Invalid store category ID (20169)

  • Resolved louisapple

    (@louisapple)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    hi, there,

    when i upload a item i get this warning message, Invalid store category ID (20169), since it is non-leaf. So item has been listed to the ‘Other’ store category

    i have try using the same profile many times but it is the first time to get this warning

    cheers

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  • Plugin Support msantamaria

    (@msantamaria)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @louisapple,

    This warning:

    Invalid store category ID (20169), since it is non-leaf. So item has been listed to the ‘Other’ store category

    is a message from eBay and it is thrown when you list an item to a parent category, it must be listed to a leaf category, meaning a sub category.

    So, for example if the category is Sports > Baseball > Cleats, you could not list the item to the “Sports” store category but you could list to the “Cleats” category. If the warning still persists even after assigning a listing to a leaf category you should contact eBay about this.

    Kind regards,

    Menchie
    WP Lab Support

    Plugin Support msantamaria

    (@msantamaria)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @louisapple,

    Also, I should mention that when you receive this warning or error message, then it’s very likely that eBay made some changes to their category hierarchy and that a former leaf category became a main leaf category now-because eBay added some child categories, which happens all the time…

    The right thing to do here is to first update the eBay details to have WP-Lister fetch the eBay categories again. Then you can check the category in the profile or wherever it’s defined and make sure it’s a leaf category.

    Kind regards,

    Menchie
    WP Lab Support

    Thread Starter louisapple

    (@louisapple)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    thanks for the quick reply, i have another question, i have two pricing systems for ebay and my own website, so if i fill the price under “ebay option”in woocomerce and when i marked down the price in ebay, will the price sync so make the price become the original price?

    Plugin Support msantamaria

    (@msantamaria)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @louisapple,

    You’re welcome!:)

    I’m sorry but no, when you manually change your listing on eBay WP-Lister plugin won’t get notified of your changes and will even overwrite them if you revise the listing from WP-Lister.

    As you may already know, once you started using WP-Lister, your WooCommerce listings will become your “central database” (not eBay) where you should create new products and apply all your changes.

    This is also explained here – What happens when I manually change a listing on eBay?

    Kind regards,

    Menchie
    WP Lab Support

    Thread Starter louisapple

    (@louisapple)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    ok so if i would like to keep the mark down price for ebay i just lock the item

    cheers

    Plugin Support WP Lab Support

    (@wp-lab-support)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hello louisapple.

    No, that won’t work. If you use the mark down manager on eBay that will change the price on eBay. A locked listing will still have it’s price and or inventory updated which will still over write the mark down manager price on eBay when the Woocommerce product is updated.

    Give this documentation a read: The eBay Markdown Manager

    Kind regards,
    John

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