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ett1954 · 2025-10-16T11:19:43.515000Z

I have always indicated 'country of origin' in the item specifics. Up until a few days ago this automatically filled the new 'country of origin' / 'item origin' field prior to the 'item disclosure' section introduced to ensure visibility for US sales. Creating new listings over the last few days I have noticed that when entering the country of origin in the item specifics it is no longer auto-filling the new field. What's more in my older existing listings it has now removed the entry in the new 'item origin' field. The majority of my listings now display no item origin in the new field; just the original item description field in specifics. This begs the question - are my listings now no longer visible in the US? This would certainly explain the dearth of sales recently in this market (note I haven't adjusted my prices yet to reflect the introduction of tariffs). What is more confusing is that if I now complete the new 'item origin' field it removes the entry in the original 'item origin' field within item specifics; and vice-versa. i.e. it is now not possible to have an entry in both fields even though they are both titled 'item origin'. @kat@ebay , @marco@ebay , @dave@ebay : Can someone please clarify what is going on here and what the implications are. My questions are: As long as one of the item origin boxes are completed does this ensure US visibility? or, does the the new 'item origin' field override the item description field and is critical to ensure US visibility? If it is the latter then can you please provide a link to bulk edit the new item origin field. 95% of my listings are UK or US origin and I do not have the time to waste amending 1200+ listings individually.

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