Channel SCS / Variations
Training must be completed before using Channel Listings.
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 | Channel Listings is an Advanced User feature. |
Stock items that have been setup as Size Colour Style (SCS) can be added easily to Channel Listings, however variations of stock items i.e. individual items that are not created using SCS can be treated as such by adding them in the SCS / Variations area in the [ Channel Listings | Listing Details ] screen.
Note: SCS / Variation stock items can only be created for fixed price (buy now) eBay Only listings, not eBay auctions.
Setting up SCS/Manual Variations
SCS Stock Items
SCS stock items created in Khaos Control are added to the eBay category, if it supports SCS items, in the [ Web Categories | Categories ] for eBay. Only the parent, non-stock controlled item, is added and it will pull all of the associated child items into the [ Channel Listings | Listings ] screen with it, see How To: Add SCS Items to eBay Channel Listings.
Manual Variations
Channel Listings allows users to create/remove/rename manual variation SCS items from existing stock items for listing purposes, see How To: Add Manual SCS Variations to a Channel Listing. The parent stock item is a place-holder and is therefore normally not stock controlled, however, a parent stock item can add itself as a child when creating manual variations. It is preferable to have the parent as non-stock controlled although it won't be listed.
Manual SCS items can only be created in the following circumstances:
- eBay Only if the category supports SCS/Variation items. If the items are going to be listed in two categories both must support variations.
Note: if a category does not support variations then the stock items will need to be listed as individual items, i.e. not using variations.
Importing Existing SCS Listings
Existing SCS listings for eBay can be imported, see:
Note: eBay Only the format of the Khaos Control SCS stock items MUST match the format of the eBay SCS items, for example Colour then Size in both but Colour then Size in Khaos Control and Size then Colour on eBay will not work:
| Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay Khaos Control | Colour Colour | Size Size |  Will import |
| eBay Khaos Control | Colour Size | Size Colour |  Will NOT import |
Updating SCS/Manual Variations
New variations can be added to both SCS and Manual Variation stock items but they must follow the same structure, see How To: Add Additional Stock Items to Listed SCS Listings. The following cannot be changed or deleted:
- Existing SCS or Manual Variation stock items cannot be deleted.
- The SCS or Manual Variation structure cannot be changed.
- Additional images cannot be added for eBay items.
SCS/Manual Variations in the Listings Screen
SCS parent items are added to the [ Web Categories | Categories ] for eBay and they will then appear in the [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listings ] screen where the parent item will be displayed with a light green or orange back ground. Manual variations are created in the [ Channel Listings | Listing Details ] screen, see How To: Add Manual SCS Variations to a Channel Listing.
Viewing SCS/Manual Variations
Once created they will appear in the [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listings ] screen where the parent item will be displayed with a light green or orange back ground. The child items can be viewed in the grid, see How To: View SCS Child Items in the Channel Listings Listings Screen.
Display the child items
To unfold all SCS items in the [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listings ] screen tick the 'Show SCS / Variation children' checkbox in the top right of screen and click on the Go button. This will display ALL the child items.
To see the child items for a specific listing, focus on the listing and select Unfold SCS / Variations Header from the context menu. The child items for the SCS header you are focused on will be displayed.
Updating Price and Quantity
The user can set price per each variation and quantity to list either in the [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listings ] screen for items already listed, see How To: Update Quantities or Prices for Listed Items or in the SCS / Variations area in the [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listing Details ] screen or items that have not yet been listed.
The Parent SCS or manual variation will display the totals for all the child items in the grid, unfolding the listing will display the values for the child items. The List Price and Price is set to the initial header's price.
SCS/Manual Variations in the Listings Details Screen
The [ Stock | Channel Listings | Listing Details ] screen is where SCS items can be viewed and where manual variations are setup.
The 
button is used to re-build the SCS setup for the channel and sets the values for example the Price, Stock Assignment, min and max display quantity back to the default. This is only applicable to SCS items setup in stock and not manual variations. This option is useful when the SCS item setup has been modified, for example when adding a new colour or size via the parent SCS item. This will update the information in here for listing on the channel.
Individual manual variations can be added using the 
button, deleted with the 
button and to remove all variations from the grid below use the 
button.
Images eBay Only
It is possible to define additional pictures per variation for both to SCS items and manual variations. Images can only be defined against one element, for example for different colours or for different styles, but not for both. Each variation value can hold up to 12 different images. However, as pictures can be added to the parent or header item, it is impractical to set them up against SCS children. This also makes the images easier to manage, see images on eBay.
It is possible to define pictures for a variation which are set against the SCS header. The image name (not file name!) has to follow the pattern:
SCS:variation_name=variation_value
For example:
- SCS:Colour=Red
Note: if images are added for more than one variation (element level), for example for both Colour and Size, then only the first type will be included, the other is ignored.
Selling SCS / Variations
On eBay
After the last variant is sold SCS / Manual Variations listings are auto-closed unless you're using Out of Stock Control setup. eBay suggests that it maybe beneficial to set the Listing Duration to auto-relist (GTC (Good Till Cancelled) - re-list automatically every 30 days) and restock when needed.
The Check Status option in the bottom action buttons in the [ Channel Listings | Listings ] screen retrieves information from eBay for all variations regardless of which of them have been modified.
When the SCS / Variations child quantity is set to zero and is not sold at all, it is removed from the listing. The child item will not be added if the quantity is zero while listing, however, it will re-appear on eBay when the quantity is increased.
Using product identifiers when using SCS
eBay have introduced a change which means that selected categories on eBay, which support listings with variations, now require the product identifiers to be against all child items. Previously these were required just against the parent item. This change became mandatory on 29th February 2016. Khaos Control enables the user to specify the SCS child level details for new and revised listings. For more information see How to: Setup eBay listings to provide product identifiers for SCS variations.