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How to edit your eBay xml feed & manually submit to Google
8:29 AM PST, 7/22/2009
Okay, We just got it to work with a manual upload. It was actually ridiculously easy, so we guess this will be our (hopefully temporary) workaround while eBay gets its act together.
Here are the step-by-step instructions requested above:
If you have not setup your xml feed, a guide to doing so can be found here: Link
Download the xml file with your store listings:
1. Go to the Store Marketing page for your store
2. Click on "Listing Feeds"
3. Click on the link next to the text Your Google Base-specific file will be located at
4. Select File --> Save As in your browser and save the resulting xml file to your computer, changing the file type to "Web Page, XML Only" (at least, that's how it appears in Firefox)
Edit the XML file
1. Right click on the saved XML file and select "Open With". Choose Notepad from the list of programs.
2. In Notepad, it will pretty much look like gibberish. Press Ctrl-H to open the find & replace box. Enter "condition" in the find field and "g:condition" in the replace field (exclude the quotation marks). Replace all.
3. Save the file with File --> Save. Do not select "save as".
Upload your edited XML file to Google
1. Login to your existing Google Base account.
2. Click on "Data Feeds"
3. Click on "Manual: Upload File"
4. Point Google to the XML file that you downloaded, edited, and saved to your hard drive.
We figure this will take about 2 minutes, start to finish, going forward. We can live with that once a week, even if it annoys us and shouldn't be something we have to do at all...
Now this may not work for everyone & we are not experts but it worked for us & it's worth a shot
Best wishes,
Warehouse Direct LLC -
FYI eBay is currently not submitting listings to Google
8:28 AM PST, 7/22/2009
This is just a heads up for you eBay sellers. Ever since Googles switch to the new product condition eBay currently hasn't updated sellers feeds to Google so items are being rejected & no longer submitted to eBay. After contacting eBay we we're told that the issue is known & no solution date is known at this time. Also contacted Google and was informed that they are also aware of this & notified eBay over 3 months ago about the change so that they could prepare. Which unfortunately they did not. Yet another time this year that eBay has failed it's sellers. Its been a long tuff road for sellers this year on eBay & it doesn't appear to be getting any better anytime soon. So buckle up its gonna be a rough ride.
Best wishes
Warehouse Direct LLC -
Retro Floral Orange & White 20-Piece Dinnerware Set
8:27 AM PST, 7/22/2009
We we're browsing the internet late last night trying to find a gift for our friends wedding when we stumbled across this gorgeous dinnerware set on eBay. It was very decently priced & came with Free Shipping which is always a plus. We highly recommend checking them out! The seller had a lot of other beautiful dinnerware sets & lots of elegant down bedding & comforters.
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8:25 AM PST, 7/22/2009
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Check it out Best Wishes
Warehouse Direct LLC