Selling Manager – Using the Active View

The Active View in Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro displays all of the items that you are selling on eBay. When a listing reaches its End Time, it is moved to your Sold or Unsold View, depending on when the listing has a buyer or not.

From the Active View you can:

Selling Manager Pro subscribers:

You can also:

Listing a similar item

You can use the Sell a Similar Item feature to list an exact copy of one of your active items. For example, if one of your active listings is doing well, you can quickly list more of these items without filling out the Sell Your Item form multiple times.

To create and list a copy of an active listing:

While in the Active View, select the check box next to the listings that you want to copy.
To select all of your Unsold items, select the check box in the heading bar above your listings.
Select "Sell Similar" in the Action column.

The Sell Your Item form opens with the listing details filled in to match the listing that you selected.
Review and submit your listing.

Revising a listing

Once an item is listed there are limitations on revising a listing. The information that you can revise in your listing depends on the time left before the listing ends and whether or not you have received any bids.

If your item has received no bids, Best Offers, or sales, and does not end within 12 hours. You can revise anything in your listing except the selling format (for example, you can't change your auction item to an eBay Stores item).

If your item has already received a bid/purchase, or Best Offers, or ends within 12 hours, you can only:

Add to the item description (Exception: If your listing already has a bid/purchase and ends within 12 hours, you can't add to your description or add a second category).
Add optional seller features to increase your item's visibility.

To revise a listing:

While in the Active View, click the triangle icon in the Action column to display the pull-down list.
Select "Revise" from the list.

The Revise Your Item form opens. The item number is filled in for you.
Complete your changes and click the Save Changes button.

To revise multiple listings at once:

While in the Active View, you can use the Search feature at the top of the page to narrow the group of listings that you want to revise.
Select the check boxes associated with the listings that you want to revise.
Click the Edit button.
Specify the information that you want to edit in your listings on the Edit Listings: Listing Information page.
Select “Edit listings individually” to make different changes to each individual listing.

–or–

Select “Edit listings in bulk” to make the same changes to all of the listings (according to their selling format).
Click the Continue button.

If you selected the “Edit listings individually” option, the Edit Listings: Edit Individual Listings page will appear.

If you selected the “Edit listings in bulk” option, the Edit Listings: Edit Listings in Bulk page will appear.
Make the necessary changes to your listings and click the Continue button.
Review your changes on the Edit Listings: Review & Submit page.
Click the Submit button to submit your changes. If you’d like to make more changes before submitting the new information, click the Back button.

Adding to an item description

If you do not have a bid and the listing does not end within 12 hours, you can add to, but not edit an item description.

To add to a listing description:

While in the Active View, click the triangle icon in the Action column to display the pull-down menu.
Select "Add to Description". An Add to Description form opens.
Enter the additional item description and click the Save Changes button.

Ending a listing

If needed, you can choose to end your listing before the scheduled date.

To end a listing:

While in the Active View, click the triangle icon in the Action column to display the pull-down menu.
Select End Item. The End my Auction Early page opens.
Select a reason for ending your listing early and click the End my Listing button. The reason will appear on the Closed Item page. The listing now appears when you click the "Ended Listings" link in the Summary View.

Adding notes

You can save personal comments for any item in Selling Manager or Selling Manager Pro.

To add a note:

From the Active View, select the check box next to the listing for which you want to add a note.
Click the Add Note button and enter the text.
Click the Save button to save the note.

The note will then appear below the item in Selling Manager or Selling Manager Pro. Your notes will only be visible to you.

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