From September 2026, apparel and footwear listings that have unclear or missing size or condition details may be hidden until updated. We recommend reviewing your listings now to help avoid any potential disruption.
Having problems creating a listing? You may have exceeded your monthly allowance, your account may be restricted, or the item you're trying to list may be prohibited.
See our pages below for more information:
Getting started
When listing your item, start by describing what you're selling. You can add photos, select the brand and physical details about the item ("item specifics"), choose whether to use the auction or fixed price format, and set a price.
Finally, select which postage options will be available to the buyer and a return policy.
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You can read more about item specifics on our Seller Centre - opens in new window or tab page.
We also recommend that you get to know our rules for sellers, our policies on prohibited and restricted items, and what's allowed and not allowed when listing and completing a sale.
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Item description
A perfect item description is clear enough to tell your buyer what they need to know at a scan, and yet detailed enough so that there can be no confusion around exactly what they're buying.
Be sure to include:
- Your item's key selling points
- Exactly what you're including in the sale. For example, if you're selling used electronics, list which cables it comes with
- Full sentences with correct spelling and punctuation throughout
Item condition
You can sell almost anything on eBay, from brand new products to items that have signs of wear and tear.
It's vital you're honest and accurate about the condition of what you're selling so your buyer knows exactly what they're getting.
Your options for describing your item's condition vary by category. Your options might include:
- New, New with tags, New with box – The item is brand-new, unused/unworn and undamaged, and in its original packaging (if applicable) or has original tags attached
- New without tags, New without box, Open box – The item is in brand new condition but is no longer sealed, or it may be missing original packaging materials or tags
- New with imperfections – The item is brand new and has never been worn, but has some type of defect. New irregular items may fall into this category. The original tags may or may not be attached
- Pre-owned or Used – An item that has been previously used or worn and may have signs of wear. Choose the most appropriate Pre-owned condition and ensure that all imperfections are shown and described in the listing
- Refurbished – The item has been restored to full working order, inspected and cleaned by the seller or a third party. In some categories, you'll need to be part of the Refurbished Program in order to select a Refurbished condition
- For parts or not working – An item that does not function as intended and is not fully operational
Learn more about which item conditions are available for each category.
Item specifics
When filling in the specifics about your item, you'll find that some fields are required and some are not, depending on which category you're selling in.
Item specifics may include brand, size, type, colour, style, or other relevant info about the item you're selling.
We strongly recommend providing as many of these specifics as you can to ensure that your item gets maximum visibility on both eBay and external sites such as Google Shopping.
For more information about item specifics, see our Seller Centre page - opens in new window or tab.
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Use the Optiseller eBay Aspect Finder tool - opens in new window or tab to quickly identify and update your existing listings which are missing required and recommended item specifics.
Standard sizing for apparel and footwear
Starting June 2026, we're introducing standardised sizing for apparel and footwear to improve listing performance and reduce buyer uncertainty. Where sizes align to our standardised size format with high confidence (e.g. small will become 'S'), we'll update them automatically.
If a size is unclear or unsupported, for example, "See description" or "N/A", we'll notify you so you can review and update the listing.
To help avoid issues:
- Review listings with non-standard, unclear sizes, or missing condition values
- Update any missing or unclear size values
- If you use APIs or tools, ensure they align with the standardised size format
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From September 2026, listings with missing or unclear size values may be hidden until updated. Make sure to review and update your fashion listings in advance to avoid any issues.
Our listing tools
Quick listing tool
If you're a casual seller, our quick listing tool - opens in new window or tab provides the core features you need to start selling, and will walk you through the listing process step-by-step.
If you want to see more options in the quick listing tool, such as reserve price, duration and schedule listing, here's how to enable them:
- At the top of the listing form, select Change listing preferences.
- Tick the Enable more options box and Save.
- Select More options.
Advanced listing tool
The advanced listing tool, which is available to all Seller Hub users, offers a clean design, improved listing features and a unified listing experience across desktop and mobile web browsers.
Seller Hub
As your sales on eBay grow, you may want to consider using Seller Hub - opens in new window or tab, a central place for managing your eBay business. It's free, consolidates all our selling tools in one place, and has helpful data and recommendations to help grow your sales.
You can find more information in our article on using Seller Hub.
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You can save drafts of your listings to finish later. You'll find your drafts on the Drafts - opens in new window or tab page in My eBay, or on the Manage Drafts - opens in new window or tab page in Seller Hub. You can save up to 250 drafts through the quick listing tool on eBay.com and the eBay mobile app, and up to 5,000 through the single and bulk business tools in Seller Hub. Drafts expire 75 days after they were last edited.
Completing your listing
Our guides below have useful information on how to add images and categories, set buyer requirements, make changes to your listing after it's live, and more.
Using the advanced listing toolThe advanced listing tool offers improved listing features, and a unified listing experience across desktop and mobile web browsers.
Adding pictures to your listingsLearn how to choose, edit, upload and manage the pictures you use in your eBay listings.
Adding a category to your listingFind out how choosing the right category can help you reach the right buyers.
How immediate payment worksFind out how requiring immediate payment can help when you're selling a time-sensitive item.
Setting buyer requirementsLearn how to manage who can bid on, or buy, your items.
Selling templatesFind out how using listing templates can help simplify the listing creation process.
Revise a listingLearn how when changes you can make to a live listing, and when you can make them.
Multi-quantity listings and listings with variationsLearn how Pro sellers - opens in new window or tab can add multiple identical items to a single eBay listing or list similar items with multiple variations like colours, sizes and materials.