Ebay question: title changes and saved searches

digicat

I listed a card recently, and put the wrong year. I noticed my error 2 days into the listing, and fixed it.

Will folks who had saved searches for the card I listed get notified of my listing's existence (now that it has a correct year), or should I just end the listing and relist?

CrazyMind2017

I'm pretty sure they'll get notified, so there's no need to relist. The system updates periodically. If this was a 7-day listing and there's still plenty of time, we'll be able to test it out tonight and into tomorrow morning. Send me a PM and I work out the details. All you'll have to do is set a saved search and see if one of my listings shows up in your e-mail inbox tomorrow.

digicat

<< <i>All you'll have to do is set a saved search and see if one of my listings shows up in your e-mail inbox tomorrow. >>



That's the thing, if I save a search right now, I'll get an email tomorrow showing me everything that's up right now.

I get emails when someone lists an item in one of my saved searches. So, when it first shows up, it triggers an email to be sent. I'm just not sure if changing the title of a listing will trigger the saved search email or if it only triggers on new listings.

CrazyMind2017

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm planning on completely changing one of my current listings later tonight - new category, new title, new picture, new description, new shipping terms. If you save a search for the new title I plan to use before I change it, we'll effectively be testing the ebay system to determine the answer to your original question.

If my newly revised item shows up in your e-mail inbox tomorrow morning, then it means that it worked and you do not have to end your item and relist, you can simply leave it alone with the correctly revised year.

Just save a search for

+coca +cola +glass +six +pack

It will probably work without the + signs, but I'm very boolean.

Let me know when you've saved the search. I won't revise until you give me the go ahead.

digicat

I understand now. Thanks for the idea!

I've set something like that in place with my own auctions to test it out. I saved a search using year and card number (the listing doesn't have a card number), and will add the card number to the listing later and see what happens.

digicat

In case anyone was wondering..

You WILL get an email if an an item's title gets changed to something that you have a saved search for.