New eBay Policy: Duplicate Fixed-Price Listings
eBay has announced a new policy that will restrict sellers from posting duplicate fixed-price listings.
Effective Oct. 26, only one fixed-price listing will be allowed per item, per seller—even if you sell under multiple IDs.
The new policy does not apply to auction listings.
Take action now
If you have scheduled listings, review them now, and make any necessary revisions to ensure they are in compliance.
eBay will soon provide a duplicate listing lookup tool to help identify your duplicate listings. This tool will show how each listing ranks in search results so you can add quantity to your highest performing listing and cancel the duplicates.
When the new policy takes effect next month, eBay will automatically end duplicate listings, and credit the seller for any listing fees.
Tools to help you adjust
As eBay's largest certified third-party developer, Auctiva is in constant communication with eBay so that we can proactively ensure our users are informed and equipped to adjust to changes, such as this.
Users of our listing service will notice messaging throughout the site, as well as tools to help ease the transition. These include:
Multi-Variation Tool — Consolidate identical or similar items into a single fixed-price listing and let buyers select the item by size, color or other characteristic.
Parts Compatibility Tool — Create a single listing that details all the vehicles a particular item will fit.
Automated Relisting — Create a fixed-price listing and use Auctiva's Auto-Relist Profile to automatically repost it as soon as it ends.
Scheduling — Manually schedule a second listing to post when the first is set to expire.
If you'd like to take advantage of these tools, sign up today for our $9.95/mo. Unlimited Plan.
To learn more about what's changing and how it affects you, please read this Auctiva EDU article and review eBay's Duplicate Listings policy page.
Happy selling,