SureDone now supports creating eBay listings directly from eBay's catalog by supplying only an eBay Product ID (ePID), price, and stock. When catalog-only mode is enabled for an item, eBay fills in the listing title, images, item specifics, category, and vehicle fitment from its catalog product — you no longer need to build a full listing in SureDone.
Please note: This is newly released functionality. We recommend testing with a small batch of SKUs first and monitoring the resulting eBay listings before rolling it out across your catalog.
What you need for each item
- A valid ePID in the eBay Product ID field. The ePID must match a currently listable eBay catalog product — if eBay has no match, eBay will return an error and nothing will be published (e.g., "The product with ePID value X is not currently listable").
- Price
- Stock (quantity)
Everything else — title, description content, images, item specifics, category, and fitment — can be left blank and eBay will populate the listing from its catalog.
How to enable catalog-only mode
There are three ways to turn it on:
1. Per item, in the product editor: Open the product and find the "List From eBay Catalog Only (ePID)" toggle near the eBay Product ID field. Turn it on and save.
2. In bulk (recommended for large catalogs): Add the column ebaycatalogonly to your CSV/bulk upload and set it to On for the items you want listed catalog-only. This works through bulk uploads and automations identically to the editor.
3. As an account-wide default: In your eBay channel settings, enable "List From eBay Catalog Only (ePID) Default". This applies to any item where the per-item field is empty; a per-item value always overrides the default.
What eBay fills in from the catalog
- Listing title
- Images (eBay's stock photo is used as the gallery image)
- Item specifics
- Category (if you supply an eBay category ID, yours is used; if not, eBay derives it from the catalog)
- Vehicle fitment/compatibility, taken from the eBay catalog product
If you explicitly fill in one of these fields in SureDone, your value is sent as an override. If your value conflicts with eBay's catalog data, eBay's catalog value wins.
Things to know
- Description: eBay requires every listing to include a description, so SureDone always sends one (your description field, or your description template if the field is empty). All other content comes from the catalog.
- Vehicle fitment: In catalog-only mode, SureDone's own fitment fields are not sent — fitment comes solely from the eBay catalog product. If the catalog product has no compatibility data, the listing will have no fitment.
- Variations: Catalog-only mode currently supports single-variation (non-variation) items only. Items with variations will not publish in this mode and will return a clear message.
- Invalid/retired ePIDs: eBay's error is surfaced back to you rather than publishing an empty listing.
- Revisions: Editing/relisting a catalog-only item preserves the catalog content — price and stock updates flow through without reintroducing SureDone's title, images, or specifics.
- This mode works independently of the "Allow eBay Catalog Details On Listing" setting; you don't need to change that setting for catalog-only items.
Suggested first test
- Pick 2–3 SKUs with known-valid ePIDs.
- Set the ePID in the eBay Product ID field, plus price and stock.
- Enable the "List From eBay Catalog Only (ePID)" toggle on each and list them.
- Review the live eBay listings (title, photos, specifics, fitment) before running a bulk upload.