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eBay listing limit

When eBay places a selling limit on your account, you can set a maximum listing quantity per SKU to help you list the greatest number of unique SKUs.eBay US and eBay UK can place limits on your account or on a particular category that you sell until you confirm certain account information or establish a positive selling history.

The three types of eBay selling limits are:

• Account limits
• Category limits
• Item limits

When eBay limits your account to a certain number of sold items, gross merchandise volume, or active items for sale, you can list the greatest number of unique SKUs by setting a maximum listing quantity per SKU. Rather than listing all quantity of every SKU until you reach your account limit, Monsoon Marketplace can list up to a certain quantity per SKU.

To learn more about how eBay sets selling limits, see the following eBay seller Help articles:

• Limits for eBay sellers (US)
• Listing and selling allowances for eBay sellers (UK)

Turn on an eBay listing limit

You can add a listing limit to a new or existing listing strategy then turn it on by selecting the strategy in a listing rule.

To turn on an eBay listing limit

1. On the Settings tab, in the left pane under Markets, expend the eBay market that you want to use, and then click Listing Strategies.
2. Do one of the following:
• Click an existing listing strategy.
• Click Add Strategy, and then in Name type a strategy name.
3. Under Listing Limit, select the List a maximum quantity [__] per SKU check box, enter a maximum quantity, then click OK.
4. Select the listing strategy in a listing rule.

When you select a listing strategy with a listing limit, Monsoon Marketplace will:

• Reduce the quantity of any listing in the inventory group that exceeds your limit.
• Continuously increase the quantity of listings in the inventory group that do not meet your limit.
• Create new listings for the inventory group with a quantity up to your limit.

FBA reserve quantity

If your listing rules are set up with FBA reserve quantities, Monsoon Marketplace applies an eBay listing limit after it subtracts the reserve quantity from your total available quantity. (For more information about FBA reserve quantities, see Managing Inventory for FBA.)

For example, if an item belongs to a listing rule where 5 is set as the FBA reserve quantity and the rule's listing strategy has a limit of 30, then, when the item has a quantity on hand of 50, Monsoon Marketplace calculates available quantity as follows:

• 50 (quantity on hand) – 5 (FBA reserve quantity) = 45 available to list. This item will list with a quantity of 30—the maximum allowed.

If the item has a quantity on hand of 30. Monsoon Marketplace will calculate the listing quantity as follows:

• 30 (quantity on hand) – 5 (FBA reserve quantity) = 25 available to list. This item will list with a quantity of 25—less than the maximum allowed, but all of the available quantity.

See also

eBay listing rule overview

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