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My title sort of stinks, so here’s the issue.
I have a few collections of shirts I’m trying to list. One is a set of Gray Wrangler Fire Resistant workwear and the other is a set of Aztec print western shirts.
The Wranglers are the same color, same general description, same labeled size, etc. What’s different is that they all have a slightly different measured size since they are pre-owned. Up to an inch sleeve length difference. Two also have stains in different locations. They need to be listed individually, but the titles would be the same, or very close to the same.
The Aztec shirts are different patterns, with some slight measured size differences, but otherwise also the same as far as a title is concerned.
Ebay stops me from listing them saying because the title is the same (I’ve even trying rearranging the words to no avail) I need to list as multiple quantity. That makes no sense since they are materially different from each other. The eBay Rep I talked to said I should do multi variation, but that feature isn’t available for shirts.
I got around it a little bit by listing two of the Wranglers in different categories…one in casual button down shirts and the other in work shirts, but those are the only two categories that really make sense.
Anyone run into this? Do I just list the two, wait for one to sell, and then list the other? I don’t see why you can’t have the same title for shirts that are the same as far as a description is concerned if they are actually materially different in measurements and damage locations.
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Sounds to me like you need separate individual listings but watch out for the eBay duplicate listing bot. eBay can lower visibility of all your items without ever sending you a dup warning.
Definitely keep the titles distinct. Shuffling the words or categories does not help with the bot. The order of the words in the titles will not matter; you have to use different words. In the titles, use words like Gray or Aztec or even the measured sleeve lengths. Whatever actually describes the differences.
You can check the titles for being different at isdntek:
http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/DuplicateListings.htmMake sure some of the item specifics are different too.
If some items are still too much identical in your mind, wait for the first one to sell before listing a different one. Also, it is probably ok to list one buy-it-now and another for auction if the items are truly identical.
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Ya, it’s the bot issue I’m running into. It’s not letting me post the item and suggests I need to do multi quantity, which makes no sense in this case.
The item specifics are the same from the available lists, because they are the same. What’s different is the actual measurements and the location of the light stains on the work shirts. The only place I can make note of the differences is in the pictures and in the written description, but even though those are different, the bot is still flagging me for having identical items.
I guess it’s the title I need to be more creative with, but again, how many different ways can you say:
“Wrangler FR Fire Resistant Workwear Shirt Gray Long Sleeve Button Front Size Large” ?
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Well you are always at the mercy of the bot.
Your item title is perfect but you can still tweak it.
“Long Sleeve” can be LS
“Size Large” can be “Large”, “L” or “Size L”Perhaps add the measured sleeve length to the title.
Also see if you can add a new ‘custom item specific’ such as ‘Measured Sleeve Length’ to enter the differing sleeve lengths. Might help convince the bot.
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I’ve done this a couple times for the exact same reason. I generally tweak the title slightly. Using your title, this is what I would do:
Wrangler FR Fire Resistant Workwear Shirt Gray Long Sleeve Button Front Size Large
Wrangler FR Fire Resistant Workwear Long Sleeve Shirt Gray Button Down Size Large
Wrangler FR Workwear Shirt Large Fire Resistant Gray Long Sleeve Front Buttons
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