Here's an overview of what you can change and when you can do it:
- For most listings on eBay, you can edit a listing title, add or change photos, and add optional listing upgrades at any time
- For fixed price (Buy It Now) listings and auction listings with more than 12 hours left and no bids, you can lower the price
- In most cases, you can't change the listing duration or format. However, you can send a fixed price listing to auction by going to Seller Hub Active Listings - opens in new window or tab and selecting Change to auction from the Actions menu
- If you change from fixed price to auction, you will not have the option to add a Buy It Now option
- The previous view and watcher information from the fixed price listing will not be carried over to the auction listing
- If the fixed price listing has only one item, it will be ended when the auction listing is created
- If the fixed price listing has more than one item, one item will be sent to the auction listing and the quantity in the fixed price listing will decrease by one
- If you'd like to sell a different item, you'll need to create a new listing for the item, instead of editing an existing listing
For more information, see our eBay rules and policies page.
Auction-style listings
What you change in an auction-style listing depends on how long is left on the listing.
What's changeable depends on if your listing has received any bids
You can:
- Remove the following optional listing upgrades:
- Buy It Now, eBay photo upgrades, reserve price, 10-day listing (in applicable categories)
- Edit shipping options including carrier, shipping, and packaging price
- Add optional listing upgrades to increase your item's visibility
- Add or change photos
- Add a second category, unless there are category restrictions. (Fees may apply)
- Reduce the starting price of your item. (You won't receive credit for any difference in your insertion fees)
- Edit your listing's title
You can't:
- Change the listing format
- Extend the listing duration if 2 or more hours have passed since the listing was submitted
You can:
- Add a second category, unless there are category restrictions. (Fees may apply)
- Add to the item description
- Add photos
- Add optional listing upgrades to increase your item's visibility
- Reduce the reserve price of your item, in applicable categories (You won't receive credit for any difference in your insertion fees)
- Decrease the cost for existing services such as shipping
- Add a new domestic shipping service
You can't:
- Change the listing format
- Change the listing duration
- Change the starting price
- Edit the listing description
- Increase cost for an existing service such as shipping
- Remove an existing domestic shipping service
What's changeable depends on if your listing has received any bids
You can:
- Change the category and add item specifics
- Add a second category, unless there are category restrictions. (Fees may apply)
- Add to the item description
- Add optional listing upgrades to increase your item's visibility. (Fees may apply)
- Add photos
- Add new payment methods and ship-to locations
- Decrease the cost for existing services such as shipping
You can't:
- Change the listing duration
- Change the starting price
- Add a new domestic shipping service
You can:
- Add optional listing upgrades to increase your listing's visibility. (Fees may apply)
- You can answer buyers' questions, but you can't post the questions and answers to your listing
- Add new payment methods and ship-to locations
- Decrease the cost for existing services such as shipping
- Add a new domestic shipping service
You can't:
- Change the listing duration
- Change the starting price
- Increase cost for an existing service such as shipping
- Remove an existing domestic shipping service
- Edit the listing description
Fixed price listings
What you can change in your fixed price listing depends on whether there's been any purchases from the listing.
You can:
- Decrease the price
- Edit the title
- Change the primary and secondary category
- Change the quantity and Store category
- Add or remove optional listing upgrades. (Fees may apply if you add listing upgrades, and you won't receive a refund for any listing upgrades you remove)
- Add to the description
- Add or change photos using eBay photo services
- Lower the Buy It Now price of your item
- Increase or decrease the number of items for sale
- Edit the shipping details. However, buyers who made a purchase prior to any shipping detail changes are charged the original shipping cost during checkout
- Add or remove variations to the listing (if it is a multi-variation listing)
You can't:
- Edit variations on the listing (if it is a multi-variation listing)
You can:
- Edit the title
- Add or remove a Best Offer
- Change the primary and secondary category
- Add or change the gallery photo
- Add or change photos
- Lower the Buy It Now price of your item
- Increase or decrease the number of items for sale
- Edit the shipping details
- Add or remove variations to the listing (if it is a multi-variation listing)
You can't:
- Edit variations on the listing (if it is a multi-variation listing)
When an offer is sent or received
Offers can sent or received for auction style or fixed price listings (but not auction and fixed price listings combined).
When an offer is sent or received
You can:
- Add optional listing upgrades to increase your listing's visibility (fees may apply)
- Answer buyers' questions through messaging, but you can't update the description with new information to your listing
- Change the available quantity of the listing
- Add additional shipping options, including local pickup
- Add additional photos (on an auction style listing), but not remove existing photos
- Add additional, separate description (on an auction style listing)
You can’t:
- Change the listing duration (on an auction style listing)
- Change the starting price (on an auction style listing)
- Change the item specifics/aspects of your listings
- Change or add to the existing shipping details
- Edit the existing listing description
Tip
You can add or remove optional features using the quick listing tool. Select Add or remove options in each section to see the full list of options. Then save your choices and continue with your edits.
To revise a listing:
- In Selling Activity - opens in new window or tab, find the listing you'd like to revise.
- Select Revise from More actions.
- Make your changes, then select Revise it to save the updated listing.
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