them away quickly.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:08:38 GMT

If you end listings they remain in unsold for 60 days and can simply be relisted in bulk.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

247newdeals — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 03:00:15 GMT

@elusiveeditions wrote:
If you're moving house and therefore your ebay stock, and you know that as soon as you put the stuff on the truck you're bound to get orders for some of it- is the only option to end all your items individually (using 'no longer available' or 'error in listing' etc) and re-list from scratch afterwards?

I don't want to take orders during the move but I can't see any way of 'suspending' listings for non-stores. If you end them all, are they saved or do you have to redo the lot?

Cheers 🙂

You could go through the listings and increase your handling times, to allow for the move, and change them back once you are settled.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 04:08:03 GMT

I haven't checked your listings, but if they're buy it now, up the price to an unreasonable amount, then when you're ready to start selling again, knock the prices back to what they should be. Saves having to end them all and relist again.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

davewil1964 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:01:19 GMT

I would bulk end them.

That way you don't have to give a reason, they sit in 'unsold' for up to 60 days and you can bulk relist them when you're settled.

Quick, easy, painless.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

jorayjen-1 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:17:04 GMT

Sorry just realised my post related to Store and I re-read your qn for non-store

Big Oops

Re: Q for non-store sellers

oceanic_flyer — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:37:54 GMT

You can bulk end your items, and they will go into your unsold for later relisting

Tick all your items in the left hand box, then go to end along the top a bit.

I have another different design non store way , same thing tick the box on the left hand side. If you do the one at the top, they will all get ticked, go along to a drop down box, and will say delete or end. you don't have to do them one by one. Its my original ID so over 10yrs old. Might not have that one for you.

I would end them, as you don't know how the shift will go, unless it will only be couple days.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

oceanic_flyer — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:42:58 GMT

Meant to say, I use desk top all the time, not the Ebay app

Re: Q for non-store sellers

davewil1964 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:46:30 GMT

Echo

Re: Q for non-store sellers

justcruising48 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:31:45 GMT

I recently went away for 2 weeks and did not want to end my items. I put a message in big bold letters saying anything sold could not be posted until ....due to going away, so no hurry to pay. I just emailed buyers when items sold as I still had internet to remind them -had no problems at all and everyone was very nice. Actually sold more when away than normal recently and everyone patiently waited. Nearly everyone paid straight away too. So you could do similar with no problems. Did not effect my seller dashboard for slow selling as communication was the key element. Good luck with the move.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

davewil1964 — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:10:13 GMT

Except that buyers have the option to defect a seller if the item is received later than eBay's guesstimate. And it is very much worded as a survey. A few of those would see the OP in trouble.

That's for non-tracked parcels.

For tracked parcels a delivery date or lodgement scan outside of eBay estimates or seller handling time is an automatic defect, regardless of how understanding buyers are.

With the way eBay is these days it is best to cover your backside where possible.

Re: Q for non-store sellers

elusiveeditions — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:37:08 GMT

Very true. I'll use the bulk-end option, many thanks for that tip everyone. I don't want to take orders until my items (all books) are neatly catalogued and ready to go. It'd be asking for trouble. We're doing 2 weeks of fast & hard renovations at the new place, so finding and packing books could easily go awry. The defects would be inevitable.

Thanks for the help.