Supporting eBay Motors Fitment for Automotive Parts and Accessories

Supporting eBay Motors Fitment for Automotive Parts and Accessories
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Supporting eBay Motors Fitment for Automotive Parts
and
Accessories
By Katie Key
Created Feb 28 2014 - 3:13pm
eBay supports a parts compatibility (fitment) solution for automotive parts on the US, UK, Australian
and German eBay sites. This application allows a seller to identify their items so that buyers can
shop based on a specific vehicle to find parts for their vehicle. The Parts Compatibility (Fitment) functionality allows an item to be listed a single time and
associated with all of the different applications. No longer will sellers need to list all of the different
applications in separate listings, but can instead combine them together in a single listing and save
on the listing fees while still being found based on the various search terms buyers may apply. The
benefits:
- Buyer – Easier discovery process to find the parts that fit their application
- Seller – Listings only need to be submitted per product instead of per product and per
application/fitment. This consolidation of listings can easily save a seller 75% or more on their
listings fees while also increasing sales since buyers find the items more easily.
Click below to download our tip sheet:
[1]
Prerequisites You should be familiar with the following topics before continuing:
1. Supported Categories for eBay Fitment [2]
2. Working with eBay Item Specifics [3]
3. Posting Templates [4]
Methods to Configure eBay Auto Fitment Choose from any of the following methods to complete this task:
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1. Matching your items to the eBay catalog [5] (US only) – With a simple configuration on the
posting template, sellers can automatically have all of their items mapped to the eBay parts
catalog and used when items are submitted to eBay.
2. Defining the specifications of the product [6] (US only) – The specifications will be the same as
submitted today by item specifics [6] . If you are not yet submitting item specifics information
with your listings, you should start doing so today to ensure your products have the appropriate
details and are ready for the fitment functionality when launched. 3. Manually Specifying Vehicles for eBay Auto Fitment Catalog – The manual specification
method allows you to define the specific vehicles supported by the listed automotive part.
Specification rules vary by the different locales. For more information on the various
specifications for each locale see these related pages
- US Specifications [7]
- UK Specifications [8]
- Australian Specifications [9]
- German Specifications [10]
Eligible Categories
As eBay expands support to more categories in the US, UK, Australia, and Germany, ChannelAdvisor
will automatically be able to submit Parts Compatibility listings to those categories.
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eBay US Motors > Parts & Accessories > Car & Truck Parts categories
eBay US Motors > Parts & Accessories > Vintage Car & Truck Parts categories
eBay US Motors > Parts & Accessories > Motorcycle Parts categories
eBay US Motors > Parts & Accessories > ATV Parts (manual vehicle specification only)
eBay UK > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Car Parts categories (manual vehicle specification
only)
- eBay AU > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Car, Truck Parts categories (manual vehicle
specification only)
- eBay DE > Auto & Motorrad: Teile > Car & Truck Parts categories (manual vehicle specification
only)
- Manually Specifying Vehicles for eBay's Parts Compatibility – US Specifications [11]
- Manually Specifying Vehicles for eBay's Parts Compatibility – UK Specifications [12]
- Manually Specifying Vehicles for eBay's Parts Compatibility – AU Specifications [9]
- Manually Specifying Vehicles for eBay's Parts Compatibility – German Specifications [13]
‹ Optimizing For eBay Best Match Results [14]
up [15]
Manually Specifying
Vehicles for eBay's Parts Compatibility – US Specifications › [11]
- Fitment
- eBay
Source URL:
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/supporting-ebay-motors-fitment-automotive-parts-and-access
ories
Links:
[1]
http://go.ChannelAdvisor.com/US-Master-Automotive-Retailers-Roadmap-E-Commerce-Success-TS-LP
.html?cid=701F0000000leye&ls=Website&lls=Website
[2]
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/supporting-ebay-motors-fitment-automotive-parts-and-accessor
ies#supported_categories
[3] https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/working-ebay-item-specifics
[4] https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/posting-templates-overview
[5] https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/matching-existing-item-ebay-parts-fitment-catalog
[6] http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/working-ebay-item-specifics
[7]
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https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-us-spe
cifications
[8]
https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-uk-spe
cifications
[9]
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-au-speci
fications
[10]
https://ssc.ChannelAdvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-germa
n-specifications
[11]
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-us-speci
fications
[12]
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-uk-speci
fications
[13]
http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/manually-specifying-vehicles-ebays-parts-compatibility-german
-specifications
[14] http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/optimizing-ebay-best-match-results
[15] http://ssc.channeladvisor.com/howto/listing-your-products
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