When adding or updating listings on eBay y'all may occasionally encounter listing errors or warnings back from eBay:

category doesn't have variations

The tabular array below lists the nearly mutual errors/alert messages from eBay, and what you can exercise to resolve them, to ensure whatsoever affected production(south) are listed successfully on eBay.

ERROR MESSAGE

SUGGESTED SOLUTION 

category doesn't accept variations
 The reason for getting this validation error is because the eBay category that the products information technology is mapped to does not permit products with variations to be listed within it.

To resolve this, you volition need to remap the product to a category that does support variations.

  • From the production page in eBayLINK, click the Edit push button, in the Categories section, click "Add new mapping"
  • Find another suitable category which has the following symbol:
  • Click save mapping, which will bring y'all back to the Product page,
  • Finally, click update to commit the changes and go to the dashboard and click the "update market identify" button.

Check back once that has been completed to ensure the product is listed / updated.

For a list of eBay categories that allow variations, see this eBay article, Which categories can have listings with variations?

 
Buyers love big photos that clearly prove the particular, and then please upload high-resolution photos that are at least 500 pixels on the longest side

 Essentially the prototype or images supplied practise not meet eBay's requirements, which are

We've got a few unproblematic rules and recommendations for using pictures on eBay: (full article)

Rules
All listings* on eBay.com.au and nearly other eBay sites must meet these requirements

  • Every listing must accept at least one photograph.

  • Photos need to be at to the lowest degree 500 pixels on the longest side.

  • Y'all can't use a catalogue or stock photo if you're list an particular as 'used'.
Recommendations
To make certain buyers get a adept look at the item they're thinking about purchasing

  • Optimise for mobile – make your pictures 1600 pixels on the longest side.

  • Continue your images make clean – no text, borders or uncluttered backgrounds.

  • Employ watermarks sparingly – make certain they don't distract a buyer's eye from your product.

Other best practice tips:

  • We recommend uploading photos as a .jpg file, but you can upload photos in any of these file formats:

    • JPEG (.jpg file extension)

    • PNG (.png file extension)

    • TIFF (.tif file extension)

    • BMP (.bmp file extension)

    • GIF (.gif file extension)

  • If your photo is in JPEG format, information technology should take a quality of 90 or college on the 0-99 JPEG quality scale. Nosotros'll so optimise it for brandish in your listing.

  • Before you start uploading, rename your photo files with names that will help you recall what they are, and put them in a folder on your calculator where you can discover them speedily and easily in case you demand them again.


Visit the Seller Center to learn more than virtually using neat pictures and photograph quality recommendations.

For more information on other requirements for sellers and tips on how to meet – and exceed – buyers' expectations, read Selling practices.

 
Variation Specifics provided does not friction match with the variation specifics of the variations on the item.

 There are two possible reasons for getting this error on a production:
  1. An originally single variant product is now being sent as a multi-variant product - eBay volition not allow this and then the production needs to be completely ended, deleted and re-listed.
  2. The variation data for the product from the eCommerce shop is not good specially good e.thousand. different attribute names in different variants.

So, it would have originally listed fine but at present is not getting updated due to failing the validation rules.		 
Variations Specifics and Detail Specifics entered for a Multi-SKU item should exist different
eBay will bear witness the above fault message/s on your products in Omnivore if y'all effort to add an particular specific which has the aforementioned proper noun as the production variation name. Size and Color are common examples only this tin exist other names equally well. Please run into this article on the steps needed to gear up this problem
 
A product cannot be moved from a Variation-enabled Category to a Variation-disabled Category
 This error means that a product was previously listed with variations, thus is in a Variation-enabled Category on eBay and has been moved to a category that doesn't support variations.

For any products with this error we need to delete/purge the item from eBay, delete the category mapping for them to re-listing.

You lot will need to submit a support asking to accept this washed.

 
UPC should only contain digits
 If your products show an eBay validation fault similar this:

"ebay validation mistake: UPC should only contain digits" and it is followed past scientific notation.

It means that an update has gone wrong somewhere, most probable while updating Product Identifiers in your store via copy/paste from Microsoft Excel which changed number field for this Production identifier e.g. UPC to this "ix.111E+12".

This eBay validation error tin too occur if your UPC contains non numeric characters, east.g. 14500-459-1111, these should exist removed.

