eBay

rocketscollectibles · ‎01-19-2022

Just noticed i had this eBay note under 2 auctions i did, in my unsold items

It was 2 different items and both were not dupplicates at all... They just had half the title similar because they were similar model of listings, but it was different items. Someone knows what's going on? This is very weird. Is it because it they got reported?

msmaggie060 · ‎01-20-2022

Did you by any chance use the same photo for both items? If not, I would try changing the words around in the title of one item.

rocketscollectibles · ‎01-20-2022

Different photos, it was really different items. They just had the same first words in their title like this:

Although after thinking about it, i had one other auction that could have been seen as dupplicates and was kinda 5x times the same item... I wonder if someone just reported all my listings for it and 2 random of my listings got suspended

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎01-20-2022

@rocketscollectibles

There is a standalone tool for scanning listings looking for duplicates. All that is required is your user name and sites you list on. No password necessary. If something does come up as a duplicate, it will catch. You may just need to modify your title slightly. What I have used in the past is Lot 1, Lot 2 etc. You can even use a slightly different selling price as a bonus modification.

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/DuplicateListings.htm

-Lotz

reallynicestamps · ‎01-20-2022

From time to time I put my listings in alphanumeric order to check for actual duplications.

Because eBay has a habit of relisting sold items this can also be useful if something looks familiar- you can go to your stock and check if it is still there or not.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎01-20-2022

@reallynicestamps wrote:
From time to time I put my listings in alphanumeric order to check for actual duplications.
Because eBay has a habit of relisting sold items this can also be useful if something looks familiar- you can go to your stock and check if it is still there or not.

I do the same thing when after I've tested with that tool. Usually when you attempt to create a listing you will get an immediate duplicate error message but it's not 100%. And still coming across listing that seem to have been automagically turfed by ebay. Problem is bringing them back to life if you can find them via Google. We will have to see what happens when Required IS kicks in later next month to ??? listings.

-Lotz

reallynicestamps · ‎01-20-2022

Since dinner was already in the oven I took the baking time to review my listings-- and removed two duplicates.
I also found two where I actually had listed duplicates- because I have more than one item but one was on dotCOM and the other on dotUK.