topic Re: multi variant listings in Selling

multi variant listings

rlkalltheway — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:01:45 GMT

Hi all 🙂 I havent sold much for a while but decided to get back into the swing of things but I'm a bit confused by the multivariant listing policy. I sell mainly collectibles like coins and stamps. for eg If i have those round 50c coins that look the same but have different years or different flaws, do I do a seperate listing for ea or a multi variant listing. I'm too scared to list anything even closely resembling my item as I got a caution for one of my items in the first week back listing and dont want to risk being shut down. Is $1 coin different enought from a 50c piece to be listed seperately. Is australian stamps different enough from world stamps?

Also I wanted to know if u can do a multivariant listing from an iphone or ipad and if so how?

I have just downloaded the garage sale app but couldnt find the part where I could add other items. Does anyone else use the garage sale app on their i devices? Sorry to ask so many questions but I have so much I want to list but now sure how to go about it without getting into trouble.

Re: multi variant listings

2106greencat — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:47:56 GMT

Pretty sure you can only do multi variant listings when you have a store. Someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly for sure.

Re: multi variant listings

digital*ghost — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:04:56 GMT

You need a store, or to be a Power Seller, or to be registered as a business to do a variant listing, and it's not available in all categories - pretty sure it's not available in collectibles, stamps or coin categories. Without a store, a variant listing will incure an insertion fee per item available, too. (With a store, a listing containing 100 items, no matter what the price, will cost 20c. Without a store, if you make 100 items available in a listing at say $10 each, the insertion fee for the one listing would be $50 - and the duration is 10 days max, whereas the 20c fee with a store is for up to 30 days).

In general, the variant listing format is for the same item that has variations like colour or size (eg the same t-shirt by the same brand, available in different sizes and colours, or the same sheet set in different sizes). There are other things that are fundamentally the same that can not use a variant listing - eg CDs by different artists, or different book titles by the same author.

The round 50c coin would, as far as I know, qualify for a variant listing, but different stamps would not.

Re: multi variant listings

digital*ghost — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:07:30 GMT

The round 50c coin would, as far as I know, qualify for a variant listing, but different stamps would not.

Meant to add that's theoretical, since the format isn't available in those categories.

Re: multi variant listings

the-kazbar — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:15:21 GMT

(With a store, a listing containing 100 items, no matter what the price, will cost 20c. Without a store, if you make 100 items available in a listing at say $10 each, the insertion fee for the one listing would be $50 - and the duration is 10 days max, whereas the 20c fee with a store is for up to 30 days).

Just for the sake of anyone considering this, the maximum listing fee is capped at $3.00 🙂

fees - http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/fees.html#insertion

multi-variations listings - http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/listing-variations.html

Re: multi variant listings

digital*ghost — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:22:02 GMT

Just for the sake of anyone considering this, the maximum listing fee is capped at $3.00 🙂

fees - http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/fees.html#insertion

multi-variations listings - http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/listing-variations.html

Unfortunately, that's per item.

Above the fee table, its says: To calculate the insertion fee multiply the start price by the number of items offered in the one listing and then use the table below to find the associated insertion fee.

Re: multi variant listings

digital*ghost — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:24:12 GMT

Hmm, reading that again, I think I misinterpreted it.

If you have 1 $10 item, insertion fee is 50c, but 10 would be a value of $100 so incurring the $3 listing fee.

Re: multi variant listings

the-kazbar — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:31:47 GMT

The value is multiplied but then the listing fee is capped so if you were selling 3 x $10 items the value would be deemed to be $30 and the listing fee would be $1.50 but, as per your previous example, if you had a listing that was offeing 100 x $10 items, the fee would be capped at $3.00 🙂

Re: multi variant listings

putney32 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:48:09 GMT

AS there are no multi variant listings available in stamps or coin categories you dont need to worry, just make a separate listing for each coin/stamp you are selling

you asked.for eg If i have those round 50c coins that look the same but have different years

50c rounds only come in ONE YEAR. (1966) so no problem there either.

Re: multi variant listings

rlkalltheway — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:08:21 GMT

hi thanks for your replies 🙂 I opened a store about a month ago and when I posted on these forums with my selling id a fellow poster gave me a friendly warning about my listings as they said they didnt comply with the multi variant listings. So as I wasnt sure which ones were wrong and which ones were right I deleted about 1/2 my listings and have been too scared to anything since. So I'm trying to work out where I went wrong before I get myself in trouble.

Would say beyblades with different names go in one listing or have a listing each? or say if I sold pens in lots of 5, 10, 20 or 100 would that be a multi variant listing?

Oh also can you list multivariant listings on an iphone/ipad ?:)

Re: multi variant listings

putney32 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:58:58 GMT

put simply, unless ebay offers a drop down choice menu in a category you are using (mostly I think in clothing), you cannot offer variations.

you cannot do, for example, a photo of 10 different stamps and price at ).99c and ask the buyer to pick which one they want. that is against ebay rulings.

Re: multi variant listings

digital*ghost — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:35:58 GMT

hi thanks for your replies 🙂 I opened a store about a month ago and when I posted on these forums with my selling id a fellow poster gave me a friendly warning about my listings as they said they didnt comply with the multi variant listings. So as I wasnt sure which ones were wrong and which ones were right I deleted about 1/2 my listings and have been too scared to anything since. So I'm trying to work out where I went wrong before I get myself in trouble.

Would say beyblades with different names go in one listing or have a listing each? or say if I sold pens in lots of 5, 10, 20 or 100 would that be a multi variant listing?

Oh also can you list multivariant listings on an iphone/ipad ?:)

As there is no option currently to list items like toys and collectibles with a variation listing, it's kind of a moot point - I'm not sure how your other listings were breaching policy, but just be aware of the fact that if you list an item in the incorrect category just to be able to make use of the variant format, that is also a policy breach.

Quantity is an acceptable variation for the same item, so if you have some items that can be correctly listed with the variation format, you can list them in different lot sizes.

I'm afraid I can't answer the question re: iphones. I don't have one, although... If you find it doesn't work using an app, try using the classic site. There are apparently some functions that either don't work properly or aren't available on the apps, but work fine if you use the classic site.

Re: multi variant listings

rlkalltheway — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:41:04 GMT

Sorry to be a pain but can someone please tell me if I sell sheets of stickers that are the same brand but are 5 different colours and 3 different sizes being sold per sheet, would I have 1 listing, five listings with a choice of size or 15 listings? Would the same apply to silicone bracelets ?