You can besides go this mistake with UPC's containing letters, eg when the SKU or the MPN has been placed in the UPC field, once more either remove UPC or update information technology with the right one.

More data about UPC can be establish here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code

Please check this data on your store and correct it, once done, go to the dashboard and click "Sync now" to refresh the data.

For more than information about Excel upshot see this article. http://superuser.com/questions/413226/why-does-excel-treat-long-numeric-strings-as-scientific-note-even-afterward-chan


You can check GTIN existence hither
https://gepir.gs1.org/index.php/search-by-gtin

Listings having an eBay validation error will non exist updated or listed on eBay until the error is resolved. 

Your PayPal e-mail accost was not found
 This error means that the PayPal accost provided cannot exist found / verified by eBay / PayPal.

At the time of creating a listing, eBay confirms that the Paypal account supplied in the payment business policy is:

  • Verified premium business relationship OR
  • Verified business account

Please ensure that the correct address has been entered into Settings>eBay Australia>General and under the heading Your Details in the PayPal User ID field.


Information technology could be as uncomplicated as a child account has been linked, which isn't allowed to write transactions against the parent.

In curt, if the email address is typographically the same between our organisation and the payment business concern policy; so the retailer will need to ostend with PayPal as to why it may non be coming up

No listings can be made on eBay until this is resolved. 


You must have a valid PayPal Account in good standing to require immediate payment.
This error means that the PayPal address provided cannot be verified as being in good standing by eBay / PayPal.

At the time of creating a list, eBay confirms that the Paypal business relationship supplied in the payment business policy is:

  • Verified premium account OR
  • Verified concern account

Delight ensure that the correct address has been entered into Settings>eBay Australia>General and nether the heading Your Details in the PayPal User ID field.

It could be as simple as a child account has been linked, which isn't allowed to write transactions against the parent. Information technology may be the PayPal business relationship is non a business account.

In short the retailer will need to confirm with PayPal as to why information technology is not in proficient standing.


No listings can be made on eBay until this is resolved. 

The tags                                      Size                                    is/are disabled as Variant
The tags                                      Ring Size                                    is/are disabled as Variant
The tags                                      Style                                    is/are disabled every bit Variant
The tags                                      Quantity                                    is/are disabled as Variant
The tags                                      Type                                    is/are disabled as Variant
 The error occurs because eBay restricts the use of certain words/values, as the name for a variant attribute under a particular category.

For case, on eBay AU under the category "Baby » Nursery Bedding » Sleeping Numberless & Sleepsacks", you are not allowed to use a value of "Size" as a variant attribute name. This is because eBay has reserved "Size" as an Item Specific for that category.

The fastest fashion to resolve the issue is to rename attribute for the variant (eastward.thousand. use "Product Size" instead of "Size").

 
variants practise not have unique attributes
 This error occurs when some of the variations you are trying to listing in a multi-variation listing, take  the aforementioned variation value. (eastward.chiliad. you have more than i variant with size = nine)

Check that the variation values are all unique for your production variants.

 
The particular can't be listed or modified. The title and/or clarification may contain improper words, or the list or seller may be in violation of eBay policy.
 Your listing may contain titles and/or a clarification which contain illegal words, or your eBay account may not be up to standard to go along listing.

Cheque your title/description for prohibited words. See eBay'due south offensive policy.

Some eBay sites volition as well block titles/descriptions containing Make/Copyright names or alien data. Eg. mentioning Apple in a description of a Androidproduct (This policy can vary between eBay sites).

Try deleting your clarification and adding limited information to test this outcome. You lot should also contact eBay directly to ensure your account is not limited or restricted in any manner.

 
Missing name in the variation specifics or variation specifics prepare.; zeroed out
 The cause for this error could be one of the post-obit:
  • When one or more of the product variations is missing the appropriate information. For example if 1 or more of the production variations is missing the color or size information. Check all variants of the production to ensure they all accept the required variation information.
  • If y'all take modified the value of the variation label used by the product. For example, if the variation label was initially called "Colour", but yous have since changed it to exist "Colour". The merely way is to resolve this error is to end the eBay list, then listing the product every bit a new eBay listing.
  • You take added or deleted product variations
 
The UPC field is missing. Delight add UPC to the listing and try again.

or

 For some products, eBay requires that a UPC number be provided when listing a product.

