;-( My eBay listings just removed... why?

steviebabes

Check if google have a cached copy of your listing, just type in your title, could save a lot of re-typing.

brettcta

i hate ebay, but it's the only decent marketplace for selling my wares.

if someone else can recommend a site where i can target teenagers between the ages of 12-19 and is better than ebay, i'd much appreciate it

thanks

Badger_Lady

steviebabes wrote: »

Check if google have a cached copy of your listing, just type in your title, could save a lot of re-typing.

This is the key part - sadly, if you've only just listed, it's unlikey (though possible) that Google would have indexed your page.

But this is something that I feel eBay should be able to offer - when a listing is pulled due to a genuine mistake, a draft copy should still be available for you to amend.

I was in a similar situation recently where I was listing designer clothes on "Buy It Now or Best Offer". For some reason, I managed to miss the "listing type" on one pair of boots and listed it as an auction-style. Because my title said "Designer Boots etc etc... Make an Offer!", it got instantly pulled and I got exactly the same email as the OP because it looked like I was encouraging offers outside of eBay (not my intention at all).

All I needed to do was change the title but, because it has been completely pulled, I actually had to restart the listing from scratch, including uploading gallery pics, rewriting all my html... and, of course, you're never quite as enthusiastic the second time around!

soolin

Get in the habit of doing it all on turbo lister then you've always got another copy to work from.

Contains_Mild_Peril

soolin wrote: »

Get in the habit of doing it all on turbo lister then you've always got another copy to work from.

And back up regularly (Turbo Lister will usually prompt you every so often). I've had items mysteriously disappear from TL, but luckily most were in my backup database, so I only lost a few.

carolinosourus

I've taken to doing mine in word first and making sure it's saved so that i've always got a copy! Had a lot of probs with power cuts when I was a student (housemates not topping up the meter) and found that word autosaves, whereas ebay does not!

rdp1980

carolinosourus wrote: »

I've taken to doing mine in word first and making sure it's saved so that i've always got a copy!

I tend to do the same... or rather, the opposite.

I create the listing in eBay and then when I have the fonts and colours the way I want them I copy and paste my entire description into a Word document and save it using the title I have given the auction.

That way if I come to sell a similar item again, I can just dig out the old listing and make a few changes. Saves a bit of time and also saves you seeking inspiration for what you can write about the item!

When you list on eBay I find you now have the option to save the listing as a template so you can use it again. I have never used it, nor have I ever listed using TurboLister, as I find my way works for me. I wonder if eBay would delete your template listing in addition to removing the 'offending' listing?

fuzzgun19

pennyuk wrote: »

Thanks for the replies - it's just sooo annoying when I sat and typed in hundreds of numbers to then find it's a waste of time.

I'm 'hhhmmppphhh'-ing even more at the thought that someone may have reported my listing - how cruel is that?!!

I was allowing people to choose as when you only need a handful to complete a collection, you don't really want to spend pounds and end up with even more doubles on a larger eBay lot.

Oh well, I give up... I'll re-write it/re-word it another time!

Thanks again x

Why don't you use Auctiva. Then you have a copy of your listing to use again if needed.
http://www.auctiva.com/

Contains_Mild_Peril

I've tried Auctiva but kept having problems with it (often a partially completely listing would vanish and go back to a blank template) so I went back to Turbo Lister.