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eBay Listing Rule Criteria

You can control which items sell on eBay by creating listing rules. When an item matches a rule's criteria, Monsoon Marketplace uploads it for listing.

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You can create custom listing rules for each of your markets using the criteria below. Customizing a rule means that you can define exactly which inventory or type of inventory you want to list for sale.

To prevent you from incurring multiple eBay listing fees, only changes to category and classification cause an item to delist before its listing duration expires.

Category

You can select which categories you want a rule to apply to. If you don't select a category, the rule applies to all categories.

Caution Removing a category from a listing rule's criteria promptly delists any items in that category from eBay.

All eBay categories, except Books, require a product identifier to list. In addition to a product identifier, the following media categories must have a product identifier and must match eBay's catalog to successfully list: DVDs, VHS, Music, and Video Games. Books are an exception because a book can list without an ISBN, although a book must match eBay's catalog if it is uploaded with an ISBN.
All eBay UK categories, except Books, require a product identifier to list. Unlike eBay US, no categories require an eBay UK catalog match to successfully list at this time.

Condition

You can select which conditions you want a rule to apply to. If you don't select a condition, the rule applies to all conditions.

Fulfillment Type

For markets that support both local and Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) listings, you can specify that you want a rule to apply to local inventory only or FBA inventory only. If you don't select a fulfillment type, the rule applies to both local and FBA inventory.

On eBay, only one fulfillment type per SKU lists at a time to prevent listing duplicates. If an item has both a local SKU and an FBA SKU, the FBA SKU has listing priority. This means that if neither the local or FBA SKU is listed, the FBA SKU lists when the item is uploaded. If a local SKU is already listed for an item that also has an FBA SKU, the FBA SKU lists when the local SKU delists at the end of its listing duration.

Classification

You can specify that a rule applies only to item with defined classifications and smart classifications.

Caution Removing a classification from a listing rule's criteria promptly delists any items with that classification from eBay.

Age

You can specify that a rule applies only to items that are older or newer than a defined number of days. See Inventory Age and Days Since First Received.

Market Rank

You can specify that a rule applies only to items that are greater or less than a defined sales rank. See Amazon sales rank.

Collectible

You can specify that a rule applies only to items where the Collectible check box is selected.

Weight

You can specify that a rule applies only to items that weigh greater than or less than a certain number of pounds. For UK installations, the weight measurement is in kilograms.

Quantity

You can specify that a rule applies only to items that have greater than a defined number of units in stock.

Price

You can specify that a rule applies only to items that have a price greater than or less than a defined amount. When Monsoon Marketplace evaluates an item's listing eligibility, it considers the item's price not including any optional shipping surcharges.

eBay Listing Rule Criteria

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