A UPC (Universal Product Lawmaking) is a barcode symbology that is widely used in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, in Europe and other countries for tracking trade items in stores. It consists of 12 numeric digits, that are uniquely assigned to each trade item.

To add UPC'southward to your listings, delight add it to your eCommerce platform. Our system volition sync and import the details and add it to your eBay listings.

If yous practise not take UPC values for your product(s) please leave the UPC field empty in your eCommerce platform.

You lot can bank check GTIN beingness here
https://gepir.gs1.org/index.php/search-past-gtin

 
You're not allowed to revise ended listings.
 An eBay listing for this production previously existed merely has since been ended on eBay for some reason.
To resolve, you need to first end the list in our system, then upload to eBay every bit a new listing.		 
Information technology looks like you've reached the amount you can list. Y'all tin can listing up to <$xxxxx> in total sales this month. Asking to listing more: https://scgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?UpgradeLimits&appId=0&refId=xix
 Please see the post-obit eBay page for further information on selling limits and how to request an increase from eBay:  http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/sellinglimits.html
 
Because you've specified Local Pickup Simply for this item, you can't require immediate payment.
 This error can occur when ane or more of the default eBay Business Policies are missing.

Our system expects/creates the following eBay Business organisation Policies, named exactly as per below:

  • Postage stamp Policy = "bones"
  • Payment Policy = "PayPal"
  • Returns Policy = "ReturnPolicy"

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Note: the eBay Business Policies must be named exactly every bit above, every bit it is case sensitive.

To check this, log into your eBay account and get to:

  • My eBay
  • Hover over the "Business relationship" tab and select "Concern Policies".

If any are missing, please create and name them as per the higher up.

 
The email address you entered isn't linked to a PayPal account. If you don't accept a PayPal account, you'll need to set one up with this e-mail accost so that buyers can pay you lot.
 Please bank check the post-obit:
  1. Make sure your PayPal address is entered and spelled correctly in your eBay Payment Business Policy.
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  2. Make certain your PayPal accost is entered and spelled correctly in your automatic payment method.
  3. Ostend your electronic mail address with Paypal.
  4. Brand sure your PayPal address is correct in our system: go to Settings>eBay Commonwealth of australia>General and under the heading Your Details in the PayPal User ID field.
If you receive an fault relating to PayPal so it is an outcome with your PayPal business relationship.		 
                  Earlier y'all tin list this item we demand some boosted data to create a seller's account.
This eBay fault tin occur when your eBay business relationship is missing an automatic payment method for eBay fees.

It can too be returned by eBay, if you lot have an expired credit bill of fare designated equally your automatic payment method on eBay.

To add/alter an automatic payment method on your eBay seller account:

  1. Login to your eBay seller account.
  2. Become to "My eBay --> Account --> Seller Account".
  3. Click the "Automatic Payment Method" link to add together/modify the automatic payment method for your eBay business relationship.
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Further information on eBay automatic payment methods can be found hither.

 
The item specific                  For auction by                  is missing. Add For sale past to this list, enter a valid value, and ...
 This eBay mistake can occur when y'all have mapped your product to an eBay category that has mandatory Item Specifics.

For example, if yous had mapped a product to the eBay AU category "Cars, Bikes, Boats > Motorcycles > Trail Bikes", then eBay requires that you have set the Item Specific named "For sale by".

e.g.

Annotation: the red asterix (*) next to the item specific "For sale by" which indicates it'due south a required field.

Typically it may exist that you product has been incorrectly mapped to the wrong eBay category.

The fastest way to resolve the issue is to re-map your product to the correct, or a more relevant eBay category.

 
Only single quantity items can be listed in the category selected.
 On eBay, certain categories just allow sellers to list items in unmarried quantities.

For instance the eBay category "Cars, Bikes, Boats > Motorcycles > Trail Bikes" has this restriction.

To resolve the issue, either limit the eBay quantity of the item to "ane", or alternatively you can attempt mapping the product to a more relevant eBay category.

 
Seller is not eligible to list a discounted particular.
 This eBay alarm ways that your eBay account is not currently enabled for strike-through pricing on your listings. By default this feature isn't enabled on a seller account. eBay only enables this feature for sellers it has vetted/qualified.

