multi variation listing in toys/?

[pistel]

hi all, just wondering and have looked around and lost. Is there multi variation listing different on other ebay sites. i see ebay UK has it in toys but not canada or USA. Wanted multi variation in toys but cant seem to get it, i see some people say do the advanced selling but cant find that tab eather. am i missing somethink? any help would be great. thanks

[i.am.vivian]

Canada and the US does not have variations for the Toys and Games category but the UK does with restrictions.  Using the advanced Sell Your Item form will not change this but you can reach it from the link in the top right of the short form page.

[pocomocomputing]

As with many eBay features, variations is another with quirks or glitches in the categories that support variations.  The official list of supported categories is here

eBay.com USA  http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/multiplevariationslist.html

eBay.ca Canada  http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/listing-variations.html

If you hunt for them (tedious to find), you will find categories outside the official lists with subcategory that allow variations. Even the toys category has one but it is not a useful category to list in because you may get policy violations for listing in the wrong categories.  In other categories not officially supported, there are some subcategories that do allow variations and are very useful because the sub-category name is broad enough to allow many types of items.

This glitch has been exploited by some sellers in some categories for years. Which is how I found it by accident viewing listings. I could not understand how a seller had a variations listing in a category that was not in the official list. But they were listings in a sub-category with the glitch that allowed a variation listing. I only saw mention of this glitch once or twice over the years and even then it was indirect. Apparently few know about it. Those that do save a lot in listing fees.