Dear business sellers,
As announced in February, from today (1st May 2019), you’ll be required to complete additional item specifics on your new and revised listings across 14 categories in Fashion.
Please note: Good ‘til Cancelled listings won’t be blocked on renewal.
These new requirements for Fashion listings will help you drive visibility and conversion for your business, giving your buyers an improved and more relevant search experience.
The required item specifics to help your listings be found are: Skirt Length, Style, Colour, Material, Outer Shell Material, Heel Height, Neckline, Fit, and Sleeve Type.
Remember, sellers who complete item specifics sell better than those who don’t. Women’s dress listings with the item specifics “Style” and “Dress Length” completed sell on average 81% better than those without.*
Categories requiring item specifics
Women's clothing:
- Coats, Jackets & Waistcoats: Style, Colour, Outer Shell Material
- Tops & Shirts: Style, Material
- Jumpers & Cardigans:Style, Colour, Material, Neckline
- Boots: Style, Heel Height, Colour, Upper Material
- Sandals: Style, Colour, Upper Material
- Skirts: Style, Colour, Material, Skirt Length
- Shorts: Style, Colour, Material
Men's clothing:
- Coats, Jackets & Waistcoats: Style, Colour, Outer Shell Material
- Shorts: Style, Colour, Material
- Casual Shirts & Tops: Style, Colour, Sleeve Type, Fit
- T-Shirts: Colour
- Hoodies & Sweatshirts:Style, Colour
- Formal Shirts:Style, Colour, Sleeve Type, Fit
- Trainers: Colour, Upper Material
For more information on all of the required item specifics, including the additional categories from above, use the download links on our dedicated Item specifics Seller Centre page to download the relevant lists.
Need help identifying your missing item specifics?
You can quickly identify and correct existing Fashion listings that are missing key item specifics, free of charge until 30 June 2019.
Optiseller's Aspect Finder Tool will automatically review your listings, identify which ones are missing item specifics and extract the information if it's found elsewhere in the listing.
You can then use the report to update your listings directly on eBay in bulk or through your listing tool. Use Optiseller to update your listings.
* Based on average sales in the Dresses category on eBay.co.uk from December 2017 to July 2018
