posted on October 24, 2004 10:48:16 PM new
I'm confused about this. Should I set up a profile if I have them listed as GTC?
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posted on October 25, 2004 12:10:33 PM new
Hi, Gtootie --
Even if you have eBay Store "Good-til-cancelled" listings, a Sales Manager Inventory Edition Auto-Launch Profile would be helpful if you wanted to automate when you wanted the listings to launch, or, even more powerfully, how many you wanted available at a given time.
For example, with an auto-launch profile, you could set up things like the following:
1) Specify that you want a new listing launched every Wednesday at 9pm. (This is using the "Fixed Schedule" strategy).
2) Specify that you want a new listing launched every Monday at 3am, but *only if* there are fewer than 3 listings already on market for the item. (This is using the "Schedule-Quantity" strategy).
3) Specify that you always want 3 listings on market for a given item (so that when one GTC listing is purchased, another one immediately is launched to backfill it, until inventory is depleted). (This is using the "Fixed Quantity" strategy).
Please let us know if you have any additional questions -- thanks --
posted on October 26, 2004 08:48:29 AM new
Hi Christina
I'm sorry I wrote that late at night and didn't make it plain.
This applies to #3. I launched an eBay store item with 12 available. I also set up a profile as Fixed Quantity, 12 per listing and a maximum quantity on the market as 1.
I'm confused about the maximum quantity on the market. I want one listing with 12 available. When those 12 sell, I want the system to launch another listing with 12 available.
Thanks
Debbie
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posted on October 26, 2004 10:04:51 AM new
Hi, Debbie --
It sounds like you've set it all up correctly:
Maximum quantity on market - refers to the maximum *number of listings* you want on the market at any one time. In your case, it sounds like 1.
Quantity per listing - refers to the number of items per listing (for dutch auctions or multiple-quantity-fixed-price-store listings). In your case, this sounds like 12.
With the Fixed Quantity strategy, and the parameters as described, you are basically saying: "I want no more than 1 listing on market at any one time, with 12 items in that listing. When that listing is done (i.e. all 12 items are sold), I want another listing launched to backfill that first one."
Make sure that you have set this to be the auto-launch profile for your item's eBay Store profile. You can either do this in the bulk editor, in the Auto-Launch tab, or via the "Find & Replace" feature in the inventory folder view.
Please let us know if you have any additional questions - thanks --
