Changing Your Listing (Format, Category, Title, Description, Price, Shipping,)

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Changing your listing


	Revising a single listing Revising multiple listings Restrictions on making revisions

After you've listed your item, you may be able to change some details in your listing, depending on the time that’s left before the listing ends and whether you've received any bids or sales.

Revising a single listing

To revise your listing:

Go to My eBay.
Click the All Selling link.

Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro subscribers: Use the Active view.
In the row for the item you want to change, from the drop-down menu in the Actions column, select Revise.
On the Revise your listing page, make your changes. (Any grey sections can't be revised.)
Click the Save and Continue button.

Revising multiple listings

To revise multiple listings:

Go to My eBay.
Click the All Selling link.

Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro subscribers: Use the Active view.
Select the listings you want to revise, and then click the Edit button. You can revise up to 200 listings at a time.
Specify the information you want to edit on the Edit Listing page.
To change the listings one at a time, click the Edit listings individually button.
To make the same changes to all the listings (according to their selling format), click the Edit listings in bulk button.
Click Continue.
Edit your listings and click the Continue button.
- For items associated with products that are in our catalog, you’ll be offered the option to Add product details to your listing.
- If you’re editing listings in bulk, we’ll ask you to add product details to listings one at a time.
Check your changes on the Review your listings page.
Click the Submit button. If you need to make more changes, click the Back button.

Notes:

When you relist or change a listing title, your listing might not be searchable in a keyword or category search until several hours after you've changed it.
In most cases, you can't change the listing format. For example, you can't change from an auction-style listing to a fixed price listing.
You can't extend the duration of a listing if two or more hours have passed since you submitted the listing.
You may be able to end your listing early and then relist it with any changes you want to make. However, if there are 12 hours or less remaining in an auction-style listing, and the item has a bid, you can't end your listing. Removing a bid doesn't enable you to revise the listing.
Durations of more than seven days can incur a fee and change some upgrade and insertion fees. If your item doesn't sell and you relist it, you might be able to get an insertion fee credit. Fixed price listings are not eligible for insertion fee credits.

Restrictions on making revisions

The tables below show the changes you can make to your listing depending on the type of the listing, the time left before it ends, and whether you have received any bids or sales.

Auction-style listing

Time left before the listing ends	Did the listing receive bids?	What you can change
More than 12 hours	No	Change any information except the format. In addition, the duration can't be extended if two or more hours have passed since the listing was submitted. Remove the following optional features only: Buy It Now, eBay Picture Upgrades, Reserve Price, 10-day listing. Add or change a Gallery picture. Add optional features to increase your item's visibility Add or change pictures. Add a second category. Reduce the start price of your item. (You won't receive credit for the difference in your insertion fees.)
More than 12 hours	Yes	Add a second category. Add to the item description. Add or change pictures. Add optional features to increase your item's visibility. Reduce the reserve price of your item. (You won't receive credit for the difference in your insertion fees.)
Less than 12 hours	No	Change the category and add item specifics. Add a second category. Add to the item description. Add optional features to increase your item's visibility. Add page view counters. Add or change a Gallery picture. Add or change pictures. Add new payment methods and ship-to locations.
Less than 12 hours	Yes	Add optional features to increase your listing's visibility. Add or change a Gallery picture.

Fixed price listings

If you list using the fixed price or multi-quantity fixed price, you can make changes up until the item sells.

If you use multi-quantity, fixed price listings, you can revise the listing after a sale. However, you won't be able to change the format, duration, category, or title of the listing. You can see the purchases (and information on the listing at the time of purchase) from the Purchase history page. Buyers can see only the item they purchased from the Order details page.

Notes:

You can't make any changes if you have a pending Best Offer. After you accept or refuse the Best Offer, you can make any revisions or relist the item.
You can remove optional features, but you will not receive a refund for the cost of the feature.

Classified Ad listing

You can change only the categories for Classified Ad listings if the insertion fees are the same.

Time left before the listing ends	Did the listing receive bids?	What you can revise
More than 12 hours	No	Revise any information except the selling format.
More than 12 hours	Yes	Not applicable. Classified Ad listings don't have bids.
Less than 12 hours	No	Revise any information except the selling format. You can change some Item Specifics but not the category.
Less than 12 hours	Yes	Not applicable. Classified Ad listings don't have bids.

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