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      Bulk listing tools

      Our bulk listing tools can save you time and effort when listing or managing multiple items on eBay. The tools available depend on your Pro plan and the complexity of your selling needs.

      All of the bulk listing tools on this page are only available to Pro sellers. To use these features, you'll need a Pro plan - opens in new window or tab.

      Third-party integration and API tools are exclusive to sellers with a Pro Basic, Featured or Anchor plan.

      We have a variety of bulk listing tools to help you upload and manage your listings.

      All Pro sellers can use Seller Hub Reports and the bulk listing tool. To use more advanced tools, including the Merchant Integration Platform and eBay APIs, you'll need a Pro Basic plan or above.

      Upload your listings

      Seller Hub Reports

      Seller Hub Reports, available to all Pro sellers, lets you upload and manage your inventory easily and efficiently in CSV or tab-delimited files. This can be accessed on the eBay platform, via Seller Hub.

      • Inventory volume: High
      • Tool complexity: Medium

      Learn more about how to use Seller Hub Reports.

      Try Seller Hub Reports - opens in new window or tab

      Merchant Integration Platform

      Merchant Integration Platform (MIP) is a feed-based platform that lets you upload your inventory in bulk, then quickly and efficiently create listings and manage orders. If you are familiar with feed files used with other marketplaces, such as Amazon or Google Shopping, you can start selling on eBay right away with MIP's standard CSV and XML feed formats.

      The max feed file size supported is 25 MB. If it's larger than that, we recommend you split it into multiple files.

      • Inventory volume: High
      • Tool complexity: High

      Find out more about the Merchant Integration Platform - opens in new window or tab, available to sellers with a Pro Basic, Featured or Anchor plan.

      Inventory API

      eBay Inventory API is a RESTful API that offers a retail standard solution for sellers to manage their inventory and create listings using SKUs. The API enables sellers to create and manage inventory item records, track inventory levels, and convert these inventory items into listings on eBay.

      With the Inventory API, sellers can streamline their inventory management workflows and optimise their listings to improve their sales performance on eBay. The API provides a range of resources, such as the Inventory Location Entity, Offer Entity and Metadata Entity, to support various aspects of inventory management and product listing creation.

      • Inventory volume: High
      • Tool complexity: High

      Find out more about the Inventory API - opens in new window or tab, available to sellers with a Pro Basic, Featured or Anchor plan.

      Trading API

      eBay's Trading API enables large sellers and 3rd party platforms to integrate seamlessly with the eBay marketplace. Among other capabilities, the Trading API allows users to add, revise, relist or end eBay listings.

      • Inventory volume: High
      • Tool complexity: High

      Find out more about the Trading API - opens in new window or tab, available to sellers with a Pro Basic, Featured or Anchor plan.

      Sell Feed API

      The Sell Feed API lets sellers upload and download feed files and reports, and create schedules. The eBay Sell Feed API enables the bulk listing of products that are processed by eBay asynchronously ("in the background" without the user having to wait for the task to finish).

      Sellers can create an upload task for each feed type, then upload the bulk listing file to eBay. Once eBay processes the file, they can download the result file to see if the feed file was processed successfully. There are feed types to add, revise, relist and end listings.

      The Sell Feed API also has the capability of downloading an Active Inventory Report that gives a seller price, quantity, and other details about all active listings.

      • Inventory volume: High
      • Tool complexity: High

      Find out more about the Sell Feed API - opens in new window or tab, available to sellers with a Pro Basic, Featured or Anchor plan.

      Manage your listings

      The bulk listing tool

      The bulk listing tool, available to all Pro sellers, makes managing up to 2,000 listings easier and more efficient. Using the tool, sellers can relist items, revise existing listings, sell similar products and finish multiple drafts.

      The tool can be accessed in multiple ways from Seller Hub - opens in new window or tab.

      Seller Hub entry points

      From the Active listings section:

      • Edit
      • Sell similar
      • Change to auction
      • Create multiple listings

      From the Unsold listings section:

      • Relist
      • Relist as fixed price
      • Sell similar

      From the Scheduled section:

      • Edit

      From the Inventory section:

      • Sell again
      • Edit templates

      From the Drafts section:

      • Resume drafts

      From the Orders section (All orders, Awaiting payment, Awaiting postage, Paid and posted, Archived):

      • Relist
      • Sell similar

      From the All selling - opens in new window or tab section:

      • Orders module (Relist, Sell similar)
      • Active listings module (Edit, Sell similar, Change to auction)
      • Unsold listings module (Relist)

      Once you've accessed the bulk edit and relist tool, you can do the following:

      1. Select the Edit boxes beside two or more listings or select the Select all box.
        • If you want to filter by a certain type of listing, select Search at the top of the page and filter by listing category, format or status
      2. Then select one of the following actions:
        • Relist
        • Relist as fixed price
        • Sell similar
        • Create multiple listings
        • Resume drafts
        • Edit
        • Edit templates
        • Change to auction

      The bulk listing tool makes it easy for sellers to:

      • Keep track of and edit up to 2,000 listings using photo thumbnails and table view
      • Set pricing for multiple Buy it Now and Auction items at once
      • Save time managing details of your volume pricing and Promoted Listings
      • Overwrite pricing to the same value when applying "Change to" across listings by a specific dollar amount
      • Schedule the start time and set the intervals for multiple listings

      Tip
      You can increase or decrease pricing across multiple listings by applying a total percentage or dollar amount.

      • Inventory size: Medium (Up to 2,000 listings)
      • Tool complexity: Low

      The right listing and editing tools depend on the size of your business, as well as the number and format of listings you have. The tools available to you depend on your Pro plan.

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