Hi everyone! Hope y'all are having a great weekend :) I just have a question about listing to eBay. In the advanced settings you can check the box to list lots that cannot be relisted without asking. What exactly does this mean?

Thanks for any help - Cher

Cher:

If you are relisting an OLD lot to eBay and it is past their time to keep it on line eBay gives you a choice to post as a New auction. If you check the box you don't get the eBay dialog box and have to check it each time. With the box Unchecked every time AW2K runs into an auction that eBay has deleted you would have to reply to the dialog box.

I just realized my explaination is a bit convoluted. So I thought that there might be something in Thom's help file. I checked and here it is ... it's a LOT clearer than what I just wrote. LOL

List Auction Lots that cannot be relisted without asking - This checkbox controls how the program behaves when an Auction Lot cannot be relisted because it is no longer in the eBay database. When this box is unchecked a dialog box is displayed each time an Auction Lot cannot be relisted. The dialog box gives you the option to list the lot as a new auction. When this box is checked any Auction Lots that cannot be relisted are listed as a new auctions without asking.

Hope this helps. Have a good holiday.

Garry

Hi Garry,

If a current auction is queued for listing and I remove the auction ID, would it then be listed as a new auction on eBay?

- Cher

Cher,

I'm not Garry but I'll answer anyway. Yes it would. An Auction is eligible for a relist credit for 30 days from the close date. So if you forget to re-list within the 30 days, (like I do sometimes when I don't queue them in advance) and you don't select the advanced option, the listing will fail. Deleting the old Auction Id number, will prevent the lot from failing.

Keep in mind that if you should delete the auction id number and the auction lot is actually eligible for a re-list credit, you won't receive the credit as the only method eBay or Overstock has for tracking credits is that Auction number.

Judy/blue

Hi Judy! I thought you left town?

I only ask that question because the relist credit is only for the first relist. If it should happen that I relist more than once, I was thinking that the second relist should actually be a new listing, so that I can get the credit if I need to do it again. Does that make sense?

- Cher

Mornin Cher:

Yea - what Judy said about taking out the Auction ID Number.

In reference to the relist credit fee. As far as I know I have never been limited. As long as the auction sells on relist I get the credit. My experience has been that each time a lot resells a relist credit fee is issued. Each fee is given again as long as a relist is done within that next 30 day period. But as Judy said - if you post that FIRST relist after 30 days - Nada on credit. You're sunk. So delete the number and list as new. But with that check mark in place heck give it a try if they give you credit lucky you if they don't then it will list as a new auction.

Garry

Garry,

Do you mean eBay is issuing you a re-list credit if your auction sells on relist count number 3? Or whatever the list count as long as it sells after the very first listing.

In all seriousness, I am issued a relist credit only every other time. Meaning, if the Auction doesn't sell, list count 1 and I relist and it doesn't sell. List count 2. I list again, list count 3, and the auction sells, no relist credit.

But if the Auction does not sell list count 3 and I relist again, list count 4 and the Auction sells, Then I am issued a relist credit.

If you receive a relist credit no matter what the List count is, I need to know. 'Cause ebay owes me some relist credits!!

Judy/blue

Judy:

Sorry I'm late in answering this. Today has been a mess and am just now getting to answer emails etc.

As far as the Relist Credits: -- I'm looking at a particular set of stamps in an auction I've had going for well over a year. It is the original set up of the auction so when I click on additional fields I see the history of it. These are Reprints of German Zeppelin stamps. The originals are so expensive not many people will own them. So knowing they are buying reprints many people want them as space fillers. They have been up every other week in auction now since 03/13/2005. The first time up it didn't sell the second time it did and I got a Relist Credit fee. I put it up again it sold, and again got a relist credit fee, then up again it sold, and again a relist credit fee. Next time up it didn't sell. Up again, It sold, got a relist credit fee. And on and on every two weeks, I skip a week between listings.

That is one of the dramatic ones and all I have done is simply once it sells, delete buyer and let the auction reset, click on AUCTION SITE / Queue Lot For Listing.

I can't easily tell though from the eBay invoice as it is so confusing and everything isn't in any special order. But when the auctions end the relist credit is shown in AW2K.

Hope this helps

Garry

Garry,

Thanks!! The same thing would work if I simply duplicate the auction lot and add the old Auction id number. I am going to do that>

Judy/blue

Judy:

Yea, I've done that too. If I do a second chance offer and it doesn't sell. I simply change the auction number in it back to the original auction ID number and relist. if the original has not yet paid and the lot is still on line I put an X behind the auction ID just to make sure it doesn't get confused and when it's time to leave feedback take it away and when done I delete the auction because it has already gone back up.

Garry

Garry,

I have honestly wondered about doing this before. We will paste the Auction id number from the last listing, if it doesn't sell, in the "Notes" prior to moving an Auction lot to Overstock. Then if I move it back, I paste the eBay Auction id back in so it will be eiligible for a relist credit.

Judy/blue

Judy:

I've done that before moving to Overstock or Yahoo (boy is that place getting very lame - I'm about to give up on those Yahoos). If I still have items left or it doesn't sell the original eBay ID is there in the notes section. It works well. Every penny counts!

Garry

Garry,

I agree. I finally stopped listing at Yahoo months ago. I didn't even see any traffic in terms of buyers emailing me with inquiries or anything. So I stopped listing there. Still have an account, just no auctions.

Judy/blue

I couldn't find the right place to post this, so I hope this doesn't get lost. I'm having a terrible time "relisting". This has been happening now for about a month. I am unable to "relist" any auctions. The message returned has something to do with out of bounds shipping blah blah blah...they listed the first time and I have changed nothing, only thing different, is now they have an id number. If I take that out, it lists no problem, but I'm loosing that relist fee credit by removing the #. I sure would like to know what's going on. Any clue? Thanks, Marlya

Marlya,

Are you using the new API version of Aw2000? If not, log into your eBay account, Go to the "Sell" tab and select the old original form. Try relisting again.

The other thing to check is your shipping options. eBay has made some subtle changes in shipping recently. If you have selected any UPS service other than ground for Domestic or selected UPS Standard to Canada, you must also include the package dimensions. Otherwise the listing will fail. Give that a try and let me know how it goes.

Judy/blue

Maryla,

Have you got your relists to work correctly yet??

Judy/blue

Hi Judy & Everyone,

I'm having a problem relisting too. I downloaded the updates and haven't been able to relist since. Out of 24 listings, I was able to relist 2 this morning. It gave me the following errors:

!!!!!ERROR: API Error Code 10019: You specified inconsistent Shipping parameters: <InsuranceFee> and <ShippingType>=ACTUAL_RATE=2

I didn't change any of my shipping options but I did double-check to make sure the weights and such were in acceptable parameters. I can't figure out what the blasted thing wants.

It also gave me this error on some items (but not all):

!!!!!ERROR: API Error Code 17422: Until you have more feedback, you must use the same PayPal payment email address as your eBay email address.

Now, I understand what it's saying but I've never had a problem here before, and why would that only apply to some of the listings and not all?

I think I'm mucked up...with no clue how to unmuck.

Kathy

Kathy,

First eBay has made a few subtle changes to allowed Shipping options. So something that listed a week ago, might not list today. And they could be experiencing website problems---- again. About half of my listings failed last Thursday and it was all eBay related. I would re-submit later in the day and everything listed fine. eBay is making some changes and when they do, it often creates intermittent problems.

Are you using Flat rate shipping options? Or additional items shipped for x? If you have offered UPS standard to Canada, you must include the package dimensions or it will not list. If you used any other domestic UPS service other than ground, you must include the package dimensions.

Please let me know what your shipping options are?

Also, how do you have your sales tax configured on the Lister window under the Additional Options tab. Are you using your tax table on eBay? Or using the tax rate you define on the LIster Window? If you are using the tax table from eBay, try changing it "Specify Tax Rate" option and put your tax rate in that field.

I will check on the email address issue for you and get back to you.

Judy/blue

Hi Judy :)

I'm listing with calculated shipping. All of the options for these particular listing are USPS, no UPS at all (I checked that after reading one of your earlier posts here.)

My tax is defined as "Specify Single Tax Rate" in the AW Lister.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Kathy

Kathy,

Concerning the error for Paypal email address. Are those listings Store listings or regular auction listings? And how long has your Store been opened?

Judy/blue

Judy,

They are all auction listings. I've had the store for over a month.

Kathy

Kathy,

You should get hold of Thom at info@auctionwizard2000.com for the shipping errors. Let me know what is wrong, if you don't mind. I have my suspicions but never know.

Judy/blue

Hi Judy,

Thom's working on it with me. I went into ebay and changed my ebay email to match my paypal email and that fixed that problem.

The shipping one is still ongoing. Unlike you, I'm too clueless to even have a suspicion about what's going on...lol

In Thom we trust :)

Kathy

Kathy,

In reply to:

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In Thom we trust

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Isn't that the truth! I have a song or 2 that I sing to myself when he is working on a problem for me.

I thought that you would need to change the email address. I suspect that the new changes are what disallowed the different email addresses. However, as soon as your feedback score raises above 20, you should be able to change it back. I had to have my email address match when I first started as well. Now they are different email addresses.

I am glad Thom is fixing it for you. I may only have suspicions about what is wrong but of this I am sure, Thom is one good technician and programmer. If he can fix the messes I have made in the past several years, he can fix anything

Judy/blue