How To: Prepare Stock for Listing on eBay when using Channels 1.0


Channel Listings is not enabled by default.
Training must be completed before using Channel Listings.
Please email Development for more information.
Note: there will be additional costs involved if this option is enabled.


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Channel Listings is an Advanced User feature.

Once the stock items you wish to list on eBay have been added to the eBay Channel they will appear on the [ Channel Listings | Listings ] screen. Before the items can be uploaded to eBay they must be configured, for example the Channel Type Values set and images added.

  1. Open the [ Channel Listings | Listings ] screen.
  2. Double-click on the eBay listing to load the [ Channel Listings | Listing Details ] screen.
  3. Press Alt+E or click the green triangle icon is the buttonbar's EDIT button to enter edit mode.
  4. Review the Information and the Listing information areas to make sure the details are correct. If you wish to prevent the listing from auto-listing with automated tools untick the Auto List Verified checkbox.
  5. Check the Stock area to make sure the descriptions are correct, see the Stock section for details about the hierarchy of which short and long description is used when the listing is uploaded.
  6. Review the Images section where you can:
    1. Check images held against the stock item in their [ Stock | Detail | Telesales/Internet ] screen, these will appear here automatically, see adding Images to Stock Items.
    2. Add images to the listing in this screen, see adding Images to Channel Listings. If you are adding images to SCS variations see How To: Add Images for SCS Listings.
  7. For SCS / Variations:
    1. Stock items setup as SCS items will be displayed in the grid, their price and quantity listed can be updated.
    2. Manually created SCS variations can be added and configured including adding images, see How To: Add Manual SCS Variations to a Channel Listing.
  8. Channel Type Values must be setup[1], see How To: Setup eBay Channel Type Values. Once setup they can be Saved as a Template and then applied to listings using the following options:
  9. Press Ctrl+S or click the disk icon is the button bar's SAVE button to save.

Tip

  1. ? If the values are not setup with the minimum requirement then verification will fail and the details will appear in the Error Log.

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