topic Re: Item Specifics...more required in Selling

Item Specifics...more required

twyngwyn — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 02:53:49 GMT

What you need to know

In mid-July 2022, some Item Specifics will become required in the following categories
- Collectibles (Toys)
- Health & Beauty
- Home & Garden
- Parts & Accessories
From 17 May 2022, you’ll be able to see and edit these in Seller Hub
When we release new Item Specifics, some category structures will also change. We’ll also be taking the opportunity to update the names of some existing Item Specifics
Aussie Seller News - April 2022 | Seller Centre (ebay.com.au)

Re: Item Specifics...more required

pnc75 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:38:52 GMT

Here we go again.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

twyngwyn — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:41:06 GMT

I don't think we'll ever be free of this....so frustrating

Re: Item Specifics...more required

davewil1964 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:12:26 GMT

At least they didn't change books again. Except for the mindless, pointless 'Original Language' one they snuck in without notice a week or so ago.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

pnc75 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:35:33 GMT

Yeah, saw that. How the hell are you supposed to know without wasting time researching?

Re: Item Specifics...more required

davewil1964 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:43:25 GMT

I work on the assumption that they are all English, except for Christian Jacq. Like country of publication - unless they are Australian authors, that is 'Unknown'.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

countessalmirena — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:59:02 GMT

It's still not tricky and glitchy enough. Surely eBay can do more.

I insist on eBay adding "Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics" as the default language option for books, and "various unknown Egyptian priests" as the default author. There's also no reason why the default format can't be audiobooks; simply because the pronunciation is largely speculative/unknown is no reason not to provide the public with the in-demand audio version of 𓂋𓏤𓈒 𓏌𓏤 𓉐𓂋 𓏏𓂻 𓅓 𓉔𓂋 𓅱 𓇳𓏤 , narrated by, say, Alex Jennings.

Who's with me on this?

Re: Item Specifics...more required

davewil1964 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:52:07 GMT

I see you've heard of Monsieur Jacq.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

countessalmirena — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 09:40:22 GMT

I may have perused a book or two or three or…

I appreciate his use of Simbels.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

davewil1964 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 10:30:03 GMT

Tout a fait.

Especially the Abu ones.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

p9games — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:32:27 GMT

Item specifics are not going to go away. They are important for enabling multi faceted searches which in turn improve the shopping experience for buyers. That is good news for sellers.

If you have a large quantity of listings and do this manually, then you need to consider improving your systems because with the right system this takes a few minutes to push out thousands of listings.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

shiver_me_shrimp — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:23:25 GMT

Some of the item specifics are ridiculous.

DVD for example

Item specifics: TV Series or film?

Me: Film

Item specifics: What season?

Me: It's a film...

Item specifics: Yeah, but what season is the film?

Me: AHHHHHH

Clothes: T shirts

Item specifics: What closure does it have?

Me: It's a T shirt

Item specifics: Proceeds to ask questions about pants...

Item specifics: name the factory worker who made the pants

Item specifics: what did the factory worker who made the pants eat at smoko?

Seriously this is what it feels like.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

davewil1964 — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:32:25 GMT

'None' is a handy answer. Or a '.' OR 'KVNCOsdhb'. Or anything. Or just tick the box to not remind you in future.

Re: Item Specifics...more required

countessalmirena — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:30:31 GMT

I still want to know about the pants, though...