This warning doesn't prevent your products from listing on eBay, but products with a sale or strike-through price, will not be display as "on sale" by eBay on your listings.

e.chiliad. the following pricing fields "Yous save" and "Now" will not be displayed on your eBay listings, even if the detail is on auction.

You lot must get approved by eBay to participate in eBay's Strike-Through Pricing Program. Strike Through Pricing (STP) is normally reserved for managed accounts only and so to request that it be enabled, please contact your eBay account managing director.
Marketplace Product Variant SKUs are not unique
 There are 2 possible reasons for getting this error on a product:
  1. An originally single variant product is now existence sent as a multi-variant product - eBay will not allow this so the product needs to be completely ended, deleted and re-listed.
    To resolve, end each of the listings in eBay.
    Become to each product page in eBaylink that has the error and deleted the product.
    Go to the Dashboard and kickoff a fresh import from your eCommerce store.
  2. The variation data for the product from the eCommerce store is non good particularly good eastward.g. different attribute names in dissimilar variants.

So, it would have originally listed fine but at present is non getting updated due to failing the validation rules.
validation mistake = VariationSpecificsSet container (Item.Variations.VariationSpecificsSet) is required to listing a Multi-SKU item.
 This error is similar to two validation errors mentioned above.  It happens when products in your Ecommerce store were single variant but them become mulit-variant or vice versa.

There are 2 possible reasons for getting this mistake on a product:

  1. An originally single variant product is now being sent equally a multi-variant production - eBay will not allow this and so the product needs to be completely ended, deleted and re-listed.
  2. The variation data for the product from the eCommerce shop is not expert specially good due east.k. different attribute names in different variants.

So, information technology would have originally listed fine merely now is not getting updated due to failing the validation rules.
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If yous have products that take this error then it is probable that your production has been set upward in your eCommerce store every bit a product with variations/options (eBay call this Multi-SKU) so eBay is expecting a variation but you don't have them.

Cheque in your eCommerce store for the products to see if there are variations and remove them if they are not required.

For case, often in Shopify the variation is called 'Title'. To resolve this, in your Shopify Shop, Go into the production section of one of the products and under 'variants' remove whatever variations if these products don't come up with variations.

Y'all should too double-check in the product page in our organization, under Variations.

If there is simply one variation, and then Variation Name should be empty, ie no options are defined. If yous do have options, then at to the lowest degree ii distinct values should be provided.

Once you have made changes in your eCommerce store get to the dashboard in our system and trigger a refresh past clicking 'Sync Now' from the dashboard so that the updates are sent upwards to eBay.

Input data for tag <Particular.PictureDetails.PictureURL[1]> is invalid or missing. Please cheque API documentation.		 This is usually caused by a space in the image URL, which causes eBay to reject it, ie https://allthatdigi.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/testimage- -Moon.jpg
Resolution: remove the infinite in the image name and run a full sycn to update the product and marketplace.

The underscore character is also not a valid graphic symbol
piicture proper noun should only  contain the ASCII messages 'a' through 'z' (in a example-insensitive mode), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen ('-')"
At least 1 valid postage service must be specified.
 This is usually acquired by a missing business policy inside eBay.

Navigate to Omnivore ->settings-> eBay Commonwealth of australia->Aircraft
Check for errors like this
and ensure you lot have a matching eBay Business concern Policy for the shipping method in Omnivore every bit per
http://world wide web.bizpolicy.ebay.com.au/businesspolicy/manage
eBay security policy simply allows HTTPS resources in listings
This is commonly caused by providing an http URL for your logo

To resolve change the URL to https: as per
Can I Change The Logo In My Product Listing Page?
Currency is unchangeable when revising or relisting an particular. This error can occur if the production is a duplicate list.  If yous see this fault on a product check and be sure that  you do non have a manual list on eBay that is really a duplicate products.

It is all-time to search using the SKU or the product title.

If you did take manual listings on eBay when you started using Omnivore and y'all did not link them all then you may have duplicates.

The only way to fix this error is to correctly cease your indistinguishable listings on eBay.

A total listing of eBay errors tin also be found hither:

http://developer.ebay.com/devzone/xml/docs/reference/ebay/errors/errormessages.htm