How to Use

You will notice that the Profile Editor contains three tabs, one each for eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! Each of the site-specific tabs is identical to the site-specific information tabs used in Batch Listings. Complete as much information as you wish. There are no required fields in a profile. Enter a name for the profile in the upper right. Click Finish to close the Profile Editor. You can make as many profiles as you like. Profiles save you from having to enter the same information over and over again.

HINT: If you forgot to type in a new name, the Profile Editor will name the first one Profile 1, the second one Profile 2, etc., similar to the way Microsoft Windows names new documents. To rename the profile, highlight it in the Profile Manager, click Edit, change the name in the upper right corner and click Finish.

NOTE: You can not use more than one profile with any single item.

For example, suppose you list CDs frequently. Since you choose the same options for CDs, you have a profile that contains this information. When you want to list a CD, you create the item and fill in the basic information. In the upper right of both the Basic Information tab and the Site Information tab, there is a Profile field. Select your CD profile and click Apply to apply your CD profile to the item. The profile fills in all the information you specified.

IMPORTANT: You can apply a profile to an item and then edit the item, changing values filled in by the profile. This only changes the values for that item. Your changes are not reflected in the profile.

NOTE: You can not use more than one profile with any single item.

To use a profile with an inventory item, go to the Site-Specific Information tab, choose your profile from the drop-down in the upper right and click Use Profile. You will not see the profile information in the inventory item, as the inventory does not contain those fields. All you are doing is associating the profile with the inventory item. If you then drag that item to a batch, you will see the profile information filled in for that batch item.

NOTE: Using the profile with the inventory item does not fill in any information until the inventory item is made part of a batch. If you use the profile with the inventory item and then change the information in the profile, when you drag the inventory item to the batch, you will see the new information filled in.

HINT: If you use one profile for a wide set of items, such as CDs, the category override option is especially useful. You can override the sub-category to reflect a different format, such as DVD Audio. For example, you have the profile set to the eBay category: Music > CDs. You can then override the category in the inventory item to reflect the different format, say, DVD Audio.