topic Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number in Selling

Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

snowbunnies2016 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:49:26 GMT

I am trying to list some items using Turbo Lister but when I try to upload the listings get rejected stating I need a UPC number. Some items don't have one, particularly if theyre new without tags so how do I get around this.

thanks (in advance)

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:58:13 GMT

Just select the option 'Not relevant' or words to that effect in the drop down menu.

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

southaustraliacardshop — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:41:28 GMT

Does Not Apply

Works fot me

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

clarry100 — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:54:28 GMT

That field is now a required field on ebay and can no longer be left blank.

So if its not applicable to your product then you need to populate it with "Does not Apply".

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

rose1916purple — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:02:25 GMT

MAybe a silly question, but what is a UPC number?

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

heihachi_73 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:02:39 GMT

It's a barcode number used only in the US and nowhere else whatsoever, so of course eBay spams the term "UPC" all over the place. The rest of the world use 13-digit EAN barcodes (or rarely, 8 digits), which is also backwards-compatible with UPCs by adding a zero in front of the UPC number (13-digit EAN and 12-digit UPC barcodes are identical in appearance and are read the same way, except that UPCs lack the first digit, which was grandfathered in as a zero in the EAN format; Australian EANs always start with a 9).

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

clarry100 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:36:31 GMT

UPC = Universal Product Code

EAN = European Article Number

They are just the barcodes you see all over products that are scanned at checkouts etc.

There are many different formats of the codes. These are two of the commonly used ones.

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

lane-ends — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:26:40 GMT

when a barcode doesn't scan at a checkout and an operator has to type a number in, this is what they are typing.

If you are selling common products the barcode links it into google searches and probably helps it pop up all over web pages when people have searched similar items.

I leave it as "does not apply" even for my new items that have it, as they are one offs and unlikely to be search linked to other same items..also cant be bothered typing in big numbers.

This not the same as MFN, which is more of a manufacturers internal tagging like a style number

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

rose1916purple — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:36:25 GMT

Thanks for the replies. As I sell mainly vintage I will not need to bother about it.

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

snowbunnies2016 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:04:06 GMT

I tried typing in Not Relevant, Not Applicable, Does Not Apply, the latter 2 have too many characters and it doesn't like Not Relevant, so still getting the same error message requiring UPC/EAN. Totally frustrated now!!

Anyone have any other suggestions for this in Turbo Lister??

Thanks

Re: Turbo Lister - UPC - How do I upload without UPC number

davewil1964 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:52:23 GMT

'Does not apply' is the last option in the dropdown. Click on that. You can't type it in yourself, you have to use the predefined field text.