List Your Entire Inventory on eBay
Tie your inventory database into a custom eBay listing-creation tool and create listings for all your products automatically.
As a seller on eBay, one of the most time-consuming tasks is to create new listings. If you already have a product database for your business, you can create a tool to convert individual products into eBay listings.
For this to work, your database will need several fields that look something like the following:
Table 8-1.
Field name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ID | Number (int) | A unique number for each record (product) in your database |
Name | Text (20-char max) | The name of the product, to be used as the first part of the listing title (e.g., “Acme Hy-7713”) |
Synopsis | Text (30-char max) | A very brief description of the product, to be used as the second part of the listing title (e.g., “7 Quart Mixer”) |
Long description | Text | What will eventually become the heart of your listing description (e.g., “This is one of the best mixers…”) |
Sale price | Number | The dollar amount to be used as the Buy It Now price for fixed-price listings |
Shipping | Number | The amount to charge for fixed-price shipping |
Category | Number (int) | The eBay category number [Hack #13] in which to list the item |
Quantity | Number (int) | The number of products you have in stock (or on hand), used to ensure that your program won’t list any products you’re not able to ship right away |
Sell on eBay | Boolean | A checkbox that, when checked, indicates that you want this particular item listed on eBay |
Naturally, your database will ...
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