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Sell Your Item: Early Access to the New Form
Frequently Asked Questions about the new Sell Your Item (SYI) form
What is the new Sell Your Item (SYI) form?
We are working on the next generation of the Sell Your Item (SYI) form that eBay members use to list items for sale. The top request we have received from sellers is to make the current form shorter and more efficient. While the official release of the new form is many months away, we are proving members with early access to the new Sell Your Item form. We encourage members to provide feedback after you've tried it. You can access the new Sell Your Item form at the following URL: http://pages.ebay.com/syialpha/welcome.html then click the List Now button.

 
What are the new features in the new SYI?
  • Fewer Pages: New SYI is a condensed version of the current Sell Your Item form. We've defaulted some common fields, suppressed non-critical fields and streamlined the process for faster listing, revising, and re-listing
  • Customization: Click the "Plus" icon next to a field heading to modify features and create an SYI form to fit your needs
  • Category Suggestions: Conduct a quick search for the item you are selling to find out in which categories other eBay sellers list items like yours
  • Help Guides: Simply click the "Help" symbol and a right-side Help panel guides you dynamically through the form. Roll your mouse over a field heading to get additional information
  • Listing Analysis: Based on the choices you've made, we will recommend ways to make your listing better
  • Templates: Create templates to save what you've entered for any part of the listing flow and re-use to generate future listings with less effort
  • Listing Preview: Preview how your listing will appear to buyers when they are searching for items. You can select listing features, such as Subtitle, Bold, or Highlight and see how they will make your listing stand out

Are there any special requirements to use the new SYI form?
  • All browsers and operating systems are supported. All categories are supported.
  • You can list in two categories.
  • Re-list, Sell Similar, and Revise Your Item are not available through the New SYI form but will be supported in a future release. In the meantime, you can use the current forms (available through My eBay, for example).
  • If you have not sold items on eBay before, you still need to create a seller's account.

Can I still use the current SYI form after I try out the new SYI form?
Yes. Whenever you create a listing, you can still use the current version of the Sell Your Item form. To access the current form, click the Sell button at the top of any page; to access the new SYI, go to http://pages.ebay.com/syialpha/welcome.html.

 
I can't find a feature in the new SYI. Is it not available, and if so, why? The purpose of allowing early access is to enable members to try the new form as early as possible so that we may get their feedback and improve the form. For this reason, some features have not been developed yet for the new form and are not available. They will be available in future releases.

 
How can I provide feedback or report bugs?
We'd love to hear what you think of new SYI. You can give us your feedback in two ways:
  • After you successfully create a listing using the new SYI form, you'll see a congratulations message on the Sell page. Click the "Tell us what you think" link that appears with this message.
  • You can send us an email at syialpha@ebay.com.

If I use the New SYI form, will I be creating an actual listing?
Just like the current Sell Your Item form, the listings you create using the new SYI form are real and will run like any other listing on eBay. You must follow eBay's Listing Policies, and you will be charged the regular selling fees.

 

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