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Benefits of formatting your item description
When you describe your item in the Sell Your Item form, you can format your description by using the text editor. Good use of bold, italic, or underlined text can enhance your item's appeal. Aligning text (left, center, right), making bulleted or numbered lists, and increasing or decreasing indents also help to bring your item description to life.
The text editor works like a word processing program, making it easy to add elements such as bullets, bold, and italics. You can enhance your listing even further by using HTML.
Using the text editor
To use the text editor:On the Create your listing page, scroll to the Describe the item you're selling section.
Enter text to describe your item.
Use the formatting tools in the toolbar to highlight and format your text.
Note: The indent and list features are available only on the long listing form.
Using HTML
In the long Sell Your Item form, the Describe the item you're selling section also gives you the option of viewing and editing your text in HTML. For example, you can use HTML to add different colored fonts or pictures to your listing. See Tips for using HTML for examples that can help your item description stand out.
To add HTML to your description:Click the HTML tab in the Describe the item you're selling section of the Sell Your Item form.
To view your changes, click the Standard tab.
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