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Hi @hippyer,

You will need the importer add on plugin to connect/import active eBay listings into WC/WP-Lister.

If the products on eBay already exist in WooCommerce, with our importer plugin you can enable the “Match Existing SKUs” setting on the advanced options page of the importer plugin. That will have the importer simply connect eBay listings to WooCommerce products if the SKUs match. If an SKU on eBay does not match an SKU in WooCommerce, the eBay listing will be added to WP-Lister and created as a WooCommerce product.

But note, this only works with simple listings. For variable listings you would then have to set the “Import mode” to “Only new items” after importing the first time with the “Match existing SKUs” setting, in order to pull in the variable listings as well. But the variable listings from eBay that would be imported on the second import would be created as new products in WooCommerce. So you then would need to delete the existing variable listings in WooCommerce before importing the variable listings in the second import.

Kind regards,

Menchie
WP Lab Support

Hey @hippyer

I haven’t been using SKUs on WC or ebay. Does this mean that i will have to add matching SKUs on both platforms before running the add on plugin?

Yes, that is correct.

Also, can i opt to exclude some ebay listings from being imported? Some of my ebay listings are not suitable for my WC store.

Sorry but no, you either import all listings from your eBay store into WC, then delete the ones you wish to not use in WC & WP-Lister (which if you do that you should make sure to archive the listings in WP-Lister’s “Listings” page, before deleting them from WC) or you can import listings one by one by providing the eBay ID into the main page of the importer add on plugin.

I’ve clicked ‘revise item’ on ebay and I see no option to enter a SKU. I’m on the UK site. Is it MPN perhaps?

It is usually labelled “Custom Label” on eBay.

Kind regards,
John