Using Multi-Variation Listings

Multi-variation listings contain multiple items that are essentially the same product, merely that vary in their manufacturing details or packaging.


 T-Shirt Variations

For case, a item make and manner of shirt could exist available in unlike sizes and colors, such every bit "large blueish" and "medium black".

The eBay web site online help provides additional information:

Multi-Quantity Fixed Price Listings with Variations (U.s.)

https://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/multiplevariations.html

This characteristic depends on using custom particular specifics and multi-quantity fixed-toll listing formats. See Working with Custom Item Specifics and Listing Types (Formats).

Variations are supported across many areas of eBay, such as listing, buying, My eBay, search, and club management.

AddItem, ReviseItem, RelistItem, and VerifyAddItem exercise not support multi-variation listings. Instead, you use the fixed-cost versions of these calls, which also support inventory tracking by the seller's SKU: AddFixedPriceItem, ReviseFixedPriceItem, RelistFixedPriceItem, and VerifyFixedPriceItem.

Subtopics

Overview

Qualifications for Listing with Variations

Configuring Variations for a List

Revising and Relisting with Variations

Retrieving a List's Variations

Ownership Items in Multi-Variation Listings

Retrieving Order Line Items with Variations

Identifying Variations in Member Messages

Overview

Multi-variation listings give you lot a structured fashion to differentiate between similar (but non identical) items in a multi-quantity, fixed-price listing. Below are some examples:

  • A unmarried listing that sells women'southward shirts could incorporate multiple items of the same brand and way that vary by size and color (like "Large, Blue" and "Medium, Blackness").
  • A single listing that sells window treatments (curtains) could contain multiple items of the aforementioned make that vary by colour, length, and width.
  • A single listing that sells golf game clubs could contain multiple items of the same brand and model that vary by dexterity, shaft material, shaft flex, and loft.

The figure below shows an example of eBay'south View Particular page with a shirt variations.

View Item Page with Variations
 Multi-Variation Listing (Buyer View)

eBay offers this feature in categories where sellers tend to list very similar items, such as Vesture, Shoes & Accessories. Check VariationsEnabled in GetCategoryFeatures to decide which categories support multi-variation listings. A summary of supported categories is too available in the eBay online help.

What Categories Tin can Have Variations? (Usa)

https://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/list-variations.html#categories

What Categories Can Have Variations? (UK)

https://pages.ebay.co.united kingdom/help/sell/listing-variations.html#categories

Bei welchen Kategorien können Sie Variante einstellen? (DE)

https://pages.ebay.de/help/sell/listing-variations.html#categories

The figure below shows one style an application could present sellers with options to include variations in a single listing.

Multi-Variation Listing
 Multi-Variation List (Seller View)

eBay's multi-variation listing feature provides several benefits for sellers:

  • Instead of separately list like items with different quantities (such every bit 10 minor, viii medium, and 5 large pink shirts), all the items can be consolidated into a single list.
    • Each variation can take its own quantity, price, and an optional SKU.
    • The list can specify shared custom item specifics (such as Brand), and each variation tin also take its own variation-level custom item specifics (also referred to as "variation details" on the eBay Web site) that distinguish each variation in View Detail and in search results.
  • There is no additional fee for listing with variations. The fee is the same as the standard fee for any fixed-price listing. In fact, as y'all tin can create one listing instead of creating multiple like listings, you are likely to experience an overall reduction in insertion fees.
  • In addition to the standard set up of pictures for the listing, y'all can include pictures for each variation.
    • The total motion picture fees, including upgrades such every bit Picture Pack, are based on the largest set of pictures in the listing. This could be the standard (shared) set of pictures or a prepare of pictures associated with one of the variations. The set with the most pictures determines the fees.
    • Smaller sets of pictures (associated with the other variations in the listing) incur no additional fees.

Selling multiple variations from the same list is the same every bit selling multiple items from whatsoever other fixed-price listing.

Qualifications for Listing with Variations

For a listing with variations to be accustomed by eBay, the seller and the listing must come across some bones qualifications.

See the eBay online help for details well-nigh item and seller qualifications. If you search for "variations" in your site's language, you will find help links like to these:

Creating a Listing with Variations (United states of america)

https://pages.ebay.com/assistance/sell/list-variations.html

List Items with Variations (UK)

https://pages.ebay.co.u.k./aid/sell/listing-variations.html

Angebote mit mehreren Varianten einstellen (DE)

https://pages.ebay.de/assistance/sell/listing-variations.html

If a seller becomes ineligible to create multi-variation listings, they tin't create new listings with variations. Still, their existing listings with variations can proceed (and exist revised) until the next "Skilful 'Til Cancelled" (GTC) renewal or until concluded past other ways (such as items sold out or cease time reached).

In the rare case that a category stops supporting multi-variation listings, existing listings with variations can keep (and be revised) until their next GTC renewal or until ended past other means (such as items sold out or end time reached).