“I am a HUGE Turbo Lister user and really upset this is going away. “When the next holiday selling season rolls around we can easily re-list what ever ones we have put back in stock” thanks to having them stored in the Turbo Lister software program, which resides on their computer.

For example, one seller said they list certain items during each year’s holiday shopping season. Sellers pointed out that they could currently access listings they had created in Turbo Lister in the past and easily relist them, even for products they hadn’t sold in years.

Sellers had a lot of questions, with many asking why eBay was ending support for the a tool that was so helpful and popular. We reviewed Wednesday’s chat session to compile tips for sellers who use Turbo Lister, and we also looked for clues about what changes might be coming to sellers even if they never used the tool known as “TL.”ĥ Things Sellers Should Know about Turbo Lister’s Retirementġ) Sellers can continue to access Turbo Lister on their computers and receive support from Advanced Apps team until July 13th.Ģ) After July 13th, sellers cannot use Turbo Lister to upload items to eBay.ģ) After July 13th, sellers cannot download data from eBay into Turbo ListerĤ) eBay will stop updating Turbo Lister, so category IDs will go out of date.ĥ) eBay recommends SixBit as an alternative, but sellers must pay a monthly fee to use SixBit. Why is eBay ditching a free tool that many longtime sellers rely on? Because it’s moving forward on software advances this year, an employee said during a chat session devoted to the impending retirement of Turbo Lister.

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