Seller location showing

[forapersona1]

Years ago when setting up my selling account, (this is account for forum use), I set my location as UK, United Kingdom and for years it was shown as this and when listing new items that is what appears on my listings.

Also when viewing my own listings on my computer at home the location is shown as UK, United Kingdom.

However I was at a friends house the other day and was showing them an item I had listed. I used advanced search on their account and typed in my seller account name and I found that all of my listings were showing my location as the town I live in. 

I don't want my town location showing on my listings and after endless trawling through menus I can't find a way to remove this. How do I go about removing the town location from my listings?

[ile136yz]

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@forapersona1 wrote:

Years ago when setting up my selling account, (this is account for forum use), I set my location as UK, United Kingdom and for years it was shown as this and when listing new items that is what appears on my listings.

Also when viewing my own listings on my computer at home the location is shown as UK, United Kingdom.

However I was at a friends house the other day and was showing them an item I had listed. I used advanced search on their account and typed in my seller account name and I found that all of my listings were showing my location as the town I live in. 

I don't want my town location showing on my listings and after endless trawling through menus I can't find a way to remove this. How do I go about removing the town location from my listings?

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I use 'Lancashire' as the item location.  It will show Lancashire, United Kingdom on the Seller's Advert.

To alter the Location   -

Go to the listings page,   

Press Edit on the items you need to alter.  Roll down the drop-down menu until you see Item Location near the bottom of list - enter in your location.

[forapersona1]

Thanks for that ile136yz that does indeed work on doing listings individually.

I've gone into settings but can't find a solution to making all current and future listings just show UK. I'm guessing it's going by my post code and adding the town. Anyone know if I can set this to permanently just show UK without having to do it individually every time I list something?

[thepillenwerfer]

I've certainly seen locations on listing pages when browsing and very useful it is too if you're looking for something you know you'll have to collect and aren't wasting time opening listings for things that are at the other end of the country.

I don't really see how it's a problem to you as I wouldn't like to try to find somebody who calls themselves forapersona1 on e-Bay in, say, Reading.  Even people who do use their real names are pretty safe as there's no knowing if some one with malicious intent has got the right Fred Bloggs in a particular town.  OK, you may have a problem if you've got an unusual name like Scorpion d'Rooftrouser.

[ile136yz]

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@forapersona1 wrote:

Thanks for that ile136yz that does indeed work on doing listings individually.

I've gone into settings but can't find a solution to making all current and future listings just show UK. I'm guessing it's going by my post code and adding the town. Anyone know if I can set this to permanently just show UK without having to do it individually every time I list something?

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On your Manage Listing page for Bulk Editing.

Go to the top of the page & tick the box below (Edit in Blue), it will let you choose items selected or all your listings. 

Edit the location as shown in my last message.

NB. You can Edit your listings this way for different reasons.

[*vyolla*]

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@forapersona1 wrote:

I've gone into settings but can't find a solution to making all current and future listings just show UK.

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I don't believe that you can just have a country as your location on a listing, it would be the town/city that you're on followed by UK.

I don't get why you're seeing having your town on your listings as a problem?

Nobody can Google your eBay name and find out where you live just from that info.