Autumn 2019 Seller Update

[twyngwyn]

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/SU19-1/Autumn-2019-Seller-Update

Category changes - again.....starting in June

Category and Classification Updates

We've made category updates to provide a more intuitive buying, selling, and search experience on eBay. Category updates including new additions, removals, merging and the renaming of categories.

If you have a listing in an affected category, we'll automatically move your listing to the most relevant category. The updated categories include:

• Books, Magazines
• Business
• Collectables
• Electronics
• Food & Drink
• Home & Garden
• Home Appliances
• Industrial
• Pet Supplies
• Phones & Accessories
• Sporting Goods

When tring to download (as suggested) a detailed view of the category changes, this is what I get:

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/sites/default/files/CatUpdates2019.xlsx

[curraone · Accepted solution]

I think if you try a new link it works okay - but the download is in excel and I don't have excel

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/category-updates

What You Need to Do

1. Download a detailed view of the category changes and see if any of the changes affect your listings.  
2. If you create listings using variations, be sure to download the full list of categories that support this type of listing.

[twyngwyn]

....but, you can still SEARCH for Picture Books.....so there must be more steps in the listing area....same as the other book categories.....will just have to revise all my book listings

https://www.ebay.com.au/b/Children-Young-Adults-Books/182882/bn_55159088

[curraone]

No, I just tried to do a listing - children's books - sub-category > fiction or non fiction

that's it.

[twyngwyn]

I meant within the body of the listing...

...looks like they've left CRAFT alone (for once) but have changed a lot of Collectables

[curraone]

Oops - I stand corrected

That will be in the specifics -  I see new specifics like GENRE e.g. Fantasy  and TYPE  e.g. Picture Books

which will need to be filled in.   

Sigh.

[twyngwyn]

yes, I just revised some kids' books & there are plenty more fields, same as the other book categories

[davewil1964]

No 'Australian' topic or genre, though. We waited years for that, now they have globalised it. Except for comics which they've Americanised. Or Americanized.

[twyngwyn]

there's Australasian in the REGION specifics

[davewil1964]

There was before, and a country one as well, but I never used them.

[twyngwyn]

are you complying now......it will probably affect